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Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

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* 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  sys: Fix missing rcu protection for __task_cred() access
  signals: Fix more rcu assumptions
  signal: Fix racy access to __task_cred in kill_pid_info_as_uid()
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Linus Torvalds 2009-12-19 09:47:34 -08:00
commit 10e5453ffa
2 changed files with 16 additions and 11 deletions
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kernel/signal.c
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@ -218,13 +218,13 @@ __sigqueue_alloc(int sig, struct task_struct *t, gfp_t flags, int override_rlimi
struct user_struct *user;
/*
* We won't get problems with the target's UID changing under us
* because changing it requires RCU be used, and if t != current, the
* caller must be holding the RCU readlock (by way of a spinlock) and
* we use RCU protection here
* Protect access to @t credentials. This can go away when all
* callers hold rcu read lock.
*/
rcu_read_lock();
user = get_uid(__task_cred(t)->user);
atomic_inc(&user->sigpending);
rcu_read_unlock();
if (override_rlimit ||
atomic_read(&user->sigpending) <=
@ -1179,11 +1179,12 @@ int kill_pid_info_as_uid(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct pid *pid,
int ret = -EINVAL;
struct task_struct *p;
const struct cred *pcred;
unsigned long flags;
if (!valid_signal(sig))
return ret;
read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
rcu_read_lock();
p = pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
if (!p) {
ret = -ESRCH;
@ -1199,14 +1200,16 @@ int kill_pid_info_as_uid(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct pid *pid,
ret = security_task_kill(p, info, sig, secid);
if (ret)
goto out_unlock;
if (sig && p->sighand) {
unsigned long flags;
spin_lock_irqsave(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
ret = __send_signal(sig, info, p, 1, 0);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
if (sig) {
if (lock_task_sighand(p, &flags)) {
ret = __send_signal(sig, info, p, 1, 0);
unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
} else
ret = -ESRCH;
}
out_unlock:
read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
rcu_read_unlock();
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kill_pid_info_as_uid);

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kernel/sys.c
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@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(setpriority, int, which, int, who, int, niceval)
if (niceval > 19)
niceval = 19;
rcu_read_lock();
read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
switch (which) {
case PRIO_PROCESS:
@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(setpriority, int, which, int, who, int, niceval)
}
out_unlock:
read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
rcu_read_unlock();
out:
return error;
}