linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] x86: call free_thread_xstate() in free_task

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Date:	Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:19:08 +0900
From:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] x86: call free_thread_xstate() in free_task_struct()

x86 arch specific free_thread_info() accesses thread_info->task to call
free_thread_xstate(). But the thread_info may not be initialized yet.
So invalid pointer derefence may happen in free_thread_xstate().

It happens in the following scenario in dup_task_struct()

1. call alloc_task_struct() to allocate empty task_struct
2. call alloc_thread_info() to allocate empty thread_info
3. call arch_dup_task_struct()

x86 arch specific arch_dup_task_struct() copies task_struct from source
task_struct. it also allocates empty xstate and copy from source if
source task_struct has ->thread.xstate.

If the xstate allocation failed, arch_dup_task_struct() returns error.

4. call free_thread_info() to deallocate thread_info

x86 arch specific free_thread_info() calls free_thread_xstate() with
thread_info->task. But the thread_info is not initialized yet.

This patch resolves the issue by moving the free_thread_xstate() call
into free_task_struct().

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/process.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: 2.6/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ 2.6/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ void free_thread_xstate(struct task_stru

 void free_thread_info(struct thread_info *ti)
 {
-	free_thread_xstate(ti->task);
 	free_pages((unsigned long)ti, get_order(THREAD_SIZE));
 }

@@ -53,6 +52,7 @@ struct task_struct *alloc_task_struct(vo

 void free_task_struct(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
+	free_thread_xstate(tsk);
 	kmem_cache_free(task_struct_cachep, tsk);
 }

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