linux-kernel - [2.6.36, patch] unprotected access to task credentials in waitid()

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Date:	Tue, 3 Aug 2010 14:32:32 +0100
From:	Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@...il.com>
To:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [2.6.36, patch] unprotected access to task credentials in waitid()

Calling waitid [1] on a stopped process results in access to the
task's credentials without the RCU read lock, which may change in the
meantime, eliciting a warning [2].

This is fixed by:

Ensure the task's credentials don't change before calling
wait_noreap_copyout via acquisition of the RCU read lock.

Signed-off-by: Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@...il.com>

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index ceffc67..cc8b4b9 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -1457,6 +1457,7 @@ static int wait_task_continued(struct wait_opts
*wo, struct task_struct *p)
 	}
 	if (!unlikely(wo->wo_flags & WNOWAIT))
 		p->signal->flags &= ~SIGNAL_STOP_CONTINUED;
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	uid = __task_cred(p)->uid;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&p->sighand->siglock);

@@ -1477,6 +1478,7 @@ static int wait_task_continued(struct wait_opts
*wo, struct task_struct *p)
 					     CLD_CONTINUED, SIGCONT);
 		BUG_ON(retval == 0);
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();

 	return retval;
 }

--- [1]

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>

int main(void) {
	id_t id;
	siginfo_t infop;
	pid_t res;

	id = fork();
	if (id == 0) {
		sleep(1);
		exit(0);
	}

	kill(id, SIGSTOP);
	alarm(1);

	res = waitid(P_PID, id, &infop, WCONTINUED);

	return 0;
}

--- [2]

===================================================
[ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
---------------------------------------------------
kernel/exit.c:1460 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!

other info that might help us debug this:

rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
2 locks held by waitid02/22252:
 #0:  (tasklist_lock){.?.?..}, at: [<ffffffff81061ce5>] do_wait+0xc5/0x310
 #1:  (&(&sighand->siglock)->rlock){-.-...}, at: [<ffffffff810611da>]
wait_consider_task+0x19a/0xbe0

stack backtrace:
Pid: 22252, comm: waitid02 Not tainted 2.6.35-323cd+ #3
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff81095da4>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0xa4/0xc0
 [<ffffffff81061b31>] wait_consider_task+0xaf1/0xbe0
 [<ffffffff81061d15>] do_wait+0xf5/0x310
 [<ffffffff810620b6>] sys_waitid+0x86/0x1f0
 [<ffffffff8105fce0>] ? child_wait_callback+0x0/0x70
 [<ffffffff81003282>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
-- 
Daniel J Blueman
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