linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] wait_task_stopped: don't use task_pid_nr

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Date:	Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:28:30 +0300
From:	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...ru>, Kees Cook <kees@...ntu.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	Scott James Remnant <scott@...ntu.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] wait_task_stopped: don't use task_pid_nr_ns() lockless

Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> wait_task_stopped(WNOWAIT) does task_pid_nr_ns() without tasklist/rcu lock,
> we can read an already freed memory. Use the cached pid_t value.

Indeed. Thanks!

> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>

Acked-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>

> --- 24/kernel/exit.c~1_PID	2007-11-16 18:12:44.000000000 +0300
> +++ 24/kernel/exit.c	2007-11-16 18:13:54.000000000 +0300
> @@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ static int wait_task_stopped(struct task
>  			     int __user *stat_addr, struct rusage __user *ru)
>  {
>  	int retval, exit_code;
> -	struct pid_namespace *ns;
> +	pid_t pid;
>  
>  	if (!p->exit_code)
>  		return 0;
> @@ -1376,12 +1376,11 @@ static int wait_task_stopped(struct task
>  	 * keep holding onto the tasklist_lock while we call getrusage and
>  	 * possibly take page faults for user memory.
>  	 */
> -	ns = current->nsproxy->pid_ns;
> +	pid = task_pid_nr_ns(p, current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
>  	get_task_struct(p);
>  	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
>  
>  	if (unlikely(noreap)) {
> -		pid_t pid = task_pid_nr_ns(p, ns);
>  		uid_t uid = p->uid;
>  		int why = (p->ptrace & PT_PTRACED) ? CLD_TRAPPED : CLD_STOPPED;
>  
> @@ -1451,11 +1450,11 @@ bail_ref:
>  	if (!retval && infop)
>  		retval = put_user(exit_code, &infop->si_status);
>  	if (!retval && infop)
> -		retval = put_user(task_pid_nr_ns(p, ns), &infop->si_pid);
> +		retval = put_user(pid, &infop->si_pid);
>  	if (!retval && infop)
>  		retval = put_user(p->uid, &infop->si_uid);
>  	if (!retval)
> -		retval = task_pid_nr_ns(p, ns);
> +		retval = pid;
>  	put_task_struct(p);
>  
>  	BUG_ON(!retval);
> 
> 

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