linux-kernel - Re: BUG: Linux 2.6.25 ptrace leaks struct

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:00:50 -0400
From:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
To:	Joris van Rantwijk <jorispubl@...all.nl>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Thorsten Knabe <linux@...rsten-knabe.de>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: BUG: Linux 2.6.25 ptrace leaks struct_task

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 08:30:45PM +0200, Joris van Rantwijk wrote:
> I think sys32_ptrace() is leaking struct_task.
> 
> In arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c, function sys32_ptrace(), there
> is a call to ptrace_get_task_struct(). In some cases (such as
> PTRACE_GETREGS), there is no matching call to put_task_struct().

Yup, good diagnosis.  The culprit is
5a4646a4efed8c835f76c3b88f3155f6ab5b8d9b.  Doing an s/return /ret = /
inside that switch should fix the bug.

It looks like it's since been fixed in mainline by the restructuring
done in 562b80bafffaf42a6d916b0a2ee3d684220a1c10.

			Jeff

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