linux-kernel - [PATCH 2.6.28] Fix FASYNC race

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Message-ID: <20081205161248.2f52a186@bike.lwn.net>
Date:	Fri, 5 Dec 2008 16:12:48 -0700
From:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Vitaly Mayatskikh <vmayatsk@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2.6.28] Fix FASYNC race

Hi, Linus,

The following patch closes a race which was introduced by the fasync()
BKL pushdown patch.  As it turns out, f_flags handling was already
racy, but that change made it worse.  Here, we fix it (and a
longer-standing race) minimally by reintroducing the BKL; a better fix
will be prepared for 2.6.29.

jon

---
Fix a race condition in FASYNC handling

Changeset a238b790d5f99c7832f9b73ac8847025815b85f7 (Call fasync()
functions without the BKL) introduced a race which could leave
file->f_flags in a state inconsistent with what the underlying
driver/filesystem believes.  Revert that change, and also fix the same
races in ioctl_fioasync() and ioctl_fionbio().

This is a minimal, short-term fix; the real fix will not involve the
BKL.

Reported-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: stable@...nel.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
---
 fs/fcntl.c |    7 +++++++
 fs/ioctl.c |   12 ++++++++----
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index ac4f7db..549daf8 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/signal.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 
 #include <asm/poll.h>
 #include <asm/siginfo.h>
@@ -175,6 +176,11 @@ static int setfl(int fd, struct file * filp, unsigned long arg)
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
+	/*
+	 * We still need a lock here for now to keep multiple FASYNC calls
+	 * from racing with each other.
+	 */
+	lock_kernel();
 	if ((arg ^ filp->f_flags) & FASYNC) {
 		if (filp->f_op && filp->f_op->fasync) {
 			error = filp->f_op->fasync(fd, filp, (arg & FASYNC) != 0);
@@ -185,6 +191,7 @@ static int setfl(int fd, struct file * filp, unsigned long arg)
 
 	filp->f_flags = (arg & SETFL_MASK) | (filp->f_flags & ~SETFL_MASK);
  out:
+	unlock_kernel();
 	return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ioctl.c b/fs/ioctl.c
index d152856..fc8fcaa 100644
--- a/fs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ioctl.c
@@ -400,11 +400,9 @@ static int ioctl_fioasync(unsigned int fd, struct file *filp,
 
 	/* Did FASYNC state change ? */
 	if ((flag ^ filp->f_flags) & FASYNC) {
-		if (filp->f_op && filp->f_op->fasync) {
-			lock_kernel();
+		if (filp->f_op && filp->f_op->fasync)
 			error = filp->f_op->fasync(fd, filp, on);
-			unlock_kernel();
-		} else
+		else
 			error = -ENOTTY;
 	}
 	if (error)
@@ -440,11 +438,17 @@ int do_vfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd,
 		break;
 
 	case FIONBIO:
+    		/* BKL needed to avoid races tweaking f_flags */
+	        lock_kernel();
 		error = ioctl_fionbio(filp, argp);
+		unlock_kernel();
 		break;
 
 	case FIOASYNC:
+    		/* BKL needed to avoid races tweaking f_flags */
+	        lock_kernel();
 		error = ioctl_fioasync(fd, filp, argp);
+		unlock_kernel();
 		break;
 
 	case FIOQSIZE:
-- 
1.6.0.4

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