linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] posix_timer: fix error path in timer

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Date:	Mon, 17 May 2010 16:31:38 +0200
From:	Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
To:	Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] posix_timer: fix error path in timer_create

On Mon, 17 May 2010 17:41:43 +0400
Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org> wrote:

> move CLOCK_DISPATCH(which_clock, timer_create, (new_timer)) after all
> possible EFAULT errors.
> 
> *_timer_create may allocate/get resources.
> (for example posix_cpu_timer_create does get_task_struct)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
> ---
>  kernel/posix-timers.c |   16 ++++++++--------
>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/posix-timers.c b/kernel/posix-timers.c
> index 5555e7c..8393624 100644
> --- a/kernel/posix-timers.c
> +++ b/kernel/posix-timers.c
> @@ -555,14 +555,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(timer_create, const clockid_t, which_clock,
>  		goto out;
>  	}
>  
> -	it_id_set = IT_ID_SET;
> -	new_timer->it_id = (timer_t) new_timer_id;
> -	new_timer->it_clock = which_clock;
> -	new_timer->it_overrun = -1;
> -	error = CLOCK_DISPATCH(which_clock, timer_create, (new_timer));
> -	if (error)
> -		goto out;
> -
>  	if (copy_to_user(created_timer_id,
>  			 &new_timer_id, sizeof (new_timer_id))) {
>  		error = -EFAULT;
> @@ -593,6 +585,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(timer_create, const clockid_t, which_clock,
>  	new_timer->sigq->info.si_tid   = new_timer->it_id;
>  	new_timer->sigq->info.si_code  = SI_TIMER;
>  
> +	it_id_set = IT_ID_SET;
> +	new_timer->it_id = (timer_t) new_timer_id;

This part should not be moved, this make possible leak of idr entry .

> +	new_timer->it_clock = which_clock;
> +	new_timer->it_overrun = -1;

I'm not so convenient of moving this as well.

> +	error = CLOCK_DISPATCH(which_clock, timer_create, (new_timer));
> +	if (error)
> +		goto out;
> +
>  	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
>  	new_timer->it_signal = current->signal;
>  	list_add(&new_timer->list, &current->signal->posix_timers);

Thanks
Stanislaw
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