linux-kernel - [tip:perf/urgent] tracing: Fix panic when lseek() called on "trace" opened for writing

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Date:	Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:21:45 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Slava Pestov <slavapestov@...gle.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, stable@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	slavapestov@...gle.com
Subject: [tip:perf/urgent] tracing: Fix panic when lseek() called on "trace" opened for writing

Commit-ID:  364829b1263b44aa60383824e4c1289d83d78ca7
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/364829b1263b44aa60383824e4c1289d83d78ca7
Author:     Slava Pestov <slavapestov@...gle.com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:13:16 -0800
Committer:  Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:18:17 -0500

tracing: Fix panic when lseek() called on "trace" opened for writing

The file_ops struct for the "trace" special file defined llseek as seq_lseek().
However, if the file was opened for writing only, seq_open() was not called,
and the seek would dereference a null pointer, file->private_data.

This patch introduces a new wrapper for seq_lseek() which checks if the file
descriptor is opened for reading first. If not, it does nothing.

Cc: <stable@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Slava Pestov <slavapestov@...gle.com>
LKML-Reference: <1290640396-24179-1-git-send-email-slavapestov@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace.c |   10 +++++++++-
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index ee6a733..21db0de 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -2339,11 +2339,19 @@ tracing_write_stub(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 	return count;
 }
 
+static loff_t tracing_seek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+{
+	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)
+		return seq_lseek(file, offset, origin);
+	else
+		return 0;
+}
+
 static const struct file_operations tracing_fops = {
 	.open		= tracing_open,
 	.read		= seq_read,
 	.write		= tracing_write_stub,
-	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
+	.llseek		= tracing_seek,
 	.release	= tracing_release,
 };
 
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