linux-kernel - [PATCH 20/23] tracing: Fix panic when lseek() called on "trace" opened for writing

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Date:	Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:23:12 +0100
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	stable-review@...nel.org
Cc:	Slava Pestov <slavapestov@...gle.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Subject: [PATCH 20/23] tracing: Fix panic when lseek() called on "trace" opened for writing

2.6.27.58-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Slava Pestov <slavapestov@...gle.com>

commit 364829b1263b44aa60383824e4c1289d83d78ca7 upstream.

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.

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>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
[wt: applied to tracing_lt_fops too /wt]
Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>

---
 kernel/trace/trace.c |   10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: longterm-2.6.27/kernel/trace/trace.c
===================================================================
--- longterm-2.6.27.orig/kernel/trace/trace.c	2011-01-23 10:52:37.000000000 +0100
+++ longterm-2.6.27/kernel/trace/trace.c	2011-01-29 11:42:07.287067215 +0100
@@ -2041,17 +2041,25 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+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 struct file_operations tracing_fops = {
 	.open		= tracing_open,
 	.read		= seq_read,
-	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
+	.llseek		= tracing_lseek,
 	.release	= tracing_release,
 };
 
 static struct file_operations tracing_lt_fops = {
 	.open		= tracing_lt_open,
 	.read		= seq_read,
-	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
+	.llseek		= tracing_lseek,
 	.release	= tracing_release,
 };
 


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