linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RESEND] kprobes: initialize before using a hlist

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Date:	Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:47:43 -0800
From:	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	ananth@...ibm.com
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RESEND] kprobes: initialize before using a hlist

On Mon, 2012-01-09 at 13:50 +0530, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli wrote:
> From: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
> 
> Commit ef53d9c5e introduced a bug where we can potentially leak
> kretprobe_instances since we initialize a hlist head after having
> used it.
> 
> Initialize the hlist head before using it.
> 
> (Resent with correct email ID for -stable)
> 
> Reported by: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>

Acked-by: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>

> ---
>  kernel/kprobes.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: linux-3.2/kernel/kprobes.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-3.2.orig/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ linux-3.2/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -1077,6 +1077,7 @@ void __kprobes kprobe_flush_task(struct 
>  		/* Early boot.  kretprobe_table_locks not yet initialized. */
>  		return;
> 
> +	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&empty_rp);
>  	hash = hash_ptr(tk, KPROBE_HASH_BITS);
>  	head = &kretprobe_inst_table[hash];
>  	kretprobe_table_lock(hash, &flags);
> @@ -1085,7 +1086,6 @@ void __kprobes kprobe_flush_task(struct 
>  			recycle_rp_inst(ri, &empty_rp);
>  	}
>  	kretprobe_table_unlock(hash, &flags);
> -	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&empty_rp);
>  	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(ri, node, tmp, &empty_rp, hlist) {
>  		hlist_del(&ri->hlist);
>  		kfree(ri);


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