linux-kernel - [tip:sched/core] sched: Disallow sched_attr::sched

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Message-ID: <tip-438367fbfe307f2c26ee8e490f1fb9eacb6b6b02@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Mon, 19 May 2014 06:06:41 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	peterz@...radead.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mtk.manpages@...il.com
Subject: [tip:sched/core] sched: Disallow sched_attr::sched_policy < 0

Commit-ID:  438367fbfe307f2c26ee8e490f1fb9eacb6b6b02
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/438367fbfe307f2c26ee8e490f1fb9eacb6b6b02
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate: Fri, 9 May 2014 10:49:03 +0200
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Mon, 19 May 2014 21:47:33 +0900

sched: Disallow sched_attr::sched_policy < 0

The scheduler uses policy=-1 to preserve the current policy state to
implement sys_sched_setparam(), this got exposed to userspace by
accident through sys_sched_setattr(), cure this.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Reported-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Acked-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140509085311.GJ30445@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index f2205f0..cdefcf7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -3662,6 +3662,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(sched_setattr, pid_t, pid, struct sched_attr __user *, uattr,
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
+	if (attr.sched_policy < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	retval = -ESRCH;
 	p = find_process_by_pid(pid);
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