linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.19 100/177] procfs: fix race between symlink removals and traversals

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Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:08:27 +0100
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 3.19 100/177] procfs: fix race between symlink removals and traversals

3.19-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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

From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>

commit 7e0e953bb0cf649f93277ac8fb67ecbb7f7b04a9 upstream.

use_pde()/unuse_pde() in ->follow_link()/->put_link() resp.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/proc/generic.c  |   12 ------------
 fs/proc/inode.c    |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 fs/proc/internal.h |    1 +
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
-#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
@@ -223,17 +222,6 @@ void proc_free_inum(unsigned int inum)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&proc_inum_lock, flags);
 }
 
-static void *proc_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	nd_set_link(nd, __PDE_DATA(dentry->d_inode));
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-static const struct inode_operations proc_link_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
-	.follow_link	= proc_follow_link,
-};
-
 /*
  * Don't create negative dentries here, return -ENOENT by hand
  * instead.
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/magic.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
@@ -393,6 +394,26 @@ static const struct file_operations proc
 };
 #endif
 
+static void *proc_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(dentry->d_inode);
+	if (unlikely(!use_pde(pde)))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	nd_set_link(nd, pde->data);
+	return pde;
+}
+
+static void proc_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *p)
+{
+	unuse_pde(p);
+}
+
+const struct inode_operations proc_link_inode_operations = {
+	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
+	.follow_link	= proc_follow_link,
+	.put_link	= proc_put_link,
+};
+
 struct inode *proc_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct proc_dir_entry *de)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = new_inode_pseudo(sb);
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ struct pde_opener {
 	int closing;
 	struct completion *c;
 };
+extern const struct inode_operations proc_link_inode_operations;
 
 extern const struct inode_operations proc_pid_link_inode_operations;
 


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