linux-kernel - [PATCH] ptrace: change __ptrace_unlink() to clear ->ptrace under ->siglock

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Message-ID: <20160314200110.GA11038@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2016 21:01:10 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ptrace: change __ptrace_unlink() to clear ->ptrace under
 ->siglock

This test-case (simplified version of generated by syzkaller)

	#include <unistd.h>
	#include <sys/ptrace.h>
	#include <sys/wait.h>

	void test(void)
	{
		for (;;) {
			if (fork()) {
				wait(NULL);
				continue;
			}

			ptrace(PTRACE_SEIZE, getppid(), 0, 0);
			ptrace(PTRACE_INTERRUPT, getppid(), 0, 0);
			_exit(0);
		}
	}

	int main(void)
	{
		int np;

		for (np = 0; np < 8; ++np)
			if (!fork())
				test();

		while (wait(NULL) > 0)
			;
		return 0;
	}

triggers the 2nd WARN_ON_ONCE(!signr) warning in do_jobctl_trap(). The problem
is that __ptrace_unlink() clears task->jobctl under siglock but task->ptrace
is cleared without this lock held; this fools the "else" branch which assumes
that !PT_SEIZED means PT_PTRACED.

Note also that most of other PTRACE_SEIZE checks can race with detach from the
exiting tracer too. Say, the callers of ptrace_trap_notify() assume that SEIZED
can't go away after it was checked.

Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/ptrace.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 2341efe..32c5dd2 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -73,12 +73,11 @@ void __ptrace_unlink(struct task_struct *child)
 {
 	BUG_ON(!child->ptrace);
 
-	child->ptrace = 0;
 	child->parent = child->real_parent;
 	list_del_init(&child->ptrace_entry);
 
 	spin_lock(&child->sighand->siglock);
-
+	child->ptrace = 0;
 	/*
 	 * Clear all pending traps and TRAPPING.  TRAPPING should be
 	 * cleared regardless of JOBCTL_STOP_PENDING.  Do it explicitly.
-- 
2.5.0