linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] kernel/kcmp.c: Use new infrastructure to fix deadlocks in execve

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Message-ID: <87k13svxtw.fsf@x220.int.ebiederm.org>
Date:   Tue, 10 Mar 2020 14:01:15 -0500
From:   ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:     Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@...mail.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] kernel/kcmp.c: Use new infrastructure to fix deadlocks in execve

Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@...mail.de> writes:

> This changes kcmp_epoll_target to use the new exec_update_mutex
> instead of cred_guard_mutex.
>
> This should be safe, as the credentials are only used for reading,
> and furthermore ->mm and ->sighand are updated on execve,
> but only under the new exec_update_mutex.
>

Can you add a comment that the exec_update_mutex is not needed for
KCMP_FILE?  As both sets of credentials during exec are valid
for accessing the files so exec_update_mutex does not matter.

I don't think exec_update_mutex is needed for KCMP_SYSVSEM
or KCMP_EPOLL_TFD either.  As I don't think exec changes either
one of those.

Eric


> Signed-off-by: Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@...mail.de>
> ---
>  kernel/kcmp.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/kcmp.c b/kernel/kcmp.c
> index a0e3d7a..b3ff928 100644
> --- a/kernel/kcmp.c
> +++ b/kernel/kcmp.c
> @@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ static int kcmp_epoll_target(struct task_struct *task1,
>  	/*
>  	 * One should have enough rights to inspect task details.
>  	 */
> -	ret = kcmp_lock(&task1->signal->cred_guard_mutex,
> -			&task2->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
> +	ret = kcmp_lock(&task1->signal->exec_update_mutex,
> +			&task2->signal->exec_update_mutex);
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto err;
>  	if (!ptrace_may_access(task1, PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS) ||
> @@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ static int kcmp_epoll_target(struct task_struct *task1,
>  	}
>  
>  err_unlock:
> -	kcmp_unlock(&task1->signal->cred_guard_mutex,
> -		    &task2->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
> +	kcmp_unlock(&task1->signal->exec_update_mutex,
> +		    &task2->signal->exec_update_mutex);
>  err:
>  	put_task_struct(task1);
>  	put_task_struct(task2);