linux-kernel - [PATCH] tty: fix pid refcount leak in tty_signal_session

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Message-ID: <20200726052804.GA51199@xin-virtual-machine>
Date:   Sun, 26 Jul 2020 13:28:04 +0800
From:   Xin Xiong <xiongx18@...an.edu.cn>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@...an.edu.cn>,
        Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@...il.com>, yuanxzhang@...an.edu.cn,
        Xin Xiong <xiongx18@...an.edu.cn>
Subject: [PATCH] tty: fix pid refcount leak in tty_signal_session_leader

In the loop, every time when p->signal->leader is true, the function
tty_signal_session_leader() will invoke get_pid() and return a
reference of tty->pgrp with increased refcount to the local variable
tty_pgrp or return NULL if it fails. After finishing the loop, the
function invokes put_pid() for only once, decreasing the refcount that
tty_pgrp keeps.

Refcount leaks may occur when the scenario that p->signal->leader is
true happens more than once. In this assumption, if the above scenario
happens n times in the loop, the function forgets to decrease the
refcount for n-1 times, which causes refcount leaks.

Fix the issue by decreasing the current refcount of the local variable
tty_pgrp before assigning new objects to it.

Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@...an.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Xin Xiong <xiongx18@...an.edu.cn>
---
 drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c b/drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c
index f8ed50a16848..9e6bf693ade1 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ int tty_signal_session_leader(struct tty_struct *tty, int exit_session)
 			__group_send_sig_info(SIGCONT, SEND_SIG_PRIV, p);
 			put_pid(p->signal->tty_old_pgrp);  /* A noop */
 			spin_lock(&tty->ctrl_lock);
+			if (tty_pgrp)
+				put_pid(tty_pgrp);
 			tty_pgrp = get_pid(tty->pgrp);
 			if (tty->pgrp)
 				p->signal->tty_old_pgrp = get_pid(tty->pgrp);
-- 
2.25.1