linux-kernel - [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.4 204/330] perf: Use new infrastructure to fix deadlocks in execve

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Date:   Thu, 17 Sep 2020 21:59:04 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@...mail.de>,
        "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.4 204/330] perf: Use new infrastructure to fix deadlocks in execve

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

[ Upstream commit 6914303824bb572278568330d72fc1f8f9814e67 ]

This changes perf_event_set_clock to use the new exec_update_mutex
instead of cred_guard_mutex.

This should be safe, as the credentials are only used for reading.

Signed-off-by: Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@...mail.de>
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index db1f5aa755f22..47646050efa0c 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ static void put_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
  * function.
  *
  * Lock order:
- *    cred_guard_mutex
+ *    exec_update_mutex
  *	task_struct::perf_event_mutex
  *	  perf_event_context::mutex
  *	    perf_event::child_mutex;
@@ -11002,14 +11002,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 	}
 
 	if (task) {
-		err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
+		err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&task->signal->exec_update_mutex);
 		if (err)
 			goto err_task;
 
 		/*
 		 * Reuse ptrace permission checks for now.
 		 *
-		 * We must hold cred_guard_mutex across this and any potential
+		 * We must hold exec_update_mutex across this and any potential
 		 * perf_install_in_context() call for this new event to
 		 * serialize against exec() altering our credentials (and the
 		 * perf_event_exit_task() that could imply).
@@ -11298,7 +11298,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
 
 	if (task) {
-		mutex_unlock(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
+		mutex_unlock(&task->signal->exec_update_mutex);
 		put_task_struct(task);
 	}
 
@@ -11334,7 +11334,7 @@ err_alloc:
 		free_event(event);
 err_cred:
 	if (task)
-		mutex_unlock(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
+		mutex_unlock(&task->signal->exec_update_mutex);
 err_task:
 	if (task)
 		put_task_struct(task);
@@ -11639,7 +11639,7 @@ static void perf_event_exit_task_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
 /*
  * When a child task exits, feed back event values to parent events.
  *
- * Can be called with cred_guard_mutex held when called from
+ * Can be called with exec_update_mutex held when called from
  * install_exec_creds().
  */
 void perf_event_exit_task(struct task_struct *child)
-- 
2.25.1