linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] cgroup fixes for v5.13-rc5

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Message-ID: <YMIg/rC1TQwEbabA@slm.duckdns.org>
Date:   Thu, 10 Jun 2021 10:26:06 -0400
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [GIT PULL] cgroup fixes for v5.13-rc5

Hello, Linus.

This is a high priority but low risk fix for a cgroup1 bug where rename(2)
can change a cgroup's name to something which can break parsing of
/proc/PID/cgroup.

Thanks.

The following changes since commit 08b2b6fdf6b26032f025084ce2893924a0cdb4a2:

  cgroup: fix spelling mistakes (2021-05-24 12:45:26 -0400)

are available in the Git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup.git for-5.13-fixes

for you to fetch changes up to b7e24eb1caa5f8da20d405d262dba67943aedc42:

  cgroup1: don't allow '\n' in renaming (2021-06-10 09:58:50 -0400)

----------------------------------------------------------------
Alexander Kuznetsov (1):
      cgroup1: don't allow '\n' in renaming

 kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
index 8190b6bfc978..1f274d7fc934 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
@@ -820,6 +820,10 @@ static int cgroup1_rename(struct kernfs_node *kn, struct kernfs_node *new_parent
 	struct cgroup *cgrp = kn->priv;
 	int ret;
 
+	/* do not accept '\n' to prevent making /proc/<pid>/cgroup unparsable */
+	if (strchr(new_name_str, '\n'))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (kernfs_type(kn) != KERNFS_DIR)
 		return -ENOTDIR;
 	if (kn->parent != new_parent)