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authorStephen Wilson <wilsons@start.ca>2011-03-13 15:49:22 -0400
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2011-03-23 16:36:58 -0400
commit18f661bcf898742212182d75f22f05b048cc04bb (patch)
tree3a0a6edc6e4240bda06fe52d565fe4b1cb4d8b84 /fs
parent26947f8c8f9598209001cdcd31bb2162a2e54691 (diff)
downloadlinux-18f661bcf898742212182d75f22f05b048cc04bb.tar.bz2
proc: hold cred_guard_mutex in check_mem_permission()
Avoid a potential race when task exec's and we get a new ->mm but check against the old credentials in ptrace_may_access(). Holding of the mutex is implemented by factoring out the body of the code into a helper function __check_mem_permission(). Performing this factorization now simplifies upcoming changes and minimizes churn in the diff's. Signed-off-by: Stephen Wilson <wilsons@start.ca> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
-rw-r--r--fs/proc/base.c26
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 9af49a3984f1..013f116b3223 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -191,10 +191,7 @@ static int proc_root_link(struct inode *inode, struct path *path)
return result;
}
-/*
- * Return zero if current may access user memory in @task, -error if not.
- */
-static int check_mem_permission(struct task_struct *task)
+static int __check_mem_permission(struct task_struct *task)
{
/*
* A task can always look at itself, in case it chooses
@@ -222,6 +219,27 @@ static int check_mem_permission(struct task_struct *task)
return -EPERM;
}
+/*
+ * Return zero if current may access user memory in @task, -error if not.
+ */
+static int check_mem_permission(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ /*
+ * Avoid racing if task exec's as we might get a new mm but validate
+ * against old credentials.
+ */
+ err = mutex_lock_killable(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ err = __check_mem_permission(task);
+ mutex_unlock(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
+
+ return err;
+}
+
struct mm_struct *mm_for_maps(struct task_struct *task)
{
struct mm_struct *mm;