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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-05-24 08:28:59 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-05-24 08:28:59 -0700
commit2426125ab4ebdfc70fcdbaff8af8d50e34084616 (patch)
tree06cd24824963d8a34bb57dbad7f896f33ff891ba /kernel
parent590d4b333d12cbf85dae37257d81960a280232df (diff)
parentc70d9d809fdeecedb96972457ee45c49a232d97f (diff)
downloadlinux-2426125ab4ebdfc70fcdbaff8af8d50e34084616.tar.bz2
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace
Pull ptrace fix from Eric Biederman: "This fixes a brown paper bag bug. When I fixed the ptrace interaction with user namespaces I added a new field ptracer_cred in struct_task and I failed to properly initialize it on fork. This dangling pointer wound up breaking runing setuid applications run from the enlightenment window manager. As this is the worst sort of bug. A regression breaking user space for no good reason let's get this fixed" * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace: ptrace: Properly initialize ptracer_cred on fork
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/ptrace.c20
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 266ddcc1d8bb..60f356d91060 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -60,19 +60,25 @@ int ptrace_access_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr,
}
+void __ptrace_link(struct task_struct *child, struct task_struct *new_parent,
+ const struct cred *ptracer_cred)
+{
+ BUG_ON(!list_empty(&child->ptrace_entry));
+ list_add(&child->ptrace_entry, &new_parent->ptraced);
+ child->parent = new_parent;
+ child->ptracer_cred = get_cred(ptracer_cred);
+}
+
/*
* ptrace a task: make the debugger its new parent and
* move it to the ptrace list.
*
* Must be called with the tasklist lock write-held.
*/
-void __ptrace_link(struct task_struct *child, struct task_struct *new_parent)
+static void ptrace_link(struct task_struct *child, struct task_struct *new_parent)
{
- BUG_ON(!list_empty(&child->ptrace_entry));
- list_add(&child->ptrace_entry, &new_parent->ptraced);
- child->parent = new_parent;
rcu_read_lock();
- child->ptracer_cred = get_cred(__task_cred(new_parent));
+ __ptrace_link(child, new_parent, __task_cred(new_parent));
rcu_read_unlock();
}
@@ -386,7 +392,7 @@ static int ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *task, long request,
flags |= PT_SEIZED;
task->ptrace = flags;
- __ptrace_link(task, current);
+ ptrace_link(task, current);
/* SEIZE doesn't trap tracee on attach */
if (!seize)
@@ -459,7 +465,7 @@ static int ptrace_traceme(void)
*/
if (!ret && !(current->real_parent->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
current->ptrace = PT_PTRACED;
- __ptrace_link(current, current->real_parent);
+ ptrace_link(current, current->real_parent);
}
}
write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);