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SubjectRe: fs/pipe.c null pointer dereference
Earl Chew wrote:
> I have given the matter more thought, and I believe it is unlikely
> that the problem is in fs/fifo.c. As outlined in my previous
> email, the code looks ok.

I notice that the other place the rdwr_pipe_fops is set up is:

> static struct inode * get_pipe_inode(void)
> {
> ...
> inode->i_fop = &rdwr_pipe_fops;
>

and that get_pipe_inode() is called from:

> struct file *create_write_pipe(void)
> {
> ...
> inode = get_pipe_inode();
> if (!inode)
> goto err_file;

and that is called from do_pipe():

> int do_pipe(int *fd)
> {
> ...
> fw = create_write_pipe();
> if (IS_ERR(fw))
> return PTR_ERR(fw);
> fr = create_read_pipe(fw);
> error = PTR_ERR(fr);
> if (IS_ERR(fr))
> goto err_write_pipe;


... and do_pipe() is called from many places.


The stack trace I have shows:

> Call Trace:
> [<ffffffff802899a5>] pipe_rdwr_open+0x35/0x70
> [<ffffffff8028125c>] __dentry_open+0x13c/0x230
> [<ffffffff8028143d>] do_filp_open+0x2d/0x40
> [<ffffffff802814aa>] do_sys_open+0x5a/0x100
> [<ffffffff8021faf3>] sysenter_do_call+0x1b/0x67


How can it be possible that sys_open (ie open(2)) can get hold
of an inode whose i_fop->open() points at pipe_rdwr_open() ?

Is this possible via /proc/pid/fd/* ?

Yes, it looks likely:

> { echo y ; sleep 1 ; } | { while read ; do echo z$REPLY; done ; } &
> PID=$!
> OUT=$(ps -efl | grep 'sleep 1' | grep -v grep)
> OUT=${OUT%% *}
> echo n > /proc/$OUT/fd/1

This test prints zy and zn indicating that the 2nd echo was able
to open the writing end of the pipe and inject another character.

Earl




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