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SubjectRe: [PATCH] KEYS: Fix an RCU warning
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Le mardi 20 avril 2010 à 11:25 +0100, David Howells a écrit :
> Fix the following RCU warning:
>
> ===================================================
> [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
> ---------------------------------------------------
> security/keys/request_key.c:116 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!
>
> other info that might help us debug this:
>
>
> rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0
> 1 lock held by keyctl/5372:
> #0: (key_types_sem){.+.+.+}, at: [<ffffffff811a4e3d>] key_type_lookup+0x1c/0x70
>
> stack backtrace:
> Pid: 5372, comm: keyctl Not tainted 2.6.34-rc3-cachefs #150
> Call Trace:
> [<ffffffff810515f8>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0xaa/0xb2
> [<ffffffff811a9220>] call_sbin_request_key+0x156/0x2b6
> [<ffffffff811a4c66>] ? __key_instantiate_and_link+0xb1/0xdc
> [<ffffffff811a4cd3>] ? key_instantiate_and_link+0x42/0x5f
> [<ffffffff811a96b8>] ? request_key_auth_new+0x17b/0x1f3
> [<ffffffff811a8e00>] ? request_key_and_link+0x271/0x400
> [<ffffffff810aba6f>] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0xe1/0x118
> [<ffffffff811a8f1a>] request_key_and_link+0x38b/0x400
> [<ffffffff811a7b72>] sys_request_key+0xf7/0x14a
> [<ffffffff81052227>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x10c/0x130
> [<ffffffff81393f5c>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f
> [<ffffffff81001eeb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
>
> This was caused by doing:
>
> [root@andromeda ~]# keyctl newring fred @s
> 539196288
> [root@andromeda ~]# keyctl request2 user a a 539196288
> request_key: Required key not available
>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
> ---
>

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>

Thanks !

> security/keys/request_key.c | 13 ++++++++-----
> 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/security/keys/request_key.c b/security/keys/request_key.c
> index 03fe63e..ea97c31 100644
> --- a/security/keys/request_key.c
> +++ b/security/keys/request_key.c
> @@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ static int call_sbin_request_key(struct key_construction *cons,
> {
> const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
> key_serial_t prkey, sskey;
> - struct key *key = cons->key, *authkey = cons->authkey, *keyring;
> + struct key *key = cons->key, *authkey = cons->authkey, *keyring,
> + *session;
> char *argv[9], *envp[3], uid_str[12], gid_str[12];
> char key_str[12], keyring_str[3][12];
> char desc[20];
> @@ -112,10 +113,12 @@ static int call_sbin_request_key(struct key_construction *cons,
> if (cred->tgcred->process_keyring)
> prkey = cred->tgcred->process_keyring->serial;
>
> - if (cred->tgcred->session_keyring)
> - sskey = rcu_dereference(cred->tgcred->session_keyring)->serial;
> - else
> - sskey = cred->user->session_keyring->serial;
> + rcu_read_lock();
> + session = rcu_dereference(cred->tgcred->session_keyring);
> + if (!session)
> + session = cred->user->session_keyring;
> + sskey = session->serial;
> + rcu_read_unlock();
>
> sprintf(keyring_str[2], "%d", sskey);
>
>


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