Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Feb 2015 21:52:50 -0600 | From | Josh Poimboeuf <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] livepatch: RCU protect struct klp_func all the time when used in klp_ftrace_handler() |
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On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 12:29:30AM +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Wed, 18 Feb 2015, Petr Mladek wrote: > > > func->new_func has been accessed after rcu_read_unlock() in klp_ftrace_handler() > > and therefore the access was not protected. > > > > Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz> > > --- > > kernel/livepatch/core.c | 6 +++--- > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c > > index ff7f47d026ac..cde66192e20e 100644 > > --- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c > > +++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c > > @@ -314,12 +314,12 @@ static void notrace klp_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip, > > rcu_read_lock(); > > func = list_first_or_null_rcu(&ops->func_stack, struct klp_func, > > stack_node); > > - rcu_read_unlock(); > > - > > if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!func)) > > - return; > > + goto unlock; > > > > klp_arch_set_pc(regs, (unsigned long)func->new_func); > > +unlock: > > + rcu_read_unlock(); > > This can't hurt, even though the only scenario where this could in theory > trigger as a bug (module removal) is non-issue now. > > But I'd like to take it nevertheless ... Seth, Josh?
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
-- Josh
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