Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Sat, 27 May 2017 10:32:31 +0200 (CEST) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | [GIT pull core fix for 4.12 |
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Linus,
please pull the latest core-urgent-for-linus git tree from:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git core-urgent-for-linus
A single fix which prevents a use after free when kthread fork fails.
Thanks,
tglx
------------------> Vegard Nossum (1): kthread: Fix use-after-free if kthread fork fails
kernel/fork.c | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index d681f8f10d2d..b7cdea10239c 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -1553,6 +1553,18 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process( if (!p) goto fork_out; + /* + * This _must_ happen before we call free_task(), i.e. before we jump + * to any of the bad_fork_* labels. This is to avoid freeing + * p->set_child_tid which is (ab)used as a kthread's data pointer for + * kernel threads (PF_KTHREAD). + */ + p->set_child_tid = (clone_flags & CLONE_CHILD_SETTID) ? child_tidptr : NULL; + /* + * Clear TID on mm_release()? + */ + p->clear_child_tid = (clone_flags & CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID) ? child_tidptr : NULL; + ftrace_graph_init_task(p); rt_mutex_init_task(p); @@ -1716,11 +1728,6 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process( } } - p->set_child_tid = (clone_flags & CLONE_CHILD_SETTID) ? child_tidptr : NULL; - /* - * Clear TID on mm_release()? - */ - p->clear_child_tid = (clone_flags & CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID) ? child_tidptr : NULL; #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK p->plug = NULL; #endif
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