Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

d024baa5 · Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> · 2017-05-27 08:52:27 -07:00

Pull kthread fix from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A single fix which prevents a use after free when kthread fork fails"

* 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  kthread: Fix use-after-free if kthread fork fails

Commit: d024baa58a4a7e5eb6058017771d15b9e47b56db
Parents: 77d64656 · 4d6501dc

Merge commit. Changes below are compared with the first parent: 77d64656.

Changes

1 files changed · +12 −5

File	Status	Add	Del	Content
kernel/fork.c	modified	+12	−5	View file

kernel/fork.c

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diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index aa1076c..e53770d 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1577,6 +1577,18 @@ 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);
@@ -1743,11 +1755,6 @@ 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