From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
"Christian Brauner (Amutable)" <brauner@kernel.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y] proc: protect ptrace_may_access() with exec_update_lock (part 1)
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:11:49 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260717181149.2086640-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026071445-ridden-persuader-5fac@gregkh>
From: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
[ Upstream commit 6650527444dadc63d84aa939d14ecba4fadb2f69 ]
Fix the easy cases where procfs currently calls ptrace_may_access() without
exec_update_lock protection, where the fix is to simply add the extra lock
or use mm_access():
- do_task_stat(): grab exec_update_lock
- proc_pid_wchan(): grab exec_update_lock
- proc_map_files_lookup(): use mm_access() instead of get_task_mm()
- proc_map_files_readdir(): use mm_access() instead of get_task_mm()
- proc_ns_get_link(): grab exec_update_lock
- proc_ns_readlink(): grab exec_update_lock
Fixes: f83ce3e6b02d ("proc: avoid information leaks to non-privileged processes")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260518-procfs-lockfix-part1-v1-1-5c3d20e0ac33@google.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
[ converted NULL return from mm_access() to ERR_PTR(-ESRCH) at call sites since 5.15's mm_access() returns NULL when the task has no mm ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
fs/proc/array.c | 6 ++++++
fs/proc/base.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
fs/proc/namespaces.c | 12 ++++++++++++
3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c
index 6f30b5a3166786..65f4e4df785d61 100644
--- a/fs/proc/array.c
+++ b/fs/proc/array.c
@@ -468,6 +468,11 @@ static int do_task_stat(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
unsigned long flags;
struct signal_struct *sig = task->signal;
unsigned int seq = 1;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = down_read_killable(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
state = *get_task_state(task);
vsize = eip = esp = 0;
@@ -642,6 +647,7 @@ static int do_task_stat(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
seq_puts(m, " 0");
seq_putc(m, '\n');
+ up_read(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
if (mm)
mmput(mm);
return 0;
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 3405005199b613..ddd73fca706530 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -423,18 +423,24 @@ static int proc_pid_wchan(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
{
unsigned long wchan;
char symname[KSYM_NAME_LEN];
+ int err;
+ err = down_read_killable(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS))
goto print0;
wchan = get_wchan(task);
if (wchan && !lookup_symbol_name(wchan, symname)) {
seq_puts(m, symname);
+ up_read(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
return 0;
}
print0:
seq_putc(m, '0');
+ up_read(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
return 0;
}
#endif /* CONFIG_KALLSYMS */
@@ -2357,17 +2363,17 @@ static struct dentry *proc_map_files_lookup(struct inode *dir,
if (!task)
goto out;
- result = ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
- if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS))
- goto out_put_task;
-
result = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
if (dname_to_vma_addr(dentry, &vm_start, &vm_end))
goto out_put_task;
- mm = get_task_mm(task);
+ mm = mm_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS);
if (!mm)
+ mm = ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
+ if (IS_ERR(mm)) {
+ result = ERR_CAST(mm);
goto out_put_task;
+ }
result = ERR_PTR(-EINTR);
if (mmap_read_lock_killable(mm))
@@ -2416,23 +2422,24 @@ proc_map_files_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
if (!task)
goto out;
- ret = -EACCES;
- if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS))
- goto out_put_task;
-
ret = 0;
if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
goto out_put_task;
- mm = get_task_mm(task);
+ mm = mm_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS);
if (!mm)
+ mm = ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
+ if (IS_ERR(mm)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(mm);
+ /* if the task has no mm, the directory should just be empty */
+ if (ret == -ESRCH)
+ ret = 0;
goto out_put_task;
+ }
ret = mmap_read_lock_killable(mm);
- if (ret) {
- mmput(mm);
- goto out_put_task;
- }
+ if (ret)
+ goto out_put_mm;
nr_files = 0;
@@ -2456,8 +2463,7 @@ proc_map_files_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
if (!p) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
mmap_read_unlock(mm);
- mmput(mm);
- goto out_put_task;
+ goto out_put_mm;
}
p->start = vma->vm_start;
@@ -2465,7 +2471,6 @@ proc_map_files_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
p->mode = vma->vm_file->f_mode;
}
mmap_read_unlock(mm);
- mmput(mm);
for (i = 0; i < nr_files; i++) {
char buf[4 * sizeof(long) + 2]; /* max: %lx-%lx\0 */
@@ -2482,6 +2487,8 @@ proc_map_files_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
ctx->pos++;
}
+out_put_mm:
+ mmput(mm);
out_put_task:
put_task_struct(task);
out:
diff --git a/fs/proc/namespaces.c b/fs/proc/namespaces.c
index 8e159fc78c0a12..3a824f62dfccd6 100644
--- a/fs/proc/namespaces.c
+++ b/fs/proc/namespaces.c
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ static const char *proc_ns_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
if (!task)
return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
+ error = down_read_killable(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
+ if (error)
+ goto out_put_task;
+
if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS))
goto out;
@@ -64,6 +68,8 @@ static const char *proc_ns_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
error = nd_jump_link(&ns_path);
out:
+ up_read(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
+out_put_task:
put_task_struct(task);
return ERR_PTR(error);
}
@@ -80,11 +86,17 @@ static int proc_ns_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer, int bufl
if (!task)
return res;
+ res = down_read_killable(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
+ if (res)
+ goto out_put_task;
+
if (ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS)) {
res = ns_get_name(name, sizeof(name), task, ns_ops);
if (res >= 0)
res = readlink_copy(buffer, buflen, name);
}
+ up_read(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
+out_put_task:
put_task_struct(task);
return res;
}
--
2.53.0
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2026-07-14 14:50 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] proc: protect ptrace_may_access() with exec_update_lock (part" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree gregkh
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