From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Elena Reshetova To: mingo@redhat.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, tj@kernel.org, hannes@cmpxchg.org, lizefan@huawei.com, acme@kernel.org, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com, eparis@redhat.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, arnd@arndb.de, luto@kernel.org, keescook@chromium.org, tglx@linutronix.de, dvhart@infradead.org, ebiederm@xmission.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, axboe@kernel.dk, Elena Reshetova Subject: [PATCH 02/15] sched: convert signal_struct.sigcnt to refcount_t Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:15:44 +0300 Message-Id: <1508501757-15784-3-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <1508501757-15784-1-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> References: <1508501757-15784-1-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: atomic_t variables are currently used to implement reference counters with the following properties: - counter is initialized to 1 using atomic_set() - a resource is freed upon counter reaching zero - once counter reaches zero, its further increments aren't allowed - counter schema uses basic atomic operations (set, inc, inc_not_zero, dec_and_test, etc.) Such atomic variables should be converted to a newly provided refcount_t type and API that prevents accidental counter overflows and underflows. This is important since overflows and underflows can lead to use-after-free situation and be exploitable. The variable signal_struct.sigcnt is used as pure reference counter. Convert it to refcount_t and fix up the operations. Suggested-by: Kees Cook Reviewed-by: David Windsor Reviewed-by: Hans Liljestrand Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova --- include/linux/sched/signal.h | 2 +- kernel/fork.c | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/sched/signal.h b/include/linux/sched/signal.h index b40fbf7..856d957 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched/signal.h +++ b/include/linux/sched/signal.h @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ struct thread_group_cputimer { * the locking of signal_struct. */ struct signal_struct { - atomic_t sigcnt; + refcount_t sigcnt; atomic_t live; int nr_threads; struct list_head thread_head; diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index ab4ddc9..869850b 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ static inline void free_signal_struct(struct signal_struct *sig) static inline void put_signal_struct(struct signal_struct *sig) { - if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sig->sigcnt)) + if (refcount_dec_and_test(&sig->sigcnt)) free_signal_struct(sig); } @@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ static int copy_signal(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk) sig->nr_threads = 1; atomic_set(&sig->live, 1); - atomic_set(&sig->sigcnt, 1); + refcount_set(&sig->sigcnt, 1); /* list_add(thread_node, thread_head) without INIT_LIST_HEAD() */ sig->thread_head = (struct list_head)LIST_HEAD_INIT(tsk->thread_node); @@ -1950,7 +1950,7 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process( } else { current->signal->nr_threads++; atomic_inc(¤t->signal->live); - atomic_inc(¤t->signal->sigcnt); + refcount_inc(¤t->signal->sigcnt); list_add_tail_rcu(&p->thread_group, &p->group_leader->thread_group); list_add_tail_rcu(&p->thread_node, -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org