patch "tty: Fix unsafe ldisc reference via ioctl(TIOCGETD)" added to tty-testing

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    tty: Fix unsafe ldisc reference via ioctl(TIOCGETD)

to my tty git tree which can be found at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty.git
in the tty-testing branch.

The patch will show up in the next release of the linux-next tree
(usually sometime within the next 24 hours during the week.)

The patch will be merged to the tty-next branch sometime soon,
after it passes testing, and the merge window is open.

If you have any questions about this process, please let me know.


>From 5c17c861a357e9458001f021a7afa7aab9937439 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 22:40:55 -0800
Subject: tty: Fix unsafe ldisc reference via ioctl(TIOCGETD)

ioctl(TIOCGETD) retrieves the line discipline id directly from the
ldisc because the line discipline id (c_line) in termios is untrustworthy;
userspace may have set termios via ioctl(TCSETS*) without actually
changing the line discipline via ioctl(TIOCSETD).

However, directly accessing the current ldisc via tty->ldisc is
unsafe; the ldisc ptr dereferenced may be stale if the line discipline
is changing via ioctl(TIOCSETD) or hangup.

Wait for the line discipline reference (just like read() or write())
to retrieve the "current" line discipline id.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index a1b36bf545e8..5cec01c75691 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -2659,6 +2659,28 @@ static int tiocsetd(struct tty_struct *tty, int __user *p)
 }
 
 /**
+ *	tiocgetd	-	get line discipline
+ *	@tty: tty device
+ *	@p: pointer to user data
+ *
+ *	Retrieves the line discipline id directly from the ldisc.
+ *
+ *	Locking: waits for ldisc reference (in case the line discipline
+ *		is changing or the tty is being hungup)
+ */
+
+static int tiocgetd(struct tty_struct *tty, int __user *p)
+{
+	struct tty_ldisc *ld;
+	int ret;
+
+	ld = tty_ldisc_ref_wait(tty);
+	ret = put_user(ld->ops->num, p);
+	tty_ldisc_deref(ld);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
  *	send_break	-	performed time break
  *	@tty: device to break on
  *	@duration: timeout in mS
@@ -2884,7 +2906,7 @@ long tty_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	case TIOCGSID:
 		return tiocgsid(tty, real_tty, p);
 	case TIOCGETD:
-		return put_user(tty->ldisc->ops->num, (int __user *)p);
+		return tiocgetd(tty, p);
 	case TIOCSETD:
 		return tiocsetd(tty, p);
 	case TIOCVHANGUP:
-- 
2.7.0