From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>,
kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>,
"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y 2/4] ucounts: Split rlimit and ucount values and max values
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 17:41:23 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261110223252.3777469-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261110223252.3777469-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>
[ Upstream commit de399236e240743ad2dd10d719c37b97ddf31996 ]
Since the semantics of maximum rlimit values are different, it would be
better not to mix ucount and rlimit values. This will prevent the error
of using inc_count/dec_ucount for rlimit parameters.
This patch also renames the functions to emphasize the lack of
connection between rlimit and ucount.
v3:
- Fix BUG:KASAN:use-after-free_in_dec_ucount.
v2:
- Fix the array-index-out-of-bounds that was found by the lkp project.
Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220518171730.l65lmnnjtnxnftpq@example.org
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Stable-dep-of: b14fcabd34e0 ("ucount: take the rlimit reference before checking the limit")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
fs/exec.c | 2 +-
fs/proc/array.c | 2 +-
include/linux/user_namespace.h | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------
kernel/fork.c | 12 ++++++------
kernel/sys.c | 2 +-
kernel/ucount.c | 34 +++++++++++++++------------------
kernel/user_namespace.c | 10 +++++-----
7 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 5efe7ae6f9685..e573d35cb2037 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ static int do_execveat_common(int fd, struct filename *filename,
* whether NPROC limit is still exceeded.
*/
if ((current->flags & PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED) &&
- is_ucounts_overlimit(current_ucounts(), UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC, rlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC))) {
+ is_rlimit_overlimit(current_ucounts(), UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC, rlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC))) {
retval = -EAGAIN;
goto out_ret;
}
diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c
index 65f4e4df785d6..d7101eb734316 100644
--- a/fs/proc/array.c
+++ b/fs/proc/array.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static inline void task_sig(struct seq_file *m, struct task_struct *p)
collect_sigign_sigcatch(p, &ignored, &caught);
num_threads = get_nr_threads(p);
rcu_read_lock(); /* FIXME: is this correct? */
- qsize = get_ucounts_value(task_ucounts(p), UCOUNT_RLIMIT_SIGPENDING);
+ qsize = get_rlimit_value(task_ucounts(p), UCOUNT_RLIMIT_SIGPENDING);
rcu_read_unlock();
qlim = task_rlimit(p, RLIMIT_SIGPENDING);
unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
diff --git a/include/linux/user_namespace.h b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
index 33a4240e6a6f1..45f09bec02c48 100644
--- a/include/linux/user_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
@@ -54,15 +54,17 @@ enum ucount_type {
UCOUNT_FANOTIFY_GROUPS,
UCOUNT_FANOTIFY_MARKS,
#endif
+ UCOUNT_COUNTS,
+};
+
+enum rlimit_type {
UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC,
UCOUNT_RLIMIT_MSGQUEUE,
UCOUNT_RLIMIT_SIGPENDING,
UCOUNT_RLIMIT_MEMLOCK,
- UCOUNT_COUNTS,
+ UCOUNT_RLIMIT_COUNTS,
};
-#define MAX_PER_NAMESPACE_UCOUNTS UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC
-
struct user_namespace {
struct uid_gid_map uid_map;
struct uid_gid_map gid_map;
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ struct user_namespace {
#endif
struct ucounts *ucounts;
long ucount_max[UCOUNT_COUNTS];
+ long rlimit_max[UCOUNT_RLIMIT_COUNTS];
} __randomize_layout;
struct ucounts {
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ struct ucounts {
kuid_t uid;
atomic_t count;
atomic_long_t ucount[UCOUNT_COUNTS];
+ atomic_long_t rlimit[UCOUNT_RLIMIT_COUNTS];
};
extern struct user_namespace init_user_ns;
@@ -120,21 +124,26 @@ struct ucounts *alloc_ucounts(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid);
struct ucounts * __must_check get_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts);
void put_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts);
-static inline long get_ucounts_value(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type)
+static inline long get_rlimit_value(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum rlimit_type type)
{
- return atomic_long_read(&ucounts->ucount[type]);
+ return atomic_long_read(&ucounts->rlimit[type]);
}
-long inc_rlimit_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type, long v);
-bool dec_rlimit_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type, long v);
-long inc_rlimit_get_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type);
-void dec_rlimit_put_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type);
-bool is_ucounts_overlimit(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type, unsigned long max);
+long inc_rlimit_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum rlimit_type type, long v);
+bool dec_rlimit_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum rlimit_type type, long v);
+long inc_rlimit_get_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum rlimit_type type);
+void dec_rlimit_put_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum rlimit_type type);
+bool is_rlimit_overlimit(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum rlimit_type type, unsigned long max);
+
+static inline long get_userns_rlimit_max(struct user_namespace *ns, enum rlimit_type type)
+{
+ return READ_ONCE(ns->rlimit_max[type]);
+}
-static inline void set_rlimit_ucount_max(struct user_namespace *ns,
- enum ucount_type type, unsigned long max)
+static inline void set_userns_rlimit_max(struct user_namespace *ns,
+ enum rlimit_type type, unsigned long max)
{
- ns->ucount_max[type] = max <= LONG_MAX ? max : LONG_MAX;
+ ns->rlimit_max[type] = max <= LONG_MAX ? max : LONG_MAX;
}
#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 25fb13362d38c..87c08297fbee6 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -850,13 +850,13 @@ void __init fork_init(void)
init_task.signal->rlim[RLIMIT_SIGPENDING] =
init_task.signal->rlim[RLIMIT_NPROC];
- for (i = 0; i < MAX_PER_NAMESPACE_UCOUNTS; i++)
+ for (i = 0; i < UCOUNT_COUNTS; i++)
init_user_ns.ucount_max[i] = max_threads/2;
- set_rlimit_ucount_max(&init_user_ns, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC, RLIM_INFINITY);
- set_rlimit_ucount_max(&init_user_ns, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_MSGQUEUE, RLIM_INFINITY);
- set_rlimit_ucount_max(&init_user_ns, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_SIGPENDING, RLIM_INFINITY);
- set_rlimit_ucount_max(&init_user_ns, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, RLIM_INFINITY);
+ set_userns_rlimit_max(&init_user_ns, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC, RLIM_INFINITY);
+ set_userns_rlimit_max(&init_user_ns, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_MSGQUEUE, RLIM_INFINITY);
+ set_userns_rlimit_max(&init_user_ns, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_SIGPENDING, RLIM_INFINITY);
+ set_userns_rlimit_max(&init_user_ns, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, RLIM_INFINITY);
#ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
cpuhp_setup_state(CPUHP_BP_PREPARE_DYN, "fork:vm_stack_cache",
@@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
goto bad_fork_free;
retval = -EAGAIN;
- if (is_ucounts_overlimit(task_ucounts(p), UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC, rlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC))) {
+ if (is_rlimit_overlimit(task_ucounts(p), UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC, rlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC))) {
if (p->real_cred->user != INIT_USER &&
!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
goto bad_fork_cleanup_count;
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 3aa55bdcb7e41..89d8c850c13a1 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ static void flag_nproc_exceeded(struct cred *new)
* for programs doing set*uid()+execve() by harmlessly deferring the
* failure to the execve() stage.
*/
- if (is_ucounts_overlimit(new->ucounts, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC, rlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC)) &&
+ if (is_rlimit_overlimit(new->ucounts, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC, rlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC)) &&
new->user != INIT_USER)
current->flags |= PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED;
else
diff --git a/kernel/ucount.c b/kernel/ucount.c
index a751fb6e94e51..2e2c9c2096781 100644
--- a/kernel/ucount.c
+++ b/kernel/ucount.c
@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@ static struct ctl_table user_table[] = {
UCOUNT_ENTRY("max_fanotify_groups"),
UCOUNT_ENTRY("max_fanotify_marks"),
#endif
- { },
- { },
- { },
- { },
{ }
};
#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
@@ -257,29 +253,29 @@ void dec_ucount(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type)
put_ucounts(ucounts);
}
-long inc_rlimit_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type, long v)
+long inc_rlimit_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum rlimit_type type, long v)
{
struct ucounts *iter;
long max = LONG_MAX;
long ret = 0;
for (iter = ucounts; iter; iter = iter->ns->ucounts) {
- long new = atomic_long_add_return(v, &iter->ucount[type]);
+ long new = atomic_long_add_return(v, &iter->rlimit[type]);
if (new < 0 || new > max)
ret = LONG_MAX;
else if (iter == ucounts)
ret = new;
- max = READ_ONCE(iter->ns->ucount_max[type]);
+ max = get_userns_rlimit_max(iter->ns, type);
}
return ret;
}
-bool dec_rlimit_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type, long v)
+bool dec_rlimit_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum rlimit_type type, long v)
{
struct ucounts *iter;
long new = -1; /* Silence compiler warning */
for (iter = ucounts; iter; iter = iter->ns->ucounts) {
- long dec = atomic_long_sub_return(v, &iter->ucount[type]);
+ long dec = atomic_long_sub_return(v, &iter->rlimit[type]);
WARN_ON_ONCE(dec < 0);
if (iter == ucounts)
new = dec;
@@ -288,11 +284,11 @@ bool dec_rlimit_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type, long v)
}
static void do_dec_rlimit_put_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts,
- struct ucounts *last, enum ucount_type type)
+ struct ucounts *last, enum rlimit_type type)
{
struct ucounts *iter, *next;
for (iter = ucounts; iter != last; iter = next) {
- long dec = atomic_long_sub_return(1, &iter->ucount[type]);
+ long dec = atomic_long_sub_return(1, &iter->rlimit[type]);
WARN_ON_ONCE(dec < 0);
next = iter->ns->ucounts;
if (dec == 0)
@@ -300,12 +296,12 @@ static void do_dec_rlimit_put_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts,
}
}
-void dec_rlimit_put_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type)
+void dec_rlimit_put_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum rlimit_type type)
{
do_dec_rlimit_put_ucounts(ucounts, NULL, type);
}
-long inc_rlimit_get_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type)
+long inc_rlimit_get_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum rlimit_type type)
{
/* Caller must hold a reference to ucounts */
struct ucounts *iter;
@@ -313,12 +309,12 @@ long inc_rlimit_get_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type)
long dec, ret = 0;
for (iter = ucounts; iter; iter = iter->ns->ucounts) {
- long new = atomic_long_add_return(1, &iter->ucount[type]);
+ long new = atomic_long_add_return(1, &iter->rlimit[type]);
if (new < 0 || new > max)
goto dec_unwind;
if (iter == ucounts)
ret = new;
- max = READ_ONCE(iter->ns->ucount_max[type]);
+ max = get_userns_rlimit_max(iter->ns, type);
/*
* Grab an extra ucount reference for the caller when
* the rlimit count was previously 0.
@@ -330,23 +326,23 @@ long inc_rlimit_get_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type)
}
return ret;
dec_unwind:
- dec = atomic_long_sub_return(1, &iter->ucount[type]);
+ dec = atomic_long_sub_return(1, &iter->rlimit[type]);
WARN_ON_ONCE(dec < 0);
do_dec_rlimit_put_ucounts(ucounts, iter, type);
return 0;
}
-bool is_ucounts_overlimit(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type, unsigned long rlimit)
+bool is_rlimit_overlimit(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum rlimit_type type, unsigned long rlimit)
{
struct ucounts *iter;
long max = rlimit;
if (rlimit > LONG_MAX)
max = LONG_MAX;
for (iter = ucounts; iter; iter = iter->ns->ucounts) {
- long val = get_ucounts_value(iter, type);
+ long val = get_rlimit_value(iter, type);
if (val < 0 || val > max)
return true;
- max = READ_ONCE(iter->ns->ucount_max[type]);
+ max = get_userns_rlimit_max(iter->ns, type);
}
return false;
}
diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
index 5481ba44a8d68..981bb2d10d836 100644
--- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
@@ -131,13 +131,13 @@ int create_user_ns(struct cred *new)
ns->owner = owner;
ns->group = group;
INIT_WORK(&ns->work, free_user_ns);
- for (i = 0; i < MAX_PER_NAMESPACE_UCOUNTS; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < UCOUNT_COUNTS; i++) {
ns->ucount_max[i] = INT_MAX;
}
- set_rlimit_ucount_max(ns, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC, enforced_nproc_rlimit());
- set_rlimit_ucount_max(ns, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_MSGQUEUE, rlimit(RLIMIT_MSGQUEUE));
- set_rlimit_ucount_max(ns, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_SIGPENDING, rlimit(RLIMIT_SIGPENDING));
- set_rlimit_ucount_max(ns, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, rlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK));
+ set_userns_rlimit_max(ns, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC, enforced_nproc_rlimit());
+ set_userns_rlimit_max(ns, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_MSGQUEUE, rlimit(RLIMIT_MSGQUEUE));
+ set_userns_rlimit_max(ns, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_SIGPENDING, rlimit(RLIMIT_SIGPENDING));
+ set_userns_rlimit_max(ns, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, rlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK));
ns->ucounts = ucounts;
/* Inherit USERNS_SETGROUPS_ALLOWED from our parent */
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-10 22:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-07 11:10 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ucount: take the rlimit reference before checking the limit" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree Sasha Levin
2026-11-07 13:56 ` Alexey Gladkov
2026-11-10 22:41 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/4] ucounts: Use atomic_long_sub_return for clarity Sasha Levin
2026-11-10 22:41 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-11-10 22:41 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 3/4] signal: restore the override_rlimit logic Sasha Levin
2026-11-10 22:41 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 4/4] ucount: take the rlimit reference before checking the limit Sasha Levin
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