From d036bda7d0e7269c2982eb979acfef855f5d7977 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elena Reshetova Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:27:26 +0200 Subject: sched/core: Convert sighand_struct.count to refcount_t 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 sighand_struct.count is used as pure reference counter. Convert it to refcount_t and fix up the operations. ** Important note for maintainers: Some functions from refcount_t API defined in lib/refcount.c have different memory ordering guarantees than their atomic counterparts. The full comparison can be seen in https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/11/15/57 and it is hopefully soon in state to be merged to the documentation tree. Normally the differences should not matter since refcount_t provides enough guarantees to satisfy the refcounting use cases, but in some rare cases it might matter. Please double check that you don't have some undocumented memory guarantees for this variable usage. For the sighand_struct.count it might make a difference in following places: - __cleanup_sighand: decrement in refcount_dec_and_test() only provides RELEASE ordering and control dependency on success vs. fully ordered atomic counterpart Suggested-by: Kees Cook Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Reviewed-by: David Windsor Reviewed-by: Hans Liljestrand Reviewed-by: Andrea Parri Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1547814450-18902-2-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- fs/exec.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs/exec.c') diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c index fb72d36f7823..966cd98a2ce2 100644 --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ no_thread_group: flush_itimer_signals(); #endif - if (atomic_read(&oldsighand->count) != 1) { + if (refcount_read(&oldsighand->count) != 1) { struct sighand_struct *newsighand; /* * This ->sighand is shared with the CLONE_SIGHAND @@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ no_thread_group: if (!newsighand) return -ENOMEM; - atomic_set(&newsighand->count, 1); + refcount_set(&newsighand->count, 1); memcpy(newsighand->action, oldsighand->action, sizeof(newsighand->action)); -- cgit v1.2.3-58-ga151