From 912616f142bfeb1dc41f40dbe7ce38331886a94a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric W. Biederman" Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 16:30:21 -0600 Subject: exit: Guarantee make_task_dead leaks the tsk when calling do_task_exit Change the task state to EXIT_DEAD and take an extra rcu_refernce to guarantee the task will not be reaped and that it will not be freed. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YdUzjrLAlRiNLQp2@zeniv-ca.linux.org.uk Pointed-out-by: Al Viro Fixes: 7f80a2fd7db9 ("exit: Stop poorly open coding do_task_dead in make_task_dead") Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" --- kernel/exit.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel/exit.c') diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c index 6c4b04531f17..db4eeb7fc680 100644 --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -885,6 +885,8 @@ void __noreturn make_task_dead(int signr) if (unlikely(tsk->flags & PF_EXITING)) { pr_alert("Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed!\n"); futex_exit_recursive(tsk); + tsk->exit_state = EXIT_DEAD; + refcount_inc(&tsk->rcu_users); do_task_dead(); } -- cgit v1.2.3-58-ga151