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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/fork.c | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/sys.c | 10 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index 80b48a8fb47b..c6d1c1ce9ed7 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -899,6 +899,7 @@ static struct mm_struct *mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p, mm->pinned_vm = 0; memset(&mm->rss_stat, 0, sizeof(mm->rss_stat)); spin_lock_init(&mm->page_table_lock); + spin_lock_init(&mm->arg_lock); mm_init_cpumask(mm); mm_init_aio(mm); mm_init_owner(mm, p); diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c index d1b2b8d934bb..38509dc1f77b 100644 --- a/kernel/sys.c +++ b/kernel/sys.c @@ -2018,7 +2018,11 @@ static int prctl_set_mm_map(int opt, const void __user *addr, unsigned long data return error; } - down_write(&mm->mmap_sem); + /* + * arg_lock protects concurent updates but we still need mmap_sem for + * read to exclude races with sys_brk. + */ + down_read(&mm->mmap_sem); /* * We don't validate if these members are pointing to @@ -2032,6 +2036,7 @@ static int prctl_set_mm_map(int opt, const void __user *addr, unsigned long data * to any problem in kernel itself */ + spin_lock(&mm->arg_lock); mm->start_code = prctl_map.start_code; mm->end_code = prctl_map.end_code; mm->start_data = prctl_map.start_data; @@ -2043,6 +2048,7 @@ static int prctl_set_mm_map(int opt, const void __user *addr, unsigned long data mm->arg_end = prctl_map.arg_end; mm->env_start = prctl_map.env_start; mm->env_end = prctl_map.env_end; + spin_unlock(&mm->arg_lock); /* * Note this update of @saved_auxv is lockless thus @@ -2055,7 +2061,7 @@ static int prctl_set_mm_map(int opt, const void __user *addr, unsigned long data if (prctl_map.auxv_size) memcpy(mm->saved_auxv, user_auxv, sizeof(user_auxv)); - up_write(&mm->mmap_sem); + up_read(&mm->mmap_sem); return 0; } #endif /* CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE */ |