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[PATCH 10/12] lib/syscall: Pin the task stack in collect_syscall()

From Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject [PATCH 10/12] lib/syscall: Pin the task stack in collect_syscall()
Date 2016-09-13 23:40 +0200
Message-ID <sh3AS-7tK-15@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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This will avoid a potential read-after-free if collect_syscall()
(e.g. /proc/PID/syscall) is called on an exiting task.

Reported-by: Jann Horn <jann@thejh.net>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
---
 lib/syscall.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/syscall.c b/lib/syscall.c
index e30e03932480..63239e097b13 100644
--- a/lib/syscall.c
+++ b/lib/syscall.c
@@ -7,9 +7,19 @@ static int collect_syscall(struct task_struct *target, long *callno,
 			   unsigned long args[6], unsigned int maxargs,
 			   unsigned long *sp, unsigned long *pc)
 {
-	struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(target);
-	if (unlikely(!regs))
+	struct pt_regs *regs;
+
+	if (!try_get_task_stack(target)) {
+		/* Task has no stack, so the task isn't in a syscall. */
+		*callno = -1;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	regs = task_pt_regs(target);
+	if (unlikely(!regs)) {
+		put_task_stack(target);
 		return -EAGAIN;
+	}
 
 	*sp = user_stack_pointer(regs);
 	*pc = instruction_pointer(regs);
@@ -18,6 +28,7 @@ static int collect_syscall(struct task_struct *target, long *callno,
 	if (*callno != -1L && maxargs > 0)
 		syscall_get_arguments(target, regs, 0, maxargs, args);
 
+	put_task_stack(target);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.7.4

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[PATCH 00/12] thread_info cleanups and stack caching Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-09-13 23:30 +0200
  [PATCH 03/12] um: Stop conflating task_struct::stack with thread_info Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-09-13 23:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 03/12] um: Stop conflating task_struct::stack with  thread_info Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-09-15 08:30 +0200
    [tip:x86/asm] um/Stop conflating task_struct::stack with  thread_info tip-bot for Linus Torvalds <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-09-15 12:50 +0200
  [PATCH 12/12] fork: Cache two thread stacks per cpu if CONFIG_VMAP_STACK is set Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-09-13 23:40 +0200
  [PATCH 01/12] x86/asm: Move 'status' from struct thread_info to struct thread_struct Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-09-13 23:40 +0200
    [tip:x86/asm] x86/asm: Move the thread_info::status field to  thread_struct tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-09-15 12:50 +0200
  [PATCH 10/12] lib/syscall: Pin the task stack in collect_syscall() Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-09-13 23:40 +0200
  [PATCH 08/12] x86/dumpstack: Pin the target stack in save_stack_trace_tsk() Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-09-13 23:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 08/12] x86/dumpstack: Pin the target stack in  save_stack_trace_tsk() Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2016-09-14 17:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 08/12] x86/dumpstack: Pin the target stack in save_stack_trace_tsk() Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-09-14 20:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 08/12] x86/dumpstack: Pin the target stack in  save_stack_trace_tsk() Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2016-09-14 20:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 08/12] x86/dumpstack: Pin the target stack in save_stack_trace_tsk() Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-09-15 20:10 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 08/12] x86/dumpstack: Pin the target stack in  save_stack_trace_tsk() Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2016-09-15 20:40 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 08/12] x86/dumpstack: Pin the target stack in save_stack_trace_tsk() Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-09-15 20:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 08/12] x86/dumpstack: Pin the target stack in  save_stack_trace_tsk() Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2016-09-15 21:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 08/12] x86/dumpstack: Pin the target stack in  save_stack_trace_tsk() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-09-16 09:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 08/12] x86/dumpstack: Pin the target stack in save_stack_trace_tsk() Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-09-16 17:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 08/12] x86/dumpstack: Pin the target stack in save_stack_trace_tsk() Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-09-16 17:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 08/12] x86/dumpstack: Pin the target stack in  save_stack_trace_tsk() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-09-16 18:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 08/12] x86/dumpstack: Pin the target stack in  save_stack_trace_tsk() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-09-16 17:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 08/12] x86/dumpstack: Pin the target stack in  save_stack_trace_tsk() Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-09-15 08:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 08/12] x86/dumpstack: Pin the target stack in  save_stack_trace_tsk() Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-09-15 11:30 +0200
  [PATCH 09/12] x86/process: Pin the target stack in get_wchan() Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-09-13 23:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 09/12] x86/process: Pin the target stack in get_wchan() Jann Horn <jann@thejh.net> - 2016-09-17 04:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 09/12] x86/process: Pin the target stack in get_wchan() Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-09-23 00:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 09/12] x86/process: Pin the target stack in get_wchan() Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-09-23 01:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 09/12] x86/process: Pin the target stack in get_wchan() Jann Horn <jann@thejh.net> - 2016-09-23 09:50 +0200
  [PATCH 06/12] sched: Add try_get_task_stack() and put_task_stack() Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-09-13 23:40 +0200
  [PATCH 02/12] x86/entry: Get rid of pt_regs_to_thread_info() Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-09-13 23:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 02/12] x86/entry: Get rid of pt_regs_to_thread_info() Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-09-15 08:30 +0200
    [tip:x86/asm] x86/entry: Get rid of pt_regs_to_thread_info() tip-bot for Linus Torvalds <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-09-15 12:50 +0200
  [PATCH 05/12] x86: Move thread_info into task_struct Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-09-13 23:40 +0200
    [tip:x86/asm] x86: Move thread_info into task_struct tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-09-15 12:50 +0200
  [PATCH 04/12] sched: Allow putting thread_info into task_struct Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-09-13 23:40 +0200
    [tip:x86/asm] sched/core: Allow putting thread_info into  task_struct tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-09-15 12:50 +0200
  [PATCH 11/12] sched: Free the stack early if CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-09-13 23:40 +0200
  [PATCH 07/12] kthread: to_live_kthread() needs try_get_task_stack() Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-09-13 23:40 +0200

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