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Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release

From Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release
Date 2017-03-14 18:40 +0100
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On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 04:26:25PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> A well.. I'll go do the 'trivial' patch then.

A little like so; completely untested.

---
 kernel/events/core.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 110b38a58493..6576449b6029 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -10346,6 +10346,17 @@ void perf_event_free_task(struct task_struct *task)
 			continue;
 
 		mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
+		raw_spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+		/*
+		 * Destroy the task <-> ctx relation and mark the context dead.
+		 *
+		 * This is important because even though the task hasn't been
+		 * exposed yet the context has been (through child_list).
+		 */
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(task->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn], NULL);
+		WRITE_ONCE(ctx->task, TASK_TOMBSTONE);
+		put_task_struct(task); /* cannot be last */
+		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
 again:
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(event, tmp, &ctx->pinned_groups,
 				group_entry)

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Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-03-14 14:00 +0100
  Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2017-03-14 14:30 +0100
    Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-03-14 14:50 +0100
  Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2017-03-14 15:10 +0100
    Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-03-14 15:10 +0100
      Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2017-03-14 15:40 +0100
        Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-03-14 16:10 +0100
          Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-03-14 16:10 +0100
            Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2017-03-14 16:40 +0100
              Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-03-14 16:50 +0100
          Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-03-14 16:30 +0100
            Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-03-14 18:40 +0100
              Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2017-03-15 17:50 +0100
                Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-03-16 13:10 +0100
                Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-03-16 15:00 +0100
                Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2017-03-16 17:50 +0100
          Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2017-03-14 16:30 +0100

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