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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/cred.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/cred.c | 36 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c index 5f264fb5737d..d63a2d861ac2 100644 --- a/kernel/cred.c +++ b/kernel/cred.c @@ -146,7 +146,10 @@ void __put_cred(struct cred *cred) BUG_ON(cred == current->cred); BUG_ON(cred == current->real_cred); - call_rcu(&cred->rcu, put_cred_rcu); + if (cred->non_rcu) + put_cred_rcu(&cred->rcu); + else + call_rcu(&cred->rcu, put_cred_rcu); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(__put_cred); @@ -216,7 +219,7 @@ struct cred *cred_alloc_blank(void) new->magic = CRED_MAGIC; #endif - if (security_cred_alloc_blank(new, GFP_KERNEL) < 0) + if (security_cred_alloc_blank(new, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT) < 0) goto error; return new; @@ -257,6 +260,7 @@ struct cred *prepare_creds(void) old = task->cred; memcpy(new, old, sizeof(struct cred)); + new->non_rcu = 0; atomic_set(&new->usage, 1); set_cred_subscribers(new, 0); get_group_info(new->group_info); @@ -274,7 +278,7 @@ struct cred *prepare_creds(void) new->security = NULL; #endif - if (security_prepare_creds(new, old, GFP_KERNEL) < 0) + if (security_prepare_creds(new, old, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT) < 0) goto error; validate_creds(new); return new; @@ -447,6 +451,15 @@ int commit_creds(struct cred *new) if (task->mm) set_dumpable(task->mm, suid_dumpable); task->pdeath_signal = 0; + /* + * If a task drops privileges and becomes nondumpable, + * the dumpability change must become visible before + * the credential change; otherwise, a __ptrace_may_access() + * racing with this change may be able to attach to a task it + * shouldn't be able to attach to (as if the task had dropped + * privileges without becoming nondumpable). + * Pairs with a read barrier in __ptrace_may_access(). + */ smp_wmb(); } @@ -527,7 +540,19 @@ const struct cred *override_creds(const struct cred *new) validate_creds(old); validate_creds(new); - get_cred(new); + + /* + * NOTE! This uses 'get_new_cred()' rather than 'get_cred()'. + * + * That means that we do not clear the 'non_rcu' flag, since + * we are only installing the cred into the thread-synchronous + * '->cred' pointer, not the '->real_cred' pointer that is + * visible to other threads under RCU. + * + * Also note that we did validate_creds() manually, not depending + * on the validation in 'get_cred()'. + */ + get_new_cred((struct cred *)new); alter_cred_subscribers(new, 1); rcu_assign_pointer(current->cred, new); alter_cred_subscribers(old, -1); @@ -610,6 +635,7 @@ struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon) validate_creds(old); *new = *old; + new->non_rcu = 0; atomic_set(&new->usage, 1); set_cred_subscribers(new, 0); get_uid(new->user); @@ -627,7 +653,7 @@ struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon) #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY new->security = NULL; #endif - if (security_prepare_creds(new, old, GFP_KERNEL) < 0) + if (security_prepare_creds(new, old, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT) < 0) goto error; put_cred(old); |