The patch titled Subject: ipc/shm: avoid ipc_rcu_alloc() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ipc-shm-avoid-ipc_rcu_alloc.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/ipc-shm-avoid-ipc_rcu_alloc.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/ipc-shm-avoid-ipc_rcu_alloc.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ipc/shm: avoid ipc_rcu_alloc() Instead of using ipc_rcu_alloc() which only performs the refcount bump, open code it. This also allows for shmid_kernel structure layout to be randomized in the future. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170525185107.12869-11-manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- ipc/shm.c | 18 ++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN ipc/shm.c~ipc-shm-avoid-ipc_rcu_alloc ipc/shm.c --- a/ipc/shm.c~ipc-shm-avoid-ipc_rcu_alloc +++ a/ipc/shm.c @@ -518,6 +518,19 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct #endif }; +static struct shmid_kernel *shm_alloc(void) +{ + struct shmid_kernel *shp; + + shp = kvmalloc(sizeof(*shp), GFP_KERNEL); + if (unlikely(!shp)) + return NULL; + + atomic_set(&shp->shm_perm.refcount, 1); + + return shp; +} + /** * newseg - Create a new shared memory segment * @ns: namespace @@ -548,10 +561,7 @@ static int newseg(struct ipc_namespace * ns->shm_tot + numpages > ns->shm_ctlall) return -ENOSPC; - BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct shmid_kernel, shm_perm) != 0); - - shp = container_of(ipc_rcu_alloc(sizeof(*shp)), struct shmid_kernel, - shm_perm); + shp = shm_alloc(); if (!shp) return -ENOMEM; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx are ipc-drop-non-rcu-allocation.patch ipc-sem-do-not-use-ipc_rcu_free.patch ipc-shm-do-not-use-ipc_rcu_free.patch ipc-msg-do-not-use-ipc_rcu_free.patch ipc-util-drop-ipc_rcu_free.patch ipc-sem-avoid-ipc_rcu_alloc.patch ipc-shm-avoid-ipc_rcu_alloc.patch ipc-msg-avoid-ipc_rcu_alloc.patch ipc-util-drop-ipc_rcu_alloc.patch ipc-move-atomic_set-to-where-it-is-needed.patch ipc-shm-remove-special-shm_alloc-free.patch ipc-msg-remove-special-msg_alloc-free.patch ipc-sem-drop-__sem_free.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html