The patch titled
bsd_acct: plain current->real_parent access is not always safe
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
bsd_acct-plain-current-real_parent-access-is-not-always-safe.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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Subject: bsd_acct: plain current->real_parent access is not always safe
From: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxx>
This is minor, but dereferencing even current real_parent is not safe on debug
kernels, since the memory, this points to, can be unmapped - RCU protection is
required.
Besides, the tgid field is deprecated and is to be replaced with task_tgid_xxx
call (the 2nd patch), so RCU will be required anyway.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/acct.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN kernel/acct.c~bsd_acct-plain-current-real_parent-access-is-not-always-safe kernel/acct.c
--- a/kernel/acct.c~bsd_acct-plain-current-real_parent-access-is-not-always-safe
+++ a/kernel/acct.c
@@ -482,7 +482,9 @@ static void do_acct_process(struct file
#endif
#if ACCT_VERSION==3
ac.ac_pid = current->tgid;
- ac.ac_ppid = current->real_parent->tgid;
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ ac.ac_ppid = rcu_dereference(current->real_parent)->tgid;
+ rcu_read_unlock();
#endif
spin_lock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from xemul@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
git-kgdb-light.patch
use-find_task_by_vpid-in-audit-code.patch
ia64-fix-getpid-and-set_tid_address-fast-system-calls-for-pid-namespaces.patch
git-infiniband.patch
git-udf.patch
git-net.patch
mm-have-zonelist-contains-structs-with-both-a-zone-pointer-and-zone_idx-fix-memcg-ooms.patch
mm-have-zonelist-contains-structs-with-both-a-zone-pointer-and-zone_idx-just-return-do_try_to_free_pages.patch
mm-have-zonelist-contains-structs-with-both-a-zone-pointer-and-zone_idx-just-return-do_try_to_free_pages-do_try_to_free_pages-gfp_mask-redundant.patch
binfmt_miscc-avoid-potential-kernel-stack-overflow.patch
cgroup-api-files-rename-read-write_uint-methods-to-read_write_u64.patch
cgroup-api-files-add-res_counter_read_u64.patch
cgroup-api-files-use-read_u64-in-memory-controller.patch
cgroup-api-files-strip-all-trailing-whitespace-in-cgroup_write_u64.patch
cgroup-api-files-update-cpusets-to-use-cgroup-structured-file-api.patch
cgroup-api-files-update-cpusets-to-use-cgroup-structured-file-api-fix.patch
cgroup-api-files-add-cgroup-map-data-type.patch
cgroup-api-files-use-cgroup-map-for-memcontrol-stats-file.patch
cgroup-api-files-drop-mem_cgroup_force_empty.patch
cgroup-api-files-move-releasable-to-cgroup_debug-subsystem.patch
cgroup-api-files-make-cgroup_debug-default-to-off.patch
cgroups-add-cgroup-support-for-enabling-controllers-at-boot-time.patch
cgroups-add-cgroup-support-for-enabling-controllers-at-boot-time-fix-boot-option-parsing.patch
cgroups-add-the-trigger-callback-to-struct-cftype.patch
memory-controller-make-memory-resource-control-aware-of-boot-options.patch
memcgroup-add-the-max_usage-member-on-the-res_counter.patch
add-a-document-describing-the-resource-counter-abstraction-v2.patch
add-a-document-describing-the-resource-counter-abstraction-v2-fix.patch
memcgroup-move-memory-controller-allocations-to-their-own-slabs.patch
memcgroup-use-triggers-in-force_empty-and-max_usage-files.patch
memcgroup-implement-failcounter-reset.patch
memcgroup-implement-failcounter-reset-checkpatch-fixes.patch
remove-unused-variable-from-send_signal.patch
turn-legacy_queue-macro-into-static-inline-function.patch
consolidate-checking-for-ignored-legacy-signals.patch
consolidate-checking-for-ignored-legacy-signals-simplify.patch
signals-consolidate-checks-for-whether-or-not-to-ignore-a-signal.patch
signals-clean-dequeue_signal-from-excess-checks-and-assignments.patch
signals-consolidate-send_sigqueue-and-send_group_sigqueue.patch
signals-cleanup-security_task_kill-usage-implementation.patch
signals-use-__group_complete_signal-for-the-specific-signals-too.patch
signals-fold-complete_signal-into-send_signal-do_send_sigqueue.patch
signals-unify-send_sigqueue-send_group_sigqueue-completely.patch
sysctl-merge-equal-proc_sys_read-and-proc_sys_write.patch
sysctl-clean-from-unneeded-extern-and-forward-declarations.patch
sysctl-add-the-permissions-callback-on-the-ctl_table_root.patch
free_pidmap-turn-it-into-free_pidmapstruct-upid.patch
use-find_task_by_vpid-in-taskstats.patch
deprecate-find_task_by_pid.patch
deprecate-find_task_by_pid-warning-fix.patch
pids-de_thread-dont-clear-session-pgrp-pids-for-the-old-leader.patch
pids-introduce-change_pid-helper.patch
pids-sys_setpgid-use-change_pid-helper.patch
pids-__set_special_pids-use-change_pid-helper.patch
pidns-make-pid-level-and-pid_ns-level-unsigned.patch
reiser4.patch
put_pid-make-sure-we-dont-free-the-live-pid.patch
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