The patch titled Subject: selinux: fix sel_netnode_insert() suspicious rcu dereference has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is selinux-fix-sel_netnode_insert-suspicious-rcu-dereference.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: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: selinux: fix sel_netnode_insert() suspicious rcu dereference =============================== [ INFO: suspicious RCU usage. ] 3.5.0-rc1+ #63 Not tainted ------------------------------- security/selinux/netnode.c:178 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! other info that might help us debug this: rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0 1 lock held by trinity-child1/8750: #0: (sel_netnode_lock){+.....}, at: [<ffffffff812d8f8a>] sel_netnode_sid+0x16a/0x3e0 stack backtrace: Pid: 8750, comm: trinity-child1 Not tainted 3.5.0-rc1+ #63 Call Trace: [<ffffffff810cec2d>] lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0xfd/0x130 [<ffffffff812d91d1>] sel_netnode_sid+0x3b1/0x3e0 [<ffffffff812d8e20>] ? sel_netnode_find+0x1a0/0x1a0 [<ffffffff812d24a6>] selinux_socket_bind+0xf6/0x2c0 [<ffffffff810cd1dd>] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0xd/0x10 [<ffffffff810cdb55>] ? lock_release_holdtime.part.9+0x15/0x1a0 [<ffffffff81093841>] ? lock_hrtimer_base+0x31/0x60 [<ffffffff812c9536>] security_socket_bind+0x16/0x20 [<ffffffff815550ca>] sys_bind+0x7a/0x100 [<ffffffff816c03d5>] ? sysret_check+0x22/0x5d [<ffffffff810d392d>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x10d/0x1a0 [<ffffffff8133b09e>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f [<ffffffff816c03a9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b This patch below does what Paul McKenney suggested in the previous thread. Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- security/selinux/netnode.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN security/selinux/netnode.c~selinux-fix-sel_netnode_insert-suspicious-rcu-dereference security/selinux/netnode.c --- a/security/selinux/netnode.c~selinux-fix-sel_netnode_insert-suspicious-rcu-dereference +++ a/security/selinux/netnode.c @@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ static void sel_netnode_insert(struct se if (sel_netnode_hash[idx].size == SEL_NETNODE_HASH_BKT_LIMIT) { struct sel_netnode *tail; tail = list_entry( - rcu_dereference(sel_netnode_hash[idx].list.prev), + rcu_dereference_protected(sel_netnode_hash[idx].list.prev, + lockdep_is_held(&sel_netnode_lock)), struct sel_netnode, list); list_del_rcu(&tail->list); kfree_rcu(tail, rcu); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from davej@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch selinux-fix-sel_netnode_insert-suspicious-rcu-dereference.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