Subject: + fs-binfmts-better-handling-of-binfmt-loops-fix.patch added to -mm tree
To: dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx,zml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:41:13 -0700
The patch titled
Subject: fs/binfmts: double unlock in search_binary_handler()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
fs-binfmts-better-handling-of-binfmt-loops-fix.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/fs-binfmts-better-handling-of-binfmt-loops-fix.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/fs-binfmts-better-handling-of-binfmt-loops-fix.patch
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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: fs/binfmts: double unlock in search_binary_handler()
The recent -mm patch 3046d15088 "fs/binfmts: better handling of binfmt
loops" introduced a new "continue" to the loop. The problem is that we
are supposed to be holding the lock at the start so we need to take it
again.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zach Levis <zml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/exec.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff -puN fs/exec.c~fs-binfmts-better-handling-of-binfmt-loops-fix fs/exec.c
--- a/fs/exec.c~fs-binfmts-better-handling-of-binfmt-loops-fix
+++ a/fs/exec.c
@@ -1426,6 +1426,7 @@ int search_binary_handler(struct linux_b
copy_strings(bprm->argc_orig, *((struct user_arg_ptr *) bprm->argv_orig), bprm);
bprm->argc = bprm->argc_orig;
retval = -ENOEXEC;
+ read_lock(&binfmt_lock);
continue;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx are
rapidio-fix-use-after-free-in-rio_unregister_scan.patch
ocfs2-use-list_for_each_entry-instead-of-list_for_each.patch
fs-binfmts-better-handling-of-binfmt-loops-fix.patch
pktcdvd-convert-printk-to-pr_level.patch
linux-next.patch
fs-convert-fs-shrinkers-to-new-scan-count-api-fix-fix.patch
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