This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled Revert "Add a reference to ucounts for each cred" to the 5.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: revert-add-a-reference-to-ucounts-for-each-cred.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 7016b13d7eefac59a6f4c046b131d5f59ff0c6ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2021 16:06:50 +0200 Subject: Revert "Add a reference to ucounts for each cred" From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> This reverts commit b2c4d9a33cc2dec7466f97eba2c4dd571ad798a5 which is commit 905ae01c4ae2ae3df05bb141801b1db4b7d83c61 upstream. This commit should not have been applied to the 5.10.y stable tree, so revert it. Reported-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87v93k4bl6.fsf@disp2133 Cc: Alexey Gladkov <legion@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/exec.c | 4 ---- include/linux/cred.h | 2 -- include/linux/user_namespace.h | 4 ---- kernel/cred.c | 40 ---------------------------------------- kernel/fork.c | 6 ------ kernel/sys.c | 12 ------------ kernel/ucount.c | 40 +++------------------------------------- kernel/user_namespace.c | 3 --- 8 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-) --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -1347,10 +1347,6 @@ int begin_new_exec(struct linux_binprm * WRITE_ONCE(me->self_exec_id, me->self_exec_id + 1); flush_signal_handlers(me, 0); - retval = set_cred_ucounts(bprm->cred); - if (retval < 0) - goto out_unlock; - /* * install the new credentials for this executable */ --- a/include/linux/cred.h +++ b/include/linux/cred.h @@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ struct cred { #endif struct user_struct *user; /* real user ID subscription */ struct user_namespace *user_ns; /* user_ns the caps and keyrings are relative to. */ - struct ucounts *ucounts; struct group_info *group_info; /* supplementary groups for euid/fsgid */ /* RCU deletion */ union { @@ -171,7 +170,6 @@ extern int set_security_override_from_ct extern int set_create_files_as(struct cred *, struct inode *); extern int cred_fscmp(const struct cred *, const struct cred *); extern void __init cred_init(void); -extern int set_cred_ucounts(struct cred *); /* * check for validity of credentials --- a/include/linux/user_namespace.h +++ b/include/linux/user_namespace.h @@ -101,15 +101,11 @@ struct ucounts { }; extern struct user_namespace init_user_ns; -extern struct ucounts init_ucounts; bool setup_userns_sysctls(struct user_namespace *ns); void retire_userns_sysctls(struct user_namespace *ns); struct ucounts *inc_ucount(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid, enum ucount_type type); void dec_ucount(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type); -struct ucounts *alloc_ucounts(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid); -struct ucounts *get_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts); -void put_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts); #ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS --- a/kernel/cred.c +++ b/kernel/cred.c @@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ struct cred init_cred = { .user = INIT_USER, .user_ns = &init_user_ns, .group_info = &init_groups, - .ucounts = &init_ucounts, }; static inline void set_cred_subscribers(struct cred *cred, int n) @@ -120,8 +119,6 @@ static void put_cred_rcu(struct rcu_head if (cred->group_info) put_group_info(cred->group_info); free_uid(cred->user); - if (cred->ucounts) - put_ucounts(cred->ucounts); put_user_ns(cred->user_ns); kmem_cache_free(cred_jar, cred); } @@ -225,7 +222,6 @@ struct cred *cred_alloc_blank(void) #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS new->magic = CRED_MAGIC; #endif - new->ucounts = get_ucounts(&init_ucounts); if (security_cred_alloc_blank(new, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT) < 0) goto error; @@ -288,11 +284,6 @@ struct cred *prepare_creds(void) if (security_prepare_creds(new, old, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT) < 0) goto error; - - new->ucounts = get_ucounts(new->ucounts); - if (!new->ucounts) - goto error; - validate_creds(new); return new; @@ -372,8 +363,6 @@ int copy_creds(struct task_struct *p, un ret = create_user_ns(new); if (ret < 0) goto error_put; - if (set_cred_ucounts(new) < 0) - goto error_put; } #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS @@ -664,31 +653,6 @@ int cred_fscmp(const struct cred *a, con } EXPORT_SYMBOL(cred_fscmp); -int set_cred_ucounts(struct cred *new) -{ - struct task_struct *task = current; - const struct cred *old = task->real_cred; - struct ucounts *old_ucounts = new->ucounts; - - if (new->user == old->user && new->user_ns == old->user_ns) - return 0; - - /* - * This optimization is needed because alloc_ucounts() uses locks - * for table lookups. - */ - if (old_ucounts && old_ucounts->ns == new->user_ns && uid_eq(old_ucounts->uid, new->euid)) - return 0; - - if (!(new->ucounts = alloc_ucounts(new->user_ns, new->euid))) - return -EAGAIN; - - if (old_ucounts) - put_ucounts(old_ucounts); - - return 0; -} - /* * initialise the credentials stuff */ @@ -755,10 +719,6 @@ struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct if (security_prepare_creds(new, old, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT) < 0) goto error; - new->ucounts = get_ucounts(new->ucounts); - if (!new->ucounts) - goto error; - put_cred(old); validate_creds(new); return new; --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -2960,12 +2960,6 @@ int ksys_unshare(unsigned long unshare_f if (err) goto bad_unshare_cleanup_cred; - if (new_cred) { - err = set_cred_ucounts(new_cred); - if (err) - goto bad_unshare_cleanup_cred; - } - if (new_fs || new_fd || do_sysvsem || new_cred || new_nsproxy) { if (do_sysvsem) { /* --- a/kernel/sys.c +++ b/kernel/sys.c @@ -552,10 +552,6 @@ long __sys_setreuid(uid_t ruid, uid_t eu if (retval < 0) goto error; - retval = set_cred_ucounts(new); - if (retval < 0) - goto error; - return commit_creds(new); error: @@ -614,10 +610,6 @@ long __sys_setuid(uid_t uid) if (retval < 0) goto error; - retval = set_cred_ucounts(new); - if (retval < 0) - goto error; - return commit_creds(new); error: @@ -693,10 +685,6 @@ long __sys_setresuid(uid_t ruid, uid_t e if (retval < 0) goto error; - retval = set_cred_ucounts(new); - if (retval < 0) - goto error; - return commit_creds(new); error: --- a/kernel/ucount.c +++ b/kernel/ucount.c @@ -8,12 +8,6 @@ #include <linux/kmemleak.h> #include <linux/user_namespace.h> -struct ucounts init_ucounts = { - .ns = &init_user_ns, - .uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID, - .count = 1, -}; - #define UCOUNTS_HASHTABLE_BITS 10 static struct hlist_head ucounts_hashtable[(1 << UCOUNTS_HASHTABLE_BITS)]; static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ucounts_lock); @@ -131,15 +125,7 @@ static struct ucounts *find_ucounts(stru return NULL; } -static void hlist_add_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts) -{ - struct hlist_head *hashent = ucounts_hashentry(ucounts->ns, ucounts->uid); - spin_lock_irq(&ucounts_lock); - hlist_add_head(&ucounts->node, hashent); - spin_unlock_irq(&ucounts_lock); -} - -struct ucounts *alloc_ucounts(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid) +static struct ucounts *get_ucounts(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid) { struct hlist_head *hashent = ucounts_hashentry(ns, uid); struct ucounts *ucounts, *new; @@ -174,26 +160,7 @@ struct ucounts *alloc_ucounts(struct use return ucounts; } -struct ucounts *get_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts) -{ - unsigned long flags; - - if (!ucounts) - return NULL; - - spin_lock_irqsave(&ucounts_lock, flags); - if (ucounts->count == INT_MAX) { - WARN_ONCE(1, "ucounts: counter has reached its maximum value"); - ucounts = NULL; - } else { - ucounts->count += 1; - } - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ucounts_lock, flags); - - return ucounts; -} - -void put_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts) +static void put_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts) { unsigned long flags; @@ -227,7 +194,7 @@ struct ucounts *inc_ucount(struct user_n { struct ucounts *ucounts, *iter, *bad; struct user_namespace *tns; - ucounts = alloc_ucounts(ns, uid); + ucounts = get_ucounts(ns, uid); for (iter = ucounts; iter; iter = tns->ucounts) { int max; tns = iter->ns; @@ -270,7 +237,6 @@ static __init int user_namespace_sysctl_ BUG_ON(!user_header); BUG_ON(!setup_userns_sysctls(&init_user_ns)); #endif - hlist_add_ucounts(&init_ucounts); return 0; } subsys_initcall(user_namespace_sysctl_init); --- a/kernel/user_namespace.c +++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c @@ -1340,9 +1340,6 @@ static int userns_install(struct nsset * put_user_ns(cred->user_ns); set_cred_user_ns(cred, get_user_ns(user_ns)); - if (set_cred_ucounts(cred) < 0) - return -EINVAL; - return 0; } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-5.10/ubifs-report-correct-st_size-for-encrypted-symlinks.patch queue-5.10/ext4-fix-race-writing-to-an-inline_data-file-while-its-xattrs-are-changing.patch queue-5.10/revert-cred-add-missing-return-error-code-when-set_cred_ucounts-failed.patch queue-5.10/ext4-report-correct-st_size-for-encrypted-symlinks.patch queue-5.10/revert-add-a-reference-to-ucounts-for-each-cred.patch queue-5.10/fscrypt-add-fscrypt_symlink_getattr-for-computing-st_size.patch queue-5.10/f2fs-report-correct-st_size-for-encrypted-symlinks.patch queue-5.10/revert-ucounts-increase-ucounts-reference-counter-before-the-security-hook.patch