The patch titled
Subject: umh: fix refcount underflow in fork_usermode_blob().
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
umh-fix-refcount-underflow-in-fork_usermode_blob.patch
This patch was dropped because an alternative patch was merged
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From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: umh: fix refcount underflow in fork_usermode_blob().
Since free_bprm(bprm) always calls allow_write_access(bprm->file) and
fput(bprm->file) if bprm->file is set to non-NULL, __do_execve_file()
must call deny_write_access(file) and get_file(file) if called from
do_execve_file() path. Otherwise, use-after-free access can happen at
fput(file) in fork_usermode_blob().
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
CPU: 3 PID: 4131 Comm: insmod Tainted: G O 5.6.0-rc5+ #978
Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 07/29/2019
RIP: 0010:fork_usermode_blob+0xaa/0x190
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9b846b1f-a231-4f09-8c37-6bfb0d1e7b05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 449325b52b7a6208 ("umh: introduce fork_usermode_blob() helper")
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [4.18+]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/exec.c | 14 ++++++++++----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/exec.c~umh-fix-refcount-underflow-in-fork_usermode_blob
+++ a/fs/exec.c
@@ -1868,11 +1868,17 @@ static int __do_execve_file(int fd, stru
check_unsafe_exec(bprm);
current->in_execve = 1;
- if (!file)
+ if (!file) {
file = do_open_execat(fd, filename, flags);
- retval = PTR_ERR(file);
- if (IS_ERR(file))
- goto out_unmark;
+ retval = PTR_ERR(file);
+ if (IS_ERR(file))
+ goto out_unmark;
+ } else {
+ retval = deny_write_access(file);
+ if (retval)
+ goto out_unmark;
+ get_file(file);
+ }
sched_exec();
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
kernel-hung_taskc-monitor-killed-tasks.patch
