3.2.64-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Alban Crequy <alban.crequy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 71b1fb5c4473a5b1e601d41b109bdfe001ec82e0 upstream. /proc/<pid>/cgroup contains one cgroup path on each line. If cgroup names are allowed to contain "\n", applications cannot parse /proc/<pid>/cgroup safely. Signed-off-by: Alban Crequy <alban.crequy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: - Adjust context - We have to get the name from the dentry pointer] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/cgroup.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) --- a/kernel/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c @@ -3871,6 +3871,11 @@ static int cgroup_mkdir(struct inode *di { struct cgroup *c_parent = dentry->d_parent->d_fsdata; + /* Do not accept '\n' to prevent making /proc/<pid>/cgroup unparsable. + */ + if (strchr(dentry->d_name.name, '\n')) + return -EINVAL; + /* the vfs holds inode->i_mutex already */ return cgroup_create(c_parent, dentry, mode | S_IFDIR); } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html