The patch titled
Subject: ptrace: fix race between ptrace_resume() and wait_task_stopped()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
ptrace-fix-race-between-ptrace_resume-and-wait_task_stopped.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/ptrace-fix-race-between-ptrace_resume-and-wait_task_stopped.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/ptrace-fix-race-between-ptrace_resume-and-wait_task_stopped.patch
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From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: ptrace: fix race between ptrace_resume() and wait_task_stopped()
ptrace_resume() is called when the tracee is still __TASK_TRACED. We set
tracee->exit_code and then wake_up_state() changes tracee->state. If the
tracer's sub-thread does wait() in between, task_stopped_code(ptrace => T)
wrongly looks like another report from tracee.
This confuses debugger, and since wait_task_stopped() clears ->exit_code
the tracee can miss a signal.
Test-case:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <sys/ptrace.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <assert.h>
int pid;
void *waiter(void *arg)
{
int stat;
for (;;) {
assert(pid == wait(&stat));
assert(WIFSTOPPED(stat));
if (WSTOPSIG(stat) == SIGHUP)
continue;
assert(WSTOPSIG(stat) == SIGCONT);
printf("ERR! extra/wrong report:%x\n", stat);
}
}
int main(void)
{
pthread_t thread;
pid = fork();
if (!pid) {
assert(ptrace(PTRACE_TRACEME, 0,0,0) == 0);
for (;;)
kill(getpid(), SIGHUP);
}
assert(pthread_create(&thread, NULL, waiter, NULL) == 0);
for (;;)
ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, pid, 0, SIGCONT);
return 0;
}
Note for stable: the bug is very old, but without 9899d11f6544 "ptrace:
ensure arch_ptrace/ptrace_request can never race with SIGKILL" the fix
should use lock_task_sighand(child).
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Pavel Labath <labath@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Pavel Labath <labath@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/ptrace.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff -puN kernel/ptrace.c~ptrace-fix-race-between-ptrace_resume-and-wait_task_stopped kernel/ptrace.c
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c~ptrace-fix-race-between-ptrace_resume-and-wait_task_stopped
+++ a/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -697,6 +697,8 @@ static int ptrace_peek_siginfo(struct ta
static int ptrace_resume(struct task_struct *child, long request,
unsigned long data)
{
+ bool need_siglock;
+
if (!valid_signal(data))
return -EIO;
@@ -724,8 +726,26 @@ static int ptrace_resume(struct task_str
user_disable_single_step(child);
}
+ /*
+ * Change ->exit_code and ->state under siglock to avoid the race
+ * with wait_task_stopped() in between; a non-zero ->exit_code will
+ * wrongly look like another report from tracee.
+ *
+ * Note that we need siglock even if ->exit_code == data and/or this
+ * status was not reported yet, the new status must not be cleared by
+ * wait_task_stopped() after resume.
+ *
+ * If data == 0 we do not care if wait_task_stopped() reports the old
+ * status and clears the code too; this can't race with the tracee, it
+ * takes siglock after resume.
+ */
+ need_siglock = data && !thread_group_empty(current);
+ if (need_siglock)
+ spin_lock_irq(&child->sighand->siglock);
child->exit_code = data;
wake_up_state(child, __TASK_TRACED);
+ if (need_siglock)
+ spin_unlock_irq(&child->sighand->siglock);
return 0;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are
ptrace-x86-fix-the-tif_forced_tf-logic-in-handle_signal.patch
arm-factor-out-mmap-aslr-into-mmap_rnd.patch
x86-standardize-mmap_rnd-usage.patch
mm-expose-arch_mmap_rnd-when-available.patch
mm-split-et_dyn-aslr-from-mmap-aslr.patch
mm-fold-arch_randomize_brk-into-arch_has_elf_randomize.patch
hung_task-change-hung_taskc-to-use-for_each_process_thread.patch
ptrace-fix-race-between-ptrace_resume-and-wait_task_stopped.patch
ptrace-ptrace_detach-can-no-longer-race-with-sigkill.patch
signal-remove-warning-about-using-si_tkill-in-rt_sigqueueinfo.patch
fork-report-pid-reservation-failure-properly.patch
mm-rcu-protected-get_mm_exe_file.patch
de_thread-move-notify_count-write-under-lock.patch
linux-next.patch
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