From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753047AbdBTK3A (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2017 05:29:00 -0500 Received: from mga06.intel.com ([134.134.136.31]:23118 "EHLO mga06.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751565AbdBTKYW (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2017 05:24:22 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.35,186,1484035200"; d="scan'208";a="935966538" From: Elena Reshetova To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-audit@redhat.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, tj@kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, hannes@cmpxchg.org, lizefan@huawei.com, acme@kernel.org, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com, paul@paul-moore.com, eparis@redhat.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, arnd@arndb.de, luto@kernel.org, Elena Reshetova , Hans Liljestrand , Kees Cook , David Windsor Subject: [PATCH 04/19] kernel: convert task_struct.usage from atomic_t to refcount_t Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:18:53 +0200 Message-Id: <1487585948-6401-5-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1487585948-6401-1-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> References: <1487585948-6401-1-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org refcount_t type and corresponding API should be used instead of atomic_t when the variable is used as a reference counter. This allows to avoid accidental refcounter overflows that might lead to use-after-free situations. Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Signed-off-by: David Windsor --- include/linux/init_task.h | 2 +- include/linux/sched.h | 6 +++--- kernel/fork.c | 4 ++-- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h index 1f160b2..1c6df0b 100644 --- a/include/linux/init_task.h +++ b/include/linux/init_task.h @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ extern struct task_group root_task_group; INIT_TASK_TI(tsk) \ .state = 0, \ .stack = init_stack, \ - .usage = ATOMIC_INIT(2), \ + .usage = REFCOUNT_INIT(2), \ .flags = PF_KTHREAD, \ .prio = MAX_PRIO-20, \ .static_prio = MAX_PRIO-20, \ diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index e90396f..d760ad6 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ struct task_struct { #endif volatile long state; /* -1 unrunnable, 0 runnable, >0 stopped */ void *stack; - atomic_t usage; + refcount_t usage; unsigned int flags; /* per process flags, defined below */ unsigned int ptrace; @@ -2220,13 +2220,13 @@ static inline int is_global_init(struct task_struct *tsk) extern struct pid *cad_pid; extern void free_task(struct task_struct *tsk); -#define get_task_struct(tsk) do { atomic_inc(&(tsk)->usage); } while(0) +#define get_task_struct(tsk) do { refcount_inc(&(tsk)->usage); } while(0) extern void __put_task_struct(struct task_struct *t); static inline void put_task_struct(struct task_struct *t) { - if (atomic_dec_and_test(&t->usage)) + if (refcount_dec_and_test(&t->usage)) __put_task_struct(t); } diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index b432d1c..b9b3296 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ static inline void put_signal_struct(struct signal_struct *sig) void __put_task_struct(struct task_struct *tsk) { WARN_ON(!tsk->exit_state); - WARN_ON(atomic_read(&tsk->usage)); + WARN_ON(refcount_read(&tsk->usage)); WARN_ON(tsk == current); cgroup_free(tsk); @@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig, int node) * One for us, one for whoever does the "release_task()" (usually * parent) */ - atomic_set(&tsk->usage, 2); + refcount_set(&tsk->usage, 2); #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE tsk->btrace_seq = 0; #endif -- 2.7.4