[PATCH 1/2] fix sys_unshare()+SEM_UNDO: add support for CLONE_SYSVSEM

From: Manfred Spraul
Date: Sun Apr 13 2008 - 05:19:45 EST


sys_unshare(CLONE_NEWIPC) doesn't handle the undo lists properly, this can
cause a kernel memory corruption. CLONE_NEWIPC must detach from the existing
undo lists.
Fix, part 1: add support for sys_unshare(CLONE_SYSVSEM)

I'm not sure who's the right maintainer, Andrew, could you merge it?

Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
ipc/sem.c | 1 +
kernel/fork.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
index 0b45a4d..35841bd 100644
--- a/ipc/sem.c
+++ b/ipc/sem.c
@@ -1298,6 +1298,7 @@ void exit_sem(struct task_struct *tsk)
undo_list = tsk->sysvsem.undo_list;
if (!undo_list)
return;
+ tsk->sysvsem.undo_list = NULL;

if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&undo_list->refcnt))
return;
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 9c042f9..7f242b0 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1675,13 +1675,17 @@ static int unshare_fd(unsigned long unshare_flags, struct files_struct **new_fdp
}

/*
- * Unsharing of semundo for tasks created with CLONE_SYSVSEM is not
- * supported yet
+ * Unsharing of semundo for tasks created with CLONE_SYSVSEM doesn't require
+ * any allocations: it means that the task leaves the existing undo lists,
+ * just like sys_exit(). The new undo lists are allocated on demand in the
+ * ipc syscalls.
+ * new_ulistp is set to a non-NULL value, the caller expects that on success.
*/
static int unshare_semundo(unsigned long unshare_flags, struct sem_undo_list **new_ulistp)
{
- if (unshare_flags & CLONE_SYSVSEM)
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (unshare_flags & CLONE_SYSVSEM) {
+ *new_ulistp = (void*)1;
+ }

return 0;
}
@@ -1731,6 +1735,12 @@ asmlinkage long sys_unshare(unsigned long unshare_flags)
goto bad_unshare_cleanup_semundo;

if (new_fs || new_mm || new_fd || new_ulist || new_nsproxy) {
+ if (unshare_flags & CLONE_SYSVSEM) {
+ /*
+ * CLONE_SYSVSEM is equivalent to sys_exit().
+ */
+ exit_sem(current);
+ }

if (new_nsproxy) {
switch_task_namespaces(current, new_nsproxy);
--
1.5.4.1

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