[PATCH v3 8/8] industrialio: use anon_inode_getfd() with O_CLOEXEC flag

[Yann Droneaud]

IIO uses anon_inode_get() to allocate file descriptors as part
of its ioctls. But those ioctls are lacking a flag argument
allowing userspace to choose options for the newly opened file
descriptor.

In such case it's advised to use O_CLOEXEC by default so that
userspace is allowed to choose, without race, if the file descriptor
is going to be inherited across exec().

KVM usage of anon_inode_getfd() was fixed in a previous patchset [1],
so IIO is the only subsystem using anon_inode_getfd() with a fixed set
of flags not including O_CLOEXEC.

This patch set O_CLOEXEC flag on the event file descriptor created
with anon_inode_getfd() to not leak file descriptors across exec().

Links:

- Secure File Descriptor Handling (Ulrich Drepper, 2008)
  http://udrepper.livejournal.com/20407.html

- Excuse me son, but your code is leaking !!! (Dan Walsh, March 2012)
  http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/53603.html

- [1] kvm: use anon_inode_getfd() with O_CLOEXEC flag
  http://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1377372576.git.ydroneaud@xxxxxxxxxx

Signed-off-by: Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1378460926.git.ydroneaud@xxxxxxxxxx
---
 drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
index 10aa9ef..2390e3d 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ int iio_event_getfd(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ev_int->wait.lock);
 	fd = anon_inode_getfd("iio:event",
-				&iio_event_chrdev_fileops, ev_int, O_RDONLY);
+				&iio_event_chrdev_fileops, ev_int, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		spin_lock_irq(&ev_int->wait.lock);
 		__clear_bit(IIO_BUSY_BIT_POS, &ev_int->flags);
-- 
1.8.3.1

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