[PATCH v2] fs/proc: Fix NULL pointer dereference in pid_delete_dentry

From: Gao Yahu
Date: Thu Jan 07 2021 - 04:43:11 EST



Get the staus of task from the pointer of proc inode directly is not
safe. Make it happen in RCU protection.

Signed-off-by: Yahu Gao <yahu.gao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2 changes:
- Use RCU lock to avoid NULL dereference of pid.
---
fs/proc/base.c | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index b3422cda2a91..d44b5f2414a6 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
/*
* linux/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1994,7 +1995,16 @@ static int pid_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)

static inline bool proc_inode_is_dead(struct inode *inode)
{
- return !proc_pid(inode)->tasks[PIDTYPE_PID].first;
+ struct pid *pid = NULL;
+ struct hlist_node *first = NULL;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ pid = proc_pid(inode);
+ if (likely(pid))
+ first = rcu_dereference_check(hlist_first_rcu(&pid->tasks[PIDTYPE_PID]),
+ lockdep_tasklist_lock_is_held());
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ return !first;
}

int pid_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry)
--
2.25.1