[PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 090/104] ipc/sem.c: fully initialize sem_array before making it visible

[Luis Henriques]

3.16.7-ckt19 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit e8577d1f0329d4842e8302e289fb2c22156abef4 upstream.

ipc_addid() makes a new ipc identifier visible to everyone.  New objects
start as locked, so that the caller can complete the initialization
after the call.  Within struct sem_array, at least sma->sem_base and
sma->sem_nsems are accessed without any locks, therefore this approach
doesn't work.

Thus: Move the ipc_addid() to the end of the initialization.

Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 ipc/sem.c | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
index 0e6504c9e907..541cb0ff9bd6 100644
--- a/ipc/sem.c
+++ b/ipc/sem.c
@@ -524,13 +524,6 @@ static int newary(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
 		return retval;
 	}
 
-	id = ipc_addid(&sem_ids(ns), &sma->sem_perm, ns->sc_semmni);
-	if (id < 0) {
-		ipc_rcu_putref(sma, sem_rcu_free);
-		return id;
-	}
-	ns->used_sems += nsems;
-
 	sma->sem_base = (struct sem *) &sma[1];
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nsems; i++) {
@@ -545,6 +538,14 @@ static int newary(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sma->list_id);
 	sma->sem_nsems = nsems;
 	sma->sem_ctime = get_seconds();
+
+	id = ipc_addid(&sem_ids(ns), &sma->sem_perm, ns->sc_semmni);
+	if (id < 0) {
+		ipc_rcu_putref(sma, sem_rcu_free);
+		return id;
+	}
+	ns->used_sems += nsems;
+
 	sem_unlock(sma, -1);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
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