[PATCH 06/20] ipc/shm: Do not use ipc_rcu_free()

From: Manfred Spraul
Date: Thu May 25 2017 - 14:55:16 EST


From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Avoid using ipc_rcu_free, since it just re-finds the original structure
pointer. For the pre-list-init failure path, there is no RCU needed,
since it was just allocated. It can be directly freed.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
ipc/shm.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index 2eb85bd..77e1bff 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ static inline void shm_lock_by_ptr(struct shmid_kernel *ipcp)
ipc_lock_object(&ipcp->shm_perm);
}

+static void __shm_free(struct shmid_kernel *shp)
+{
+ kvfree(shp);
+}
+
static void shm_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *head)
{
struct kern_ipc_perm *ptr = container_of(head, struct kern_ipc_perm,
@@ -179,7 +184,7 @@ static void shm_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *head)
struct shmid_kernel *shp = container_of(ptr, struct shmid_kernel,
shm_perm);
security_shm_free(shp);
- ipc_rcu_free(head);
+ __shm_free(shp);
}

static inline void shm_rmid(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct shmid_kernel *s)
@@ -557,7 +562,7 @@ static int newseg(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
shp->shm_perm.security = NULL;
error = security_shm_alloc(shp);
if (error) {
- ipc_rcu_putref(&shp->shm_perm, ipc_rcu_free);
+ __shm_free(shp);
return error;
}

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2.9.3