[PATCH 1/1] ipc/shm: serialize orphan cleanup with shm_nattch updates
From: Ren Wei
Date: Thu Apr 30 2026 - 01:22:01 EST
From: Yilin Zhu <zylzyl2333@xxxxxxxxx>
shm_destroy_orphaned() walks the shm idr under shm_ids(ns).rwsem, but
that does not serialize all fields tested by shm_may_destroy(). In
particular, shm_nattch is updated while holding shm_perm.lock, and attach
paths can do that without holding the rwsem.
Do not decide that an orphaned segment is unused before taking the object
lock. Move the shm_may_destroy() check under shm_perm.lock, matching the
other destroy paths, and unlock the segment when it no longer qualifies
for removal.
Fixes: 4c677e2eefdb ("shm: optimize locking and ipc_namespace getting")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Yuan Tan <yuantan098@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Yifan Wu <yifanwucs@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Juefei Pu <tomapufckgml@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Xin Liu <bird@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yilin Zhu <zylzyl2333@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ren Wei <n05ec@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
ipc/shm.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index a95dae447707..b3e8a58e177d 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -418,15 +418,17 @@ static int shm_try_destroy_orphaned(int id, void *p, void *data)
* We want to destroy segments without users and with already
* exit'ed originating process.
*
- * As shp->* are changed under rwsem, it's safe to skip shp locking.
+ * shm_nattch can be changed under shm_perm.lock without holding the
+ * rwsem, so take the object lock before checking shm_may_destroy().
*/
if (!list_empty(&shp->shm_clist))
return 0;
- if (shm_may_destroy(shp)) {
- shm_lock_by_ptr(shp);
+ shm_lock_by_ptr(shp);
+ if (shm_may_destroy(shp))
shm_destroy(ns, shp);
- }
+ else
+ shm_unlock(shp);
return 0;
}
--
2.47.3