Re: [PATCH v2] signalfd: don't dequeue the forced fatal signals
From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Fri Jun 19 2026 - 10:04:21 EST
It seems that this fix is going to be lost ;)
Can anyone pick it up?
Oleg.
On 04/06, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> These signals should act like SIGKILL, in that userspace must never dequeue
> them. But as Kusaram explains, io_uring-driven signalfd_read_iter() called
> from get_signal() -> task_work_run() paths can do this before get_signal()
> has a chance to dequeue such a signal and notice SA_IMMUTABLE.
>
> Change signalfd_poll() and signalfd_dequeue() to add pending SA_IMMUTABLE
> signals to ctx->sigmask.
>
> TODO: we should probably change force_sig_info_to_task(HANDLER_EXIT) to
> make fatal_signal_pending() true, or add a fatal_or_forced_signal_pending()
> helper. Then signalfd_dequeue() could just return -EINTR in this case.
> This also makes sense for get_signal(), which could prioritize a fatal
> signal sent by (say) force_sig_seccomp(force_coredump => true), just like
> it already prioritizes SIGKILL.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> Reported-by: syzbot+0a4c46806941297fecb9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0a4c46806941297fecb9
> Tested-by: syzbot+0a4c46806941297fecb9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/69d122fd.050a0220.2dbe29.001c.GAE@xxxxxxxxxx/
> Suggested-by: Kusaram Devineni <kusaram@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/signalfd.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/signalfd.c b/fs/signalfd.c
> index dff53745e352..22bc0870a824 100644
> --- a/fs/signalfd.c
> +++ b/fs/signalfd.c
> @@ -48,17 +48,30 @@ static int signalfd_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static void refine_sigmask(struct signalfd_ctx *ctx, sigset_t *sigmask)
> +{
> + struct k_sigaction *k = current->sighand->action;
> + int n;
> +
> + *sigmask = ctx->sigmask;
> + for (n = 1; n <= _NSIG; ++n, ++k) {
> + if (k->sa.sa_flags & SA_IMMUTABLE)
> + sigaddset(sigmask, n);
> + }
> +}
> +
> static __poll_t signalfd_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
> {
> struct signalfd_ctx *ctx = file->private_data;
> __poll_t events = 0;
> + sigset_t sigmask;
>
> poll_wait(file, ¤t->sighand->signalfd_wqh, wait);
>
> spin_lock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock);
> - if (next_signal(¤t->pending, &ctx->sigmask) ||
> - next_signal(¤t->signal->shared_pending,
> - &ctx->sigmask))
> + refine_sigmask(ctx, &sigmask);
> + if (next_signal(¤t->pending, &sigmask) ||
> + next_signal(¤t->signal->shared_pending, &sigmask))
> events |= EPOLLIN;
> spin_unlock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock);
>
> @@ -155,11 +168,13 @@ static ssize_t signalfd_dequeue(struct signalfd_ctx *ctx, kernel_siginfo_t *info
> int nonblock)
> {
> enum pid_type type;
> - ssize_t ret;
> DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
> + sigset_t sigmask;
> + ssize_t ret;
>
> spin_lock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock);
> - ret = dequeue_signal(&ctx->sigmask, info, &type);
> + refine_sigmask(ctx, &sigmask);
> + ret = dequeue_signal(&sigmask, info, &type);
> switch (ret) {
> case 0:
> if (!nonblock)
> @@ -174,7 +189,7 @@ static ssize_t signalfd_dequeue(struct signalfd_ctx *ctx, kernel_siginfo_t *info
> add_wait_queue(¤t->sighand->signalfd_wqh, &wait);
> for (;;) {
> set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
> - ret = dequeue_signal(&ctx->sigmask, info, &type);
> + ret = dequeue_signal(&sigmask, info, &type);
> if (ret != 0)
> break;
> if (signal_pending(current)) {
> @@ -184,6 +199,7 @@ static ssize_t signalfd_dequeue(struct signalfd_ctx *ctx, kernel_siginfo_t *info
> spin_unlock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock);
> schedule();
> spin_lock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock);
> + refine_sigmask(ctx, &sigmask);
> }
> spin_unlock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock);
>
> --
> 2.52.0
>