Skip to content
Commit e2652ae6 authored by Manfred Spraul's avatar Manfred Spraul Committed by Linus Torvalds
Browse files

ipc: reorganize initialization of kern_ipc_perm.seq

ipc_addid() initializes kern_ipc_perm.seq after having called idr_alloc()
(within ipc_idr_alloc()).

Thus a parallel semop() or msgrcv() that uses ipc_obtain_object_check()
may see an uninitialized value.

The patch moves the initialization of kern_ipc_perm.seq before the calls
of idr_alloc().

Notes:
1) This patch has a user space visible side effect:
If /proc/sys/kernel/*_next_id is used (i.e.: checkpoint/restore) and
if semget()/msgget()/shmget() fails in the final step of adding the id
to the rhash tree, then .._next_id is cleared. Before the patch, is
remained unmodified.

There is no change of the behavior after a successful ..get() call: It
always clears .._next_id, there is no impact to non checkpoint/restore
code as that code does not use .._next_id.

2) The patch correctly documents that after a call to ipc_idr_alloc(),
the full tear-down sequence must be used. The callers of ipc_addid()
do not fullfill that, i.e. more bugfixes are required.

The patch is a squash of a patch from Dmitry and my own changes.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180712185241.4017-3-manfred@colorfullife.com


Reported-by: default avatar <syzbot+2827ef6b3385deb07eaf@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarManfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 615c999c
0% or .
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment