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authorAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru>2007-07-16 10:39:00 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-07-16 20:05:39 +0400
commit786d7e1612f0b0adb6046f19b906609e4fe8b1ba (patch)
tree9d5f1623c19c9d3f84606ea160d57cd3c8c97ea9 /Documentation/watchdog
parent5568b0e8028d966ddb16f0be44a9df1fcbd1dc8d (diff)
downloadlinux-786d7e1612f0b0adb6046f19b906609e4fe8b1ba.tar.xz
Fix rmmod/read/write races in /proc entries
Fix following races: =========================================== 1. Write via ->write_proc sleeps in copy_from_user(). Module disappears meanwhile. Or, more generically, system call done on /proc file, method supplied by module is called, module dissapeares meanwhile. pde = create_proc_entry() if (!pde) return -ENOMEM; pde->write_proc = ... open write copy_from_user pde = create_proc_entry(); if (!pde) { remove_proc_entry(); return -ENOMEM; /* module unloaded */ } *boom* ========================================== 2. bogo-revoke aka proc_kill_inodes() remove_proc_entry vfs_read proc_kill_inodes [check ->f_op validness] [check ->f_op->read validness] [verify_area, security permissions checks] ->f_op = NULL; if (file->f_op->read) /* ->f_op dereference, boom */ NOTE, NOTE, NOTE: file_operations are proxied for regular files only. Let's see how this scheme behaves, then extend if needed for directories. Directories creators in /proc only set ->owner for them, so proxying for directories may be unneeded. NOTE, NOTE, NOTE: methods being proxied are ->llseek, ->read, ->write, ->poll, ->unlocked_ioctl, ->ioctl, ->compat_ioctl, ->open, ->release. If your in-tree module uses something else, yell on me. Full audit pending. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix] Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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