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sched/core: Convert signal_struct.sigcnt to refcount_t 

atomic_t variables are currently used to implement reference
counters with the following properties:

 - counter is initialized to 1 using atomic_set()
 - a resource is freed upon counter reaching zero
 - once counter reaches zero, its further
   increments aren't allowed
 - counter schema uses basic atomic operations
   (set, inc, inc_not_zero, dec_and_test, etc.)

Such atomic variables should be converted to a newly provided
refcount_t type and API that prevents accidental counter overflows
and underflows. This is important since overflows and underflows
can lead to use-after-free situation and be exploitable.

The variable signal_struct.sigcnt is used as pure reference counter.
Convert it to refcount_t and fix up the operations.

** Important note for maintainers:

Some functions from refcount_t API defined in lib/refcount.c
have different memory ordering guarantees than their atomic
counterparts.

The full comparison can be seen in
https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/11/15/57 and it is hopefully soon
in state to be merged to the documentation tree.

Normally the differences should not matter since refcount_t provides
enough guarantees to satisfy the refcounting use cases, but in
some rare cases it might matter.

Please double check that you don't have some undocumented
memory guarantees for this variable usage.

For the signal_struct.sigcnt it might make a difference
in following places:

 - put_signal_struct(): decrement in refcount_dec_and_test() only
   provides RELEASE ordering and control dependency on success
   vs. fully ordered atomic counterpart

Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@amarulasolutions.com>
Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1547814450-18902-3-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
Elena Reshetova 2019-01-18 14:27:27 +02:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent d036bda7d0
commit 60d4de3ff7
3 changed files with 5 additions and 5 deletions
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include/linux/sched/signal.h
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@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ struct multiprocess_signals {
* the locking of signal_struct.
*/
struct signal_struct {
atomic_t sigcnt;
refcount_t sigcnt;
atomic_t live;
int nr_threads;
struct list_head thread_head;

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init/init_task.c
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@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static struct signal_struct init_signals = {
};
static struct sighand_struct init_sighand = {
.count = ATOMIC_INIT(1),
.count = REFCOUNT_INIT(1),
.action = { { { .sa_handler = SIG_DFL, } }, },
.siglock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(init_sighand.siglock),
.signalfd_wqh = __WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER(init_sighand.signalfd_wqh),

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kernel/fork.c
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@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ static inline void free_signal_struct(struct signal_struct *sig)
static inline void put_signal_struct(struct signal_struct *sig)
{
if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sig->sigcnt))
if (refcount_dec_and_test(&sig->sigcnt))
free_signal_struct(sig);
}
@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ static int copy_signal(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
sig->nr_threads = 1;
atomic_set(&sig->live, 1);
atomic_set(&sig->sigcnt, 1);
refcount_set(&sig->sigcnt, 1);
/* list_add(thread_node, thread_head) without INIT_LIST_HEAD() */
sig->thread_head = (struct list_head)LIST_HEAD_INIT(tsk->thread_node);
@ -2082,7 +2082,7 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
} else {
current->signal->nr_threads++;
atomic_inc(&current->signal->live);
atomic_inc(&current->signal->sigcnt);
refcount_inc(&current->signal->sigcnt);
task_join_group_stop(p);
list_add_tail_rcu(&p->thread_group,
&p->group_leader->thread_group);