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Subject[patch 3/3] audit: Use rcu for task lookup protection
Protect the task lookups in audit_receive_msg() with rcu_read_lock()
instead of tasklist_lock and use lock/unlock_sighand to protect
against the exit race.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
---
kernel/audit.c | 30 ++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6-tip/kernel/audit.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-tip.orig/kernel/audit.c
+++ linux-2.6-tip/kernel/audit.c
@@ -873,17 +873,16 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_b
case AUDIT_TTY_GET: {
struct audit_tty_status s;
struct task_struct *tsk;
+ unsigned long flags;

- read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+ rcu_read_lock();
tsk = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
- if (!tsk)
- err = -ESRCH;
- else {
- spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+ if (tsk && lock_task_sighand(tsk, &flags)) {
s.enabled = tsk->signal->audit_tty != 0;
- spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
- }
- read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+ unlock_task_sighand(tsk, &flags);
+ } else
+ err = -ESRCH;
+ rcu_read_unlock();

if (!err)
audit_send_reply(NETLINK_CB(skb).pid, seq,
@@ -893,22 +892,21 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_b
case AUDIT_TTY_SET: {
struct audit_tty_status *s;
struct task_struct *tsk;
+ unsigned long flags;

if (nlh->nlmsg_len < sizeof(struct audit_tty_status))
return -EINVAL;
s = data;
if (s->enabled != 0 && s->enabled != 1)
return -EINVAL;
- read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+ rcu_read_lock();
tsk = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
- if (!tsk)
- err = -ESRCH;
- else {
- spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+ if (tsk && lock_task_sighand(tsk, &flags)) {
tsk->signal->audit_tty = s->enabled != 0;
- spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
- }
- read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+ unlock_task_sighand(tsk, &flags);
+ } else
+ err = -ESRCH;
+ rcu_read_unlock();
break;
}
default:



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