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Subjectrcu_read_lock/unlock protect find_task_by_vpid call in posix_cpu_timer_create
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[ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
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kernel/pid.c:419 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!

other info that might help us debug this:


rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
1 lock held by scrashme/20820:
#0: (tasklist_lock){.?.?..}, at: [<ffffffff8106e30f>] posix_cpu_timer_create+0x50/0xee

stack backtrace:
Pid: 20820, comm: scrashme Not tainted 2.6.37-rc3+ #7
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff8107cfd5>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0x9d/0xa5
[<ffffffff81069d08>] find_task_by_pid_ns+0x44/0x5d
[<ffffffff81069d43>] find_task_by_vpid+0x22/0x24
[<ffffffff8106e32d>] posix_cpu_timer_create+0x6e/0xee
[<ffffffff8106eb88>] do_cpu_nanosleep+0x83/0x1ad
[<ffffffff8106f50a>] posix_cpu_nsleep+0x6d/0xf6
[<ffffffff810f9a64>] ? might_fault+0xa5/0xac
[<ffffffff810f9a1b>] ? might_fault+0x5c/0xac
[<ffffffff8106bf57>] sys_clock_nanosleep+0x7c/0xcb
[<ffffffff81009cb2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>

diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 6842eeb..2658955 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ int posix_cpu_timer_create(struct k_itimer *new_timer)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new_timer->it.cpu.entry);

read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+ rcu_read_lock();
if (CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD(new_timer->it_clock)) {
if (pid == 0) {
p = current;
@@ -414,6 +415,7 @@ int posix_cpu_timer_create(struct k_itimer *new_timer)
} else {
ret = -EINVAL;
}
+ rcu_read_unlock();
read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);

return ret;

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