Star64_linux/kernel
Elena Reshetova d036bda7d0 sched/core: Convert sighand_struct.count 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 sighand_struct.count 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 sighand_struct.count it might make a difference
in following places:

 - __cleanup_sighand: 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/1547814450-18902-2-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2019-02-04 08:53:52 +01:00
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bpf bpf: fix inner map masking to prevent oob under speculation 2019-01-18 15:19:56 -08:00
cgroup Merge branch 'for-4.21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2018-12-29 10:57:20 -08:00
configs
debug kdb: use bool for binary state indicators 2018-12-30 08:31:52 +00:00
dma swiotlb: clear io_tlb_start and io_tlb_end in swiotlb_exit 2019-01-16 09:59:17 -05:00
events Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
gcov
irq genirq/affinity: Add is_managed to struct irq_affinity_desc 2018-12-19 11:32:08 +01:00
livepatch
locking kernel/locking/mutex.c: remove caller signal_pending branch predictions 2019-01-04 13:13:48 -08:00
power mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
printk Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
rcu
sched sched/fair: Fix unnecessary increase of balance interval 2019-01-27 12:29:37 +01:00
time y2038: more syscalls and cleanups 2018-12-28 12:45:04 -08:00
trace tracing/kprobes: Fix NULL pointer dereference in trace_kprobe_create() 2019-01-15 11:33:45 -05:00
.gitignore
acct.c
async.c
audit.c audit: remove duplicated include from audit.c 2018-12-14 12:09:30 -05:00
audit.h
audit_fsnotify.c
audit_tree.c
audit_watch.c
auditfilter.c
auditsc.c
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
compat.c make 'user_access_begin()' do 'access_ok()' 2019-01-04 12:56:09 -08:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu.c
cpu_pm.c
crash_core.c
crash_dump.c
cred.c cred: export get_task_cred(). 2018-12-19 13:52:44 -05:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2019-01-16 05:13:36 +12:00
extable.c
fail_function.c
fork.c sched/core: Convert sighand_struct.count to refcount_t 2019-02-04 08:53:52 +01:00
freezer.c
futex.c Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
groups.c
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: break RCU locks based on jiffies 2019-01-04 13:13:45 -08:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c
jump_label.c jump_label: move 'asm goto' support test to Kconfig 2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
kallsyms.c
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt kconfig: warn no new line at end of file 2018-12-15 17:44:35 +09:00
kcov.c kernel/kcov.c: mark write_comp_data() as notrace 2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
kexec.c
kexec_core.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
kexec_file.c
kexec_internal.h
kmod.c
kprobes.c Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-12-26 14:45:18 -08:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c
latencytop.c
Makefile kbuild: change filechk to surround the given command with { } 2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
memremap.c mm/hmm: fix memremap.h, move dev_page_fault_t callback to hmm 2018-12-28 12:11:52 -08:00
module-internal.h
module.c jump_label: move 'asm goto' support test to Kconfig 2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
module_signing.c
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c
panic.c kernel/sysctl: add panic_print into sysctl 2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
params.c
pid.c Fix failure path in alloc_pid() 2018-12-28 12:42:30 -08:00
pid_namespace.c
profile.c
ptrace.c Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
range.c
reboot.c
relay.c
resource.c kernel, resource: check for IORESOURCE_SYSRAM in release_mem_region_adjustable 2018-12-28 12:11:49 -08:00
rseq.c Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
seccomp.c seccomp: fix UAF in user-trap code 2019-01-15 09:43:12 -08:00
signal.c Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
smp.c
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c
stackleak.c
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c
sys.c kernel/sys.c: Clarify that UNAME26 does not generate unique versions anymore 2019-01-14 10:38:03 +12:00
sys_ni.c y2038: socket: Add compat_sys_recvmmsg_time64 2018-12-18 16:13:04 +01:00
sysctl.c sched/topology: Introduce a sysctl for Energy Aware Scheduling 2019-01-27 12:29:37 +01:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel/sysctl: add panic_print into sysctl 2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
torture.c
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c
ucount.c
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c umh: add exit routine for UMH process 2019-01-11 18:05:40 -08:00
up.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
user_namespace.c
utsname.c
utsname_sysctl.c
watchdog.c
watchdog_hld.c
workqueue.c
workqueue_internal.h