1. 22 10月, 2009 1 次提交
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      fs: pipe.c null pointer dereference · ad396024
      Earl Chew 提交于
      This patch fixes a null pointer exception in pipe_rdwr_open() which
      generates the stack trace:
      
      > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000028 RIP:
      >  [<ffffffff802899a5>] pipe_rdwr_open+0x35/0x70
      >  [<ffffffff8028125c>] __dentry_open+0x13c/0x230
      >  [<ffffffff8028143d>] do_filp_open+0x2d/0x40
      >  [<ffffffff802814aa>] do_sys_open+0x5a/0x100
      >  [<ffffffff8021faf3>] sysenter_do_call+0x1b/0x67
      
      The failure mode is triggered by an attempt to open an anonymous
      pipe via /proc/pid/fd/* as exemplified by this script:
      
      =============================================================
      while : ; do
         { echo y ; sleep 1 ; } | { while read ; do echo z$REPLY; done ; } &
         PID=$!
         OUT=$(ps -efl | grep 'sleep 1' | grep -v grep |
              { read PID REST ; echo $PID; } )
         OUT="${OUT%% *}"
         DELAY=$((RANDOM * 1000 / 32768))
         usleep $((DELAY * 1000 + RANDOM % 1000 ))
         echo n > /proc/$OUT/fd/1                 # Trigger defect
      done
      =============================================================
      
      Note that the failure window is quite small and I could only
      reliably reproduce the defect by inserting a small delay
      in pipe_rdwr_open(). For example:
      
       static int
       pipe_rdwr_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
       {
             msleep(100);
             mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
      
      Although the defect was observed in pipe_rdwr_open(), I think it
      makes sense to replicate the change through all the pipe_*_open()
      functions.
      
      The core of the change is to verify that inode->i_pipe has not
      been released before attempting to manipulate it. If inode->i_pipe
      is no longer present, return ENOENT to indicate so.
      
      The comment about potentially using atomic_t for i_pipe->readers
      and i_pipe->writers has also been removed because it is no longer
      relevant in this context. The inode->i_mutex lock must be used so
      that inode->i_pipe can be dealt with correctly.
      Signed-off-by: NEarl Chew <earl_chew@agilent.com>
      Cc: stable@kernel.org
      Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
      ad396024
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