From ad133ba3dc283300e5b62b5b7211d2f39fbf6ee7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oleg Nesterov Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:39:47 +0100 Subject: sched, signals: fix the racy usage of ->signal in account_group_xxx/run_posix_cpu_timers Impact: fix potential NULL dereference Contrary to ad474caca3e2a0550b7ce0706527ad5ab389a4d4 changelog, other acct_group_xxx() helpers can be called after exit_notify() by timer tick. Thanks to Roland for pointing out this. Somehow I missed this simple fact when I read the original patch, and I am afraid I confused Frank during the discussion. Sorry. Fortunately, these helpers work with current, we can check ->exit_state to ensure that ->signal can't go away under us. Also, add the comment and compiler barrier to account_group_exec_runtime(), to make sure we load ->signal only once. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c') diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c index 153dcb2639c..895337b16a2 100644 --- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c +++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c @@ -1308,9 +1308,10 @@ static inline int task_cputime_expired(const struct task_cputime *sample, */ static inline int fastpath_timer_check(struct task_struct *tsk) { - struct signal_struct *sig = tsk->signal; + struct signal_struct *sig; - if (unlikely(!sig)) + /* tsk == current, ensure it is safe to use ->signal/sighand */ + if (unlikely(tsk->exit_state)) return 0; if (!task_cputime_zero(&tsk->cputime_expires)) { @@ -1323,6 +1324,8 @@ static inline int fastpath_timer_check(struct task_struct *tsk) if (task_cputime_expired(&task_sample, &tsk->cputime_expires)) return 1; } + + sig = tsk->signal; if (!task_cputime_zero(&sig->cputime_expires)) { struct task_cputime group_sample; -- cgit v1.2.2