[PATCH] fix send_sigqueue() vs thread exit race

posix_timer_event() first checks that the thread (SIGEV_THREAD_ID case)
does not have PF_EXITING flag, then it calls send_sigqueue() which locks
task list.  But if the thread exits in between the kernel will oops
(->sighand == NULL after __exit_sighand).

This patch moves the PF_EXITING check into the send_sigqueue(), it must be
done atomically under tasklist_lock.  When send_sigqueue() detects exiting
thread it returns -1.  In that case posix_timer_event will send the signal
to thread group.

Also, this patch fixes task_struct use-after-free in posix_timer_event.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 56e33df2b67f..4980a073237f 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1366,16 +1366,16 @@ send_sigqueue(int sig, struct sigqueue *q, struct task_struct *p)
         unsigned long flags;
         int ret = 0;
 
-        /*
-         * We need the tasklist lock even for the specific
-         * thread case (when we don't need to follow the group
-         * lists) in order to avoid races with "p->sighand"
-         * going away or changing from under us.
-         */
         BUG_ON(!(q->flags & SIGQUEUE_PREALLOC));
-        read_lock(&tasklist_lock);  
+        read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+
+        if (unlikely(p->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
+                ret = -1;
+                goto out_err;
+        }
+
         spin_lock_irqsave(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
-        
+
         if (unlikely(!list_empty(&q->list))) {
                 /*
                  * If an SI_TIMER entry is already queue just increment
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ send_sigqueue(int sig, struct sigqueue *q, struct task_struct *p)
                         BUG();
                 q->info.si_overrun++;
                 goto out;
-        } 
+        }
         /* Short-circuit ignored signals.  */
         if (sig_ignored(p, sig)) {
                 ret = 1;
@@ -1400,8 +1400,10 @@ send_sigqueue(int sig, struct sigqueue *q, struct task_struct *p)
 
 out:
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
+out_err:
         read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
-        return(ret);
+
+        return ret;
 }
 
 int