Merge branch 'core-locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull core locking updates from Thomas Gleixner.

* 'core-locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  futex: Mark get_robust_list as deprecated
  futex: Do not leak robust list to unprivileged process

2 files changed, 30 insertions, 46 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 72efa1e4359a..e2b0fb9a0b3b 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 #include <linux/magic.h>
 #include <linux/pid.h>
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
+#include <linux/ptrace.h>
 
 #include <asm/futex.h>
 
@@ -2443,40 +2444,31 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(get_robust_list, int, pid,
 {
         struct robust_list_head __user *head;
         unsigned long ret;
-        const struct cred *cred = current_cred(), *pcred;
+        struct task_struct *p;
 
         if (!futex_cmpxchg_enabled)
                 return -ENOSYS;
 
+        WARN_ONCE(1, "deprecated: get_robust_list will be deleted in 2013.\n");
+
+        rcu_read_lock();
+
+        ret = -ESRCH;
         if (!pid)
-                head = current->robust_list;
+                p = current;
         else {
-                struct task_struct *p;
-
-                ret = -ESRCH;
-                rcu_read_lock();
                 p = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
                 if (!p)
                         goto err_unlock;
-                ret = -EPERM;
-                pcred = __task_cred(p);
-                /* If victim is in different user_ns, then uids are not
-                   comparable, so we must have CAP_SYS_PTRACE */
-                if (cred->user->user_ns != pcred->user->user_ns) {
-                        if (!ns_capable(pcred->user->user_ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
-                                goto err_unlock;
-                        goto ok;
-                }
-                /* If victim is in same user_ns, then uids are comparable */
-                if (cred->euid != pcred->euid &&
-                    cred->euid != pcred->uid &&
-                    !ns_capable(pcred->user->user_ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
-                        goto err_unlock;
-ok:
-                head = p->robust_list;
-                rcu_read_unlock();
         }
 
+        ret = -EPERM;
+        if (!ptrace_may_access(p, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
+                goto err_unlock;
+
+        head = p->robust_list;
+        rcu_read_unlock();
+
         if (put_user(sizeof(*head), len_ptr))
                 return -EFAULT;
         return put_user(head, head_ptr);
diff --git a/kernel/futex_compat.c b/kernel/futex_compat.c
index 5f9e689dc8f0..83e368b005fc 100644
--- a/kernel/futex_compat.c
+++ b/kernel/futex_compat.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <linux/futex.h>
+#include <linux/ptrace.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
@@ -136,40 +137,31 @@ compat_sys_get_robust_list(int pid, compat_uptr_t __user *head_ptr,
 {
         struct compat_robust_list_head __user *head;
         unsigned long ret;
-        const struct cred *cred = current_cred(), *pcred;
+        struct task_struct *p;
 
         if (!futex_cmpxchg_enabled)
                 return -ENOSYS;
 
+        WARN_ONCE(1, "deprecated: get_robust_list will be deleted in 2013.\n");
+
+        rcu_read_lock();
+
+        ret = -ESRCH;
         if (!pid)
-                head = current->compat_robust_list;
+                p = current;
         else {
-                struct task_struct *p;
-
-                ret = -ESRCH;
-                rcu_read_lock();
                 p = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
                 if (!p)
                         goto err_unlock;
-                ret = -EPERM;
-                pcred = __task_cred(p);
-                /* If victim is in different user_ns, then uids are not
-                   comparable, so we must have CAP_SYS_PTRACE */
-                if (cred->user->user_ns != pcred->user->user_ns) {
-                        if (!ns_capable(pcred->user->user_ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
-                                goto err_unlock;
-                        goto ok;
-                }
-                /* If victim is in same user_ns, then uids are comparable */
-                if (cred->euid != pcred->euid &&
-                    cred->euid != pcred->uid &&
-                    !ns_capable(pcred->user->user_ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
-                        goto err_unlock;
-ok:
-                head = p->compat_robust_list;
-                rcu_read_unlock();
         }
 
+        ret = -EPERM;
+        if (!ptrace_may_access(p, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
+                goto err_unlock;
+
+        head = p->compat_robust_list;
+        rcu_read_unlock();
+
         if (put_user(sizeof(*head), len_ptr))
                 return -EFAULT;
         return put_user(ptr_to_compat(head), head_ptr);