| Message ID | 155856409697.10428.15024260088836364169.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk (mailing list archive) |
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| State | New, archived |
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| Series | keys: Miscellany | expand |
On Wed, 22 May 2019, David Howells wrote: > Fix a pair of accesses that should be using RCU protection. > > rcu_dereference_protected() is needed to access task_struct::real_parent. > > current_cred() should be used to access current->cred. > > Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: James Morris <jamorris@linux.microsoft.com>
diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c index 3e4053a217c3..0f947bcbad46 100644 --- a/security/keys/keyctl.c +++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c @@ -1524,7 +1524,8 @@ long keyctl_session_to_parent(void) ret = -EPERM; oldwork = NULL; - parent = me->real_parent; + parent = rcu_dereference_protected(me->real_parent, + lockdep_is_held(&tasklist_lock)); /* the parent mustn't be init and mustn't be a kernel thread */ if (parent->pid <= 1 || !parent->mm) diff --git a/security/keys/request_key_auth.c b/security/keys/request_key_auth.c index bda6201c6c45..572c7a60473a 100644 --- a/security/keys/request_key_auth.c +++ b/security/keys/request_key_auth.c @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ struct key *request_key_auth_new(struct key *target, const char *op, struct key *dest_keyring) { struct request_key_auth *rka, *irka; - const struct cred *cred = current->cred; + const struct cred *cred = current_cred(); struct key *authkey = NULL; char desc[20]; int ret = -ENOMEM;
Fix a pair of accesses that should be using RCU protection. rcu_dereference_protected() is needed to access task_struct::real_parent. current_cred() should be used to access current->cred. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> --- security/keys/keyctl.c | 3 ++- security/keys/request_key_auth.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)