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From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, serue@us.ibm.com,
	paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, keyrings@linux-nfs.org,
	linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] KEYS: Fix RCU handling in key_gc_keyring()
Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 14:16:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100504131610.2015.50934.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> (raw)

key_gc_keyring() needs to either hold the RCU read lock or hold the keyring
semaphore if it's going to scan the keyring's list.  Given that it only needs
to read the key list, and it's doing so under a spinlock, the RCU read lock is
the thing to use.

Furthermore, the RCU check added in e7b0a61b7929632d36cf052d9e2820ef0a9c1bfe is
incorrect as holding the spinlock on key_serial_lock is not grounds for
assuming a keyring's pointer list can be read safely.  Instead, a simple
rcu_dereference() inside of the previously mentioned RCU read lock is what we
want.

Reported-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
---

 security/keys/gc.c |    9 ++++++---
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/keys/gc.c b/security/keys/gc.c
index 1990231..a46e825 100644
--- a/security/keys/gc.c
+++ b/security/keys/gc.c
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ static bool key_gc_keyring(struct key *keyring, time_t limit)
 		goto dont_gc;
 
 	/* scan the keyring looking for dead keys */
-	klist = rcu_dereference_check(keyring->payload.subscriptions,
-				      lockdep_is_held(&key_serial_lock));
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	klist = rcu_dereference(keyring->payload.subscriptions);
 	if (!klist)
-		goto dont_gc;
+		goto unlock_dont_gc;
 
 	for (loop = klist->nkeys - 1; loop >= 0; loop--) {
 		key = klist->keys[loop];
@@ -89,11 +89,14 @@ static bool key_gc_keyring(struct key *keyring, time_t limit)
 			goto do_gc;
 	}
 
+unlock_dont_gc:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 dont_gc:
 	kleave(" = false");
 	return false;
 
 do_gc:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	key_gc_cursor = keyring->serial;
 	key_get(keyring);
 	spin_unlock(&key_serial_lock);


             reply	other threads:[~2010-05-04 13:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-04 13:16 David Howells [this message]
2010-05-04 15:46 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2010-05-04 15:58 ` David Howells
2010-05-05  0:59 ` Paul E. McKenney
2010-05-05  9:31 ` David Howells

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