Fix racy use of anon_inode_getfd() in perf_event.c
authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Wed, 26 May 2010 21:40:29 +0000 (17:40 -0400)
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Fri, 28 May 2010 02:03:08 +0000 (22:03 -0400)
once anon_inode_getfd() is called, you can't expect *anything* about
struct file that descriptor points to - another thread might be doing
whatever it likes with descriptor table at that point.

Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
kernel/perf_event.c

index e099650cd249a7fb728e00f409b9557d598ceb8f..bd7ce8ca5bb9d7aff449674f1a8a24cdf1604be0 100644 (file)
@@ -4999,8 +4999,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
        struct perf_event_context *ctx;
        struct file *event_file = NULL;
        struct file *group_file = NULL;
+       int event_fd;
        int fput_needed = 0;
-       int fput_needed2 = 0;
        int err;
 
        /* for future expandability... */
@@ -5021,12 +5021,18 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
                        return -EINVAL;
        }
 
+       event_fd = get_unused_fd_flags(O_RDWR);
+       if (event_fd < 0)
+               return event_fd;
+
        /*
         * Get the target context (task or percpu):
         */
        ctx = find_get_context(pid, cpu);
-       if (IS_ERR(ctx))
-               return PTR_ERR(ctx);
+       if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
+               err = PTR_ERR(ctx);
+               goto err_fd;
+       }
 
        /*
         * Look up the group leader (we will attach this event to it):
@@ -5066,13 +5072,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
        if (IS_ERR(event))
                goto err_put_context;
 
-       err = anon_inode_getfd("[perf_event]", &perf_fops, event, O_RDWR);
-       if (err < 0)
-               goto err_free_put_context;
-
-       event_file = fget_light(err, &fput_needed2);
-       if (!event_file)
+       event_file = anon_inode_getfile("[perf_event]", &perf_fops, event, O_RDWR);
+       if (IS_ERR(event_file)) {
+               err = PTR_ERR(event_file);
                goto err_free_put_context;
+       }
 
        if (flags & PERF_FLAG_FD_OUTPUT) {
                err = perf_event_set_output(event, group_fd);
@@ -5093,19 +5097,19 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
        list_add_tail(&event->owner_entry, &current->perf_event_list);
        mutex_unlock(&current->perf_event_mutex);
 
-err_fput_free_put_context:
-       fput_light(event_file, fput_needed2);
+       fput_light(group_file, fput_needed);
+       fd_install(event_fd, event_file);
+       return event_fd;
 
+err_fput_free_put_context:
+       fput(event_file);
 err_free_put_context:
-       if (err < 0)
-               free_event(event);
-
+       free_event(event);
 err_put_context:
-       if (err < 0)
-               put_ctx(ctx);
-
        fput_light(group_file, fput_needed);
-
+       put_ctx(ctx);
+err_fd:
+       put_unused_fd(event_fd);
        return err;
 }