1. 08 Oct, 2005 5 commits
    • David Howells's avatar
      [PATCH] Keys: Split key permissions checking into a .c file · 468ed2b0
      David Howells authored
      The attached patch splits key permissions checking out of key-ui.h and
      moves it into a .c file.  It's quite large and called quite a lot, and
      it's about to get bigger with the addition of LSM support for keys...
      
      key_any_permission() is also discarded as it's no longer used.
      Signed-Off-By: default avatarDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      468ed2b0
    • David Howells's avatar
      [PATCH] Keys: Add request-key process documentation · f1a9badc
      David Howells authored
      The attached patch adds documentation for the process by which request-key
      works, including how it permits helper processes to gain access to the
      requestor's keyrings.
      Signed-Off-By: default avatarDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      f1a9badc
    • David Howells's avatar
      [PATCH] key: plug request_key_auth memleak · 74fd92c5
      David Howells authored
      Plug request_key_auth memleak.  This can be triggered by unprivileged
      users, so is local DoS.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarChris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
      Signed-Off-By: default avatarDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      74fd92c5
    • David Vrabel's avatar
      [PATCH] yenta: fix build if YENTA && !CARDBUS · c2059b2e
      David Vrabel authored
      (struct pcmcia_socket).tune_bridge only exists if CONFIG_CARDBUS is set
      but building yenta_socket without CardBus is valid.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Vrabel <dvrabel@arcom.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      c2059b2e
    • Oleg Nesterov's avatar
      [PATCH] fix do_coredump() vs SIGSTOP race · 788e05a6
      Oleg Nesterov authored
      Let's suppose we have 2 threads in thread group:
      	A - does coredump
      	B - has pending SIGSTOP
      
      thread A						thread B
      
      do_coredump:						get_signal_to_deliver:
      
        lock(->sighand)
        ->signal->flags = SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT
        unlock(->sighand)
      
      							lock(->sighand)
      							signr = dequeue_signal()
      								->signal->flags |= SIGNAL_STOP_DEQUEUED
      								return SIGSTOP;
      
      							do_signal_stop:
      							    unlock(->sighand)
      
        coredump_wait:
      
            zap_threads:
                lock(tasklist_lock)
                send SIGKILL to B
                    // signal_wake_up() does nothing
                unlock(tasklist_lock)
      
      							    lock(tasklist_lock)
      							    lock(->sighand)
      							    re-check sig->flags & SIGNAL_STOP_DEQUEUED, yes
      							    set_current_state(TASK_STOPPED);
      							    finish_stop:
      							        schedule();
      							            // ->state == TASK_STOPPED
      
            wait_for_completion(&startup_done)
               // waits for complete() from B,
               // ->state == TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
      
      We can't wake up 'B' in any way:
      
      	SIGCONT will be ignored because handle_stop_signal() sees
      	->signal->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT.
      
      	sys_kill(SIGKILL)->__group_complete_signal() will choose
      	uninterruptible 'A', so it can't help.
      
      	sys_tkill(B, SIGKILL) will be ignored by specific_send_sig_info()
      	because B already has pending SIGKILL.
      
      This scenario is not possbile if 'A' does do_group_exit(), because
      it sets sig->flags = SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT and delivers SIGKILL to
      subthreads atomically, holding both tasklist_lock and sighand->lock.
      That means that do_signal_stop() will notice !SIGNAL_STOP_DEQUEUED
      after re-locking ->sighand. And it is not possible to any other
      thread to re-add SIGNAL_STOP_DEQUEUED later, because dequeue_signal()
      can only return SIGKILL.
      
      I think it is better to change do_coredump() to do sigaddset(SIGKILL)
      and signal_wake_up() under sighand->lock, but this patch is much
      simpler.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarOleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      788e05a6
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