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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 20:48:41 +0400
From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@...il.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>,
Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
Stephen Wilson <wilsons@...rt.ca>,
KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: proc: fix task_struct leak in proc_pid_fd_link_getattr()
In the patch "proc: fix races against execve() of /proc/PID/fd**"
proc_pid_fd_link_getattr() leaked task_struct if ptrace check fails.
Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>
Reported-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
--
fs/proc/base.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index b65bd88..d44c701 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1681,9 +1681,9 @@ static int proc_pid_fd_link_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
unlock_trace(task);
- put_task_struct(task);
rc = 0;
out_task:
+ put_task_struct(task);
return rc;
}
--
Vasiliy
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