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ptrace: change __ptrace_unlink() to clear ->ptrace under ->siglock

PATCH New Oleg Nesterov 1 participant 1 message Mar 14, 2016 ptrace support

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Oleg Nesterov

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PATCH 1/1 ptrace: change __ptrace_unlink() to clear ->ptrace under ->siglock

This test-case (simplified version of generated by syzkaller)

	#include <unistd.h>
	#include <sys/ptrace.h>
	#include <sys/wait.h>

	void test(void)
	{
		for (;;) {
			if (fork()) {
				wait(NULL);
				continue;
			}

			ptrace(PTRACE_SEIZE, getppid(), 0, 0);
			ptrace(PTRACE_INTERRUPT, getppid(), 0, 0);
			_exit(0);
		}
	}

	int main(void)
	{
		int np;

		for (np = 0; np < 8; ++np)
			if (!fork())
				test();

		while (wait(NULL) > 0)
			;
		return 0;
	}

triggers the 2nd WARN_ON_ONCE(!signr) warning in do_jobctl_trap(). The problem is that __ptrace_unlink() clears task->jobctl under siglock but task->ptrace is cleared without this lock held; this fools the "else" branch which assumes that !PT_SEIZED means PT_PTRACED.

Note also that most of other PTRACE_SEIZE checks can race with detach from the exiting tracer too. Say, the callers of ptrace_trap_notify() assume that SEIZED can't go away after it was checked.

---
 kernel/ptrace.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
kernel/ptrace.c +1 -2
index 2341efe..32c5dd2 100644
@@ -73,12 +73,11 @@ void __ptrace_unlink(struct task_struct *child)
 {
 	BUG_ON(!child->ptrace);
 
-	child->ptrace = 0;
 	child->parent = child->real_parent;
 	list_del_init(&child->ptrace_entry);
 
 	spin_lock(&child->sighand->siglock);
-
+	child->ptrace = 0;
 	/*
 	 * Clear all pending traps and TRAPPING.  TRAPPING should be
 	 * cleared regardless of JOBCTL_STOP_PENDING.  Do it explicitly.
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