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diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 45d77284aed0..c0a4c12d38b2 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
/* Task credentials management - see Documentation/security/credentials.rst
*
* Copyright (C) 2008 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
* Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
*/
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/cred.h>
@@ -148,7 +144,10 @@ void __put_cred(struct cred *cred)
BUG_ON(cred == current->cred);
BUG_ON(cred == current->real_cred);
- call_rcu(&cred->rcu, put_cred_rcu);
+ if (cred->non_rcu)
+ put_cred_rcu(&cred->rcu);
+ else
+ call_rcu(&cred->rcu, put_cred_rcu);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__put_cred);
@@ -174,6 +173,11 @@ void exit_creds(struct task_struct *tsk)
validate_creds(cred);
alter_cred_subscribers(cred, -1);
put_cred(cred);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS_REQUEST_CACHE
+ key_put(current->cached_requested_key);
+ current->cached_requested_key = NULL;
+#endif
}
/**
@@ -260,6 +264,7 @@ struct cred *prepare_creds(void)
old = task->cred;
memcpy(new, old, sizeof(struct cred));
+ new->non_rcu = 0;
atomic_set(&new->usage, 1);
set_cred_subscribers(new, 0);
get_group_info(new->group_info);
@@ -327,6 +332,10 @@ int copy_creds(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long clone_flags)
struct cred *new;
int ret;
+#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS_REQUEST_CACHE
+ p->cached_requested_key = NULL;
+#endif
+
if (
#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
!p->cred->thread_keyring &&
@@ -450,14 +459,23 @@ int commit_creds(struct cred *new)
if (task->mm)
set_dumpable(task->mm, suid_dumpable);
task->pdeath_signal = 0;
+ /*
+ * If a task drops privileges and becomes nondumpable,
+ * the dumpability change must become visible before
+ * the credential change; otherwise, a __ptrace_may_access()
+ * racing with this change may be able to attach to a task it
+ * shouldn't be able to attach to (as if the task had dropped
+ * privileges without becoming nondumpable).
+ * Pairs with a read barrier in __ptrace_may_access().
+ */
smp_wmb();
}
/* alter the thread keyring */
if (!uid_eq(new->fsuid, old->fsuid))
- key_fsuid_changed(task);
+ key_fsuid_changed(new);
if (!gid_eq(new->fsgid, old->fsgid))
- key_fsgid_changed(task);
+ key_fsgid_changed(new);
/* do it
* RLIMIT_NPROC limits on user->processes have already been checked
@@ -530,7 +548,19 @@ const struct cred *override_creds(const struct cred *new)
validate_creds(old);
validate_creds(new);
- get_cred(new);
+
+ /*
+ * NOTE! This uses 'get_new_cred()' rather than 'get_cred()'.
+ *
+ * That means that we do not clear the 'non_rcu' flag, since
+ * we are only installing the cred into the thread-synchronous
+ * '->cred' pointer, not the '->real_cred' pointer that is
+ * visible to other threads under RCU.
+ *
+ * Also note that we did validate_creds() manually, not depending
+ * on the validation in 'get_cred()'.
+ */
+ get_new_cred((struct cred *)new);
alter_cred_subscribers(new, 1);
rcu_assign_pointer(current->cred, new);
alter_cred_subscribers(old, -1);
@@ -667,6 +697,7 @@ struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon)
validate_creds(old);
*new = *old;
+ new->non_rcu = 0;
atomic_set(&new->usage, 1);
set_cred_subscribers(new, 0);
get_uid(new->user);