Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull kthread fix from Thomas Gleixner:
"A single fix which prevents a use after free when kthread fork fails"
* 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
kthread: Fix use-after-free if kthread fork fails
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index aa1076c..e53770d 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1577,6 +1577,18 @@
if (!p)
goto fork_out;
+ /*
+ * This _must_ happen before we call free_task(), i.e. before we jump
+ * to any of the bad_fork_* labels. This is to avoid freeing
+ * p->set_child_tid which is (ab)used as a kthread's data pointer for
+ * kernel threads (PF_KTHREAD).
+ */
+ p->set_child_tid = (clone_flags & CLONE_CHILD_SETTID) ? child_tidptr : NULL;
+ /*
+ * Clear TID on mm_release()?
+ */
+ p->clear_child_tid = (clone_flags & CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID) ? child_tidptr : NULL;
+
ftrace_graph_init_task(p);
rt_mutex_init_task(p);
@@ -1743,11 +1755,6 @@
}
}
- p->set_child_tid = (clone_flags & CLONE_CHILD_SETTID) ? child_tidptr : NULL;
- /*
- * Clear TID on mm_release()?
- */
- p->clear_child_tid = (clone_flags & CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID) ? child_tidptr : NULL;
#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
p->plug = NULL;
#endif
