linux/fs/proc
Zhou Chengming 93362fa47f sysctl: Drop reference added by grab_header in proc_sys_readdir
Fixes CVE-2016-9191, proc_sys_readdir doesn't drop reference
added by grab_header when return from !dir_emit_dots path.
It can cause any path called unregister_sysctl_table will
wait forever.

The calltrace of CVE-2016-9191:

[ 5535.960522] Call Trace:
[ 5535.963265]  [<ffffffff817cdaaf>] schedule+0x3f/0xa0
[ 5535.968817]  [<ffffffff817d33fb>] schedule_timeout+0x3db/0x6f0
[ 5535.975346]  [<ffffffff817cf055>] ? wait_for_completion+0x45/0x130
[ 5535.982256]  [<ffffffff817cf0d3>] wait_for_completion+0xc3/0x130
[ 5535.988972]  [<ffffffff810d1fd0>] ? wake_up_q+0x80/0x80
[ 5535.994804]  [<ffffffff8130de64>] drop_sysctl_table+0xc4/0xe0
[ 5536.001227]  [<ffffffff8130de17>] drop_sysctl_table+0x77/0xe0
[ 5536.007648]  [<ffffffff8130decd>] unregister_sysctl_table+0x4d/0xa0
[ 5536.014654]  [<ffffffff8130deff>] unregister_sysctl_table+0x7f/0xa0
[ 5536.021657]  [<ffffffff810f57f5>] unregister_sched_domain_sysctl+0x15/0x40
[ 5536.029344]  [<ffffffff810d7704>] partition_sched_domains+0x44/0x450
[ 5536.036447]  [<ffffffff817d0761>] ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x111/0x1f0
[ 5536.043844]  [<ffffffff81167684>] rebuild_sched_domains_locked+0x64/0xb0
[ 5536.051336]  [<ffffffff8116789d>] update_flag+0x11d/0x210
[ 5536.057373]  [<ffffffff817cf61f>] ? mutex_lock_nested+0x2df/0x450
[ 5536.064186]  [<ffffffff81167acb>] ? cpuset_css_offline+0x1b/0x60
[ 5536.070899]  [<ffffffff810fce3d>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10
[ 5536.077420]  [<ffffffff817cf61f>] ? mutex_lock_nested+0x2df/0x450
[ 5536.084234]  [<ffffffff8115a9f5>] ? css_killed_work_fn+0x25/0x220
[ 5536.091049]  [<ffffffff81167ae5>] cpuset_css_offline+0x35/0x60
[ 5536.097571]  [<ffffffff8115aa2c>] css_killed_work_fn+0x5c/0x220
[ 5536.104207]  [<ffffffff810bc83f>] process_one_work+0x1df/0x710
[ 5536.110736]  [<ffffffff810bc7c0>] ? process_one_work+0x160/0x710
[ 5536.117461]  [<ffffffff810bce9b>] worker_thread+0x12b/0x4a0
[ 5536.123697]  [<ffffffff810bcd70>] ? process_one_work+0x710/0x710
[ 5536.130426]  [<ffffffff810c3f7e>] kthread+0xfe/0x120
[ 5536.135991]  [<ffffffff817d4baf>] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40
[ 5536.142041]  [<ffffffff810c3e80>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x230/0x230

One cgroup maintainer mentioned that "cgroup is trying to offline
a cpuset css, which takes place under cgroup_mutex.  The offlining
ends up trying to drain active usages of a sysctl table which apprently
is not happening."
The real reason is that proc_sys_readdir doesn't drop reference added
by grab_header when return from !dir_emit_dots path. So this cpuset
offline path will wait here forever.

See here for details: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/13

Fixes: f0c3b5093a ("[readdir] convert procfs")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: CAI Qian <caiqian@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Yang Shukui <yangshukui@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhou Chengming <zhouchengming1@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
2017-01-10 13:34:57 +13:00
..
array.c fs/proc/array.c: slightly improve render_sigset_t 2016-12-12 18:55:09 -08:00
base.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
cmdline.c fs/proc: don't use module_init for non-modular core code 2014-01-23 16:37:02 -08:00
consoles.c fs/proc: don't use module_init for non-modular core code 2014-01-23 16:37:02 -08:00
cpuinfo.c fs/proc: don't use module_init for non-modular core code 2014-01-23 16:37:02 -08:00
devices.c fs/proc: don't use module_init for non-modular core code 2014-01-23 16:37:02 -08:00
fd.c proc: Pass file mode to proc_pid_make_inode 2016-11-14 15:39:48 -05:00
fd.h proc: unsigned file descriptors 2016-09-27 18:47:38 -04:00
generic.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
inode.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
internal.h Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2016-12-14 13:57:44 -08:00
interrupts.c fs/proc: don't use module_init for non-modular core code 2014-01-23 16:37:02 -08:00
Kconfig fs, proc: add help for CONFIG_PROC_CHILDREN 2015-07-17 16:39:52 -07:00
kcore.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
kmsg.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
loadavg.c fs/proc: don't use module_init for non-modular core code 2014-01-23 16:37:02 -08:00
Makefile fs/proc: Add compiler check for -Wno-override-init to support gcc < 4.2 2016-08-03 12:45:23 -04:00
meminfo.c meminfo: break apart a very long seq_printf with #ifdefs 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
namespaces.c proc: Pass file mode to proc_pid_make_inode 2016-11-14 15:39:48 -05:00
nommu.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
page.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
proc_net.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
proc_sysctl.c sysctl: Drop reference added by grab_header in proc_sys_readdir 2017-01-10 13:34:57 +13:00
proc_tty.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
root.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
self.c vfs: remove ".readlink = generic_readlink" assignments 2016-12-09 16:45:04 +01:00
softirqs.c fs/proc: don't use module_init for non-modular core code 2014-01-23 16:37:02 -08:00
stat.c seq/proc: modify seq_put_decimal_[u]ll to take a const char *, not char 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
task_mmu.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
task_nommu.c fs/proc: Stop trying to report thread stacks 2016-10-20 09:21:41 +02:00
thread_self.c vfs: remove ".readlink = generic_readlink" assignments 2016-12-09 16:45:04 +01:00
uptime.c cputime: Default implementation of nsecs -> cputime conversion 2014-03-13 15:56:43 +01:00
version.c fs/proc: don't use module_init for non-modular core code 2014-01-23 16:37:02 -08:00
vmcore.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00