perf_counter: Close race in perf_lock_task_context()
perf_lock_task_context() is buggy because it can return a dead
context.
the RCU read lock in perf_lock_task_context() only guarantees
the memory won't get freed, it doesn't guarantee the object is
valid (in our case refcount > 0).
Therefore we can return a locked object that can get freed the
moment we release the rcu read lock.
perf_pin_task_context() then increases the refcount and does an
unlock on freed memory.
That increased refcount will cause a double free, in case it
started out with 0.
Ammend this by including the get_ctx() functionality in
perf_lock_task_context() (all users already did this later
anyway), and return a NULL context when the found one is
already dead.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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