commit 2c411c11020ff356748268ca9cae4c1b4c410f00
author Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com> Thu Oct 16 14:59:47 2014 -0400
committer Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Wed Nov 05 16:26:13 2014 -0800
tree 77364bc6b8920b9a644416d2e5327f63ad232382
parent ae28fa721683f29105d6894c6c1482bf5a470d3b

tty: Fix multiple races when setting the controlling terminal

Claim a read lock on the tasklist_lock while setting the controlling
terminal for the session leader. This fixes multiple races:
1. task_pgrp() and task_session() cannot be safely dereferenced, such
   as passing to get_pid(), without holding either rcu_read_lock() or
   tasklist_lock
2. setsid() unwisely allows any thread in the thread group to
   make the thread group leader the session leader; this makes the
   unlocked reads of ->signal->leader and signal->tty potentially
   unordered, stale or even have spurious values.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Reviewed-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

drivers/tty/tty_io.c

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index b645519..114854c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -502,8 +502,15 @@
 	tty_kref_put(tty);
 }
 
-/* Called under the sighand lock */
-
+/**
+ * proc_set_tty -  set the controlling terminal
+ *
+ * Only callable by the session leader and only if it does not already have
+ * a controlling terminal.
+ *
+ * Caller must hold:  a readlock on tasklist_lock
+ *		      sighand lock
+ */
 static void __proc_set_tty(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -2150,6 +2157,7 @@
 
 	mutex_lock(&tty_mutex);
 	tty_lock(tty);
+	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 	if (!noctty &&
 	    current->signal->leader &&
@@ -2157,6 +2165,7 @@
 	    tty->session == NULL)
 		__proc_set_tty(tty);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 	tty_unlock(tty);
 	mutex_unlock(&tty_mutex);
 	return 0;
@@ -2447,10 +2456,13 @@
 static int tiocsctty(struct tty_struct *tty, int arg)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
-	if (current->signal->leader && (task_session(current) == tty->session))
-		return ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&tty_mutex);
+	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+
+	if (current->signal->leader && (task_session(current) == tty->session))
+		goto unlock;
+
 	/*
 	 * The process must be a session leader and
 	 * not have a controlling tty already.
@@ -2469,9 +2481,7 @@
 			/*
 			 * Steal it away
 			 */
-			read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 			session_clear_tty(tty->session);
-			read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 		} else {
 			ret = -EPERM;
 			goto unlock;
@@ -2479,6 +2489,7 @@
 	}
 	proc_set_tty(tty);
 unlock:
+	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&tty_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }