commit 7c1def1652c6c1a95eafca2991baace34afaed0f
author Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Thu Jun 23 00:08:21 2005 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> Thu Jun 23 09:45:09 2005 -0700
tree 0175c6babb39233a5cbbdf3c8ca9027180f580ed
parent 1946089a109251655c5438d92c539bd2930e71ea

[PATCH] i386: never block forced SIGSEGV

This problem was first noticed on PPC and has already been fixed there.
But the exact same issue applies to other platforms in the same way.  The
signal blocking for sa_mask and the handled signal takes place after the
handler setup.  When the stack is bogus, the handler setup forces a
SIGSEGV.  But then this will be blocked, and returning to user mode will
fault again and iterate.  This patch fixes the problem by checking whether
signal handler setup failed, and not doing the signal-blocking if so.  This
copies what was done in the ppc code.  I think all architectures' signal
handler setup code follows this pattern and needs the change.

Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

arch/i386/kernel/signal.c

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c b/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
index ea46d02..3444007 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@
 extern void __user __kernel_sigreturn;
 extern void __user __kernel_rt_sigreturn;
 
-static void setup_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
-			sigset_t *set, struct pt_regs * regs)
+static int setup_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
+		       sigset_t *set, struct pt_regs * regs)
 {
 	void __user *restorer;
 	struct sigframe __user *frame;
@@ -429,13 +429,14 @@
 		current->comm, current->pid, frame, regs->eip, frame->pretcode);
 #endif
 
-	return;
+	return 1;
 
 give_sigsegv:
 	force_sigsegv(sig, current);
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static void setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
+static int setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 			   sigset_t *set, struct pt_regs * regs)
 {
 	void __user *restorer;
@@ -522,20 +523,23 @@
 		current->comm, current->pid, frame, regs->eip, frame->pretcode);
 #endif
 
-	return;
+	return 1;
 
 give_sigsegv:
 	force_sigsegv(sig, current);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
  * OK, we're invoking a handler
  */	
 
-static void
+static int
 handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
 	      sigset_t *oldset,	struct pt_regs * regs)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	/* Are we from a system call? */
 	if (regs->orig_eax >= 0) {
 		/* If so, check system call restarting.. */
@@ -569,17 +573,19 @@
 
 	/* Set up the stack frame */
 	if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_SIGINFO)
-		setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, oldset, regs);
+		ret = setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, oldset, regs);
 	else
-		setup_frame(sig, ka, oldset, regs);
+		ret = setup_frame(sig, ka, oldset, regs);
 
-	if (!(ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_NODEFER)) {
+	if (ret && !(ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_NODEFER)) {
 		spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 		sigorsets(&current->blocked,&current->blocked,&ka->sa.sa_mask);
 		sigaddset(&current->blocked,sig);
 		recalc_sigpending();
 		spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -622,8 +628,7 @@
 		}
 
 		/* Whee!  Actually deliver the signal.  */
-		handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, oldset, regs);
-		return 1;
+		return handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, oldset, regs);
 	}
 
  no_signal: