From 964ee7df90d799e38fb1556c57cd5c45fc736436 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oleg Nesterov Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:56:59 -0700 Subject: exec: fix set_binfmt() vs sys_delete_module() race sys_delete_module() can set MODULE_STATE_GOING after search_binary_handler() does try_module_get(). In this case set_binfmt()->try_module_get() fails but since none of the callers check the returned error, the task will run with the wrong old ->binfmt. The proper fix should change all ->load_binary() methods, but we can rely on fact that the caller must hold a reference to binfmt->module and use __module_get() which never fails. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Acked-by: Rusty Russell Cc: Hiroshi Shimamoto Cc: Roland McGrath Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- fs/exec.c | 14 +++++--------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs') diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c index 8efbdc606a1..6dc92c39dd9 100644 --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -1395,18 +1395,14 @@ out_ret: return retval; } -int set_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt *new) +void set_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt *new) { - struct linux_binfmt *old = current->binfmt; + if (current->binfmt) + module_put(current->binfmt->module); - if (new) { - if (!try_module_get(new->module)) - return -1; - } current->binfmt = new; - if (old) - module_put(old->module); - return 0; + if (new) + __module_get(new->module); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_binfmt); -- cgit v1.2.3