From: Al Viro Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:04:15 +0000 (-0400) Subject: [PATCH] fix sysctl_nr_open bugs X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5c598b3428c372a1209597cee99a70da20625876;p=GitHub%2Fexynos8895%2Fandroid_kernel_samsung_universal8895.git [PATCH] fix sysctl_nr_open bugs * if luser with root sets it to something that is not a multiple of BITS_PER_LONG, the system is screwed. * if it gets decreased at the wrong time, we can get expand_files() returning success and _not_ increasing the size of table as asked. Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c index f6fbcb49faf7..4c6f0ea12c41 100644 --- a/fs/file.c +++ b/fs/file.c @@ -150,8 +150,16 @@ static struct fdtable * alloc_fdtable(unsigned int nr) nr /= (1024 / sizeof(struct file *)); nr = roundup_pow_of_two(nr + 1); nr *= (1024 / sizeof(struct file *)); - if (nr > sysctl_nr_open) - nr = sysctl_nr_open; + /* + * Note that this can drive nr *below* what we had passed if sysctl_nr_open + * had been set lower between the check in expand_files() and here. Deal + * with that in caller, it's cheaper that way. + * + * We make sure that nr remains a multiple of BITS_PER_LONG - otherwise + * bitmaps handling below becomes unpleasant, to put it mildly... + */ + if (unlikely(nr > sysctl_nr_open)) + nr = ((sysctl_nr_open - 1) | (BITS_PER_LONG - 1)) + 1; fdt = kmalloc(sizeof(struct fdtable), GFP_KERNEL); if (!fdt) @@ -199,6 +207,16 @@ static int expand_fdtable(struct files_struct *files, int nr) spin_lock(&files->file_lock); if (!new_fdt) return -ENOMEM; + /* + * extremely unlikely race - sysctl_nr_open decreased between the check in + * caller and alloc_fdtable(). Cheaper to catch it here... + */ + if (unlikely(new_fdt->max_fds <= nr)) { + free_fdarr(new_fdt); + free_fdset(new_fdt); + kfree(new_fdt); + return -EMFILE; + } /* * Check again since another task may have expanded the fd table while * we dropped the lock