[PATCH -tip 0/2] Fix mm->flags consistency issue in coredump

[PATCH -tip 0/2] Fix mm->flags consistency issue in coredump

[Masami Hiramatsu]

Hi,

These patches are for fixing coredump mm->flags consistency issue.

---
1787         if (mm->core_state || !get_dumpable(mm)) {  <- (1)
1788                 up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
1789                 put_cred(cred);
1790                 goto fail;
1791         }
1792
[...]
1798         if (get_dumpable(mm) == 2) {    /* Setuid core dump mode */ <-(2)
1799                 flag = O_EXCL;          /* Stop rewrite attacks */
1800                 cred->fsuid = 0;        /* Dump root private */
1801         }
---

Since dumpable bits are not protected by lock, there is a
chance to change these bits between (1) and (2).

To solve this issue, this patch copies mm->flags to
coredump_params.mm_flags at the beginning of do_coredump()                      and uses it instead of get_dumpable() while dumping core.
This series also introduce coredump parameter structure
for simplify bimfmt->core_dump interface.

Thank you,

---

Masami Hiramatsu (2):
      Pass mm->flags as a coredump parameter for consistency
      mm: Introduce coredump parameter structure


 fs/binfmt_aout.c        |   13 ++++++-----
 fs/binfmt_elf.c         |   50 +++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c   |   38 ++++++++++++-------------------
 fs/binfmt_flat.c        |    6 ++---
 fs/binfmt_som.c         |    2 +-
 fs/exec.c               |   58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 include/linux/binfmts.h |   11 ++++++++-
 7 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-)

-- 
Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
Software Solutions Division
e-mail: mhiramat@redhat.com

[PATCH -tip 2/2] Pass mm->flags as a coredump parameter for consistency

[Masami Hiramatsu]

Pass mm->flags as a coredump parameter for consistency.

 ---
1787         if (mm->core_state || !get_dumpable(mm)) {  <- (1)
1788                 up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
1789                 put_cred(cred);
1790                 goto fail;
1791         }
1792
[...]
1798         if (get_dumpable(mm) == 2) {    /* Setuid core dump mode */ <-(2)
1799                 flag = O_EXCL;          /* Stop rewrite attacks */
1800                 cred->fsuid = 0;        /* Dump root private */
1801         }
 ---

Since dumpable bits are not protected by lock, there is a
chance to change these bits between (1) and (2).

To solve this issue, this patch copies mm->flags to
coredump_params.mm_flags at the beginning of do_coredump()                      and uses it instead of get_dumpable() while dumping core.

This copy is also passed to binfmt->core_dump, since
elf*_core_dump() uses dump_filter bits in mm->flags.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Cc: Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
---

 fs/binfmt_elf.c         |   12 ++----------
 fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c   |   12 ++----------
 fs/exec.c               |   20 ++++++++++++++++----
 include/linux/binfmts.h |    1 +
 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 5e27303..2f76489 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1911,7 +1911,6 @@ static int elf_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *gate_vma;
 	struct elfhdr *elf = NULL;
 	loff_t offset = 0, dataoff, foffset;
-	unsigned long mm_flags;
 	struct elf_note_info info;
 
 	/*
@@ -1982,13 +1981,6 @@ static int elf_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 
 	dataoff = offset = roundup(offset, ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE);
 
-	/*
-	 * We must use the same mm->flags while dumping core to avoid
-	 * inconsistency between the program headers and bodies, otherwise an
-	 * unusable core file can be generated.
-	 */
-	mm_flags = current->mm->flags;
-
 	/* Write program headers for segments dump */
 	for (vma = first_vma(current, gate_vma); vma != NULL;
 			vma = next_vma(vma, gate_vma)) {
@@ -1998,7 +1990,7 @@ static int elf_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 		phdr.p_offset = offset;
 		phdr.p_vaddr = vma->vm_start;
 		phdr.p_paddr = 0;
-		phdr.p_filesz = vma_dump_size(vma, mm_flags);
+		phdr.p_filesz = vma_dump_size(vma, cprm->mm_flags);
 		phdr.p_memsz = vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start;
 		offset += phdr.p_filesz;
 		phdr.p_flags = vma->vm_flags & VM_READ ? PF_R : 0;
@@ -2034,7 +2026,7 @@ static int elf_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 		unsigned long addr;
 		unsigned long end;
 
-		end = vma->vm_start + vma_dump_size(vma, mm_flags);
+		end = vma->vm_start + vma_dump_size(vma, cprm->mm_flags);
 
 		for (addr = vma->vm_start; addr < end; addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
 			struct page *page;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index e65ab9d..28af3e9 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -1604,7 +1604,6 @@ static int elf_fdpic_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 #endif
 	int thread_status_size = 0;
 	elf_addr_t *auxv;
-	unsigned long mm_flags;
 
 	/*
 	 * We no longer stop all VM operations.
@@ -1735,13 +1734,6 @@ static int elf_fdpic_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 	/* Page-align dumped data */
 	dataoff = offset = roundup(offset, ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE);
 
-	/*
-	 * We must use the same mm->flags while dumping core to avoid
-	 * inconsistency between the program headers and bodies, otherwise an
-	 * unusable core file can be generated.
-	 */
-	mm_flags = current->mm->flags;
-
 	/* write program headers for segments dump */
 	for (vma = current->mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
 		struct elf_phdr phdr;
@@ -1753,7 +1745,7 @@ static int elf_fdpic_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 		phdr.p_offset = offset;
 		phdr.p_vaddr = vma->vm_start;
 		phdr.p_paddr = 0;
-		phdr.p_filesz = maydump(vma, mm_flags) ? sz : 0;
+		phdr.p_filesz = maydump(vma, cprm->mm_flags) ? sz : 0;
 		phdr.p_memsz = sz;
 		offset += phdr.p_filesz;
 		phdr.p_flags = vma->vm_flags & VM_READ ? PF_R : 0;
@@ -1789,7 +1781,7 @@ static int elf_fdpic_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 		goto end_coredump;
 
 	if (elf_fdpic_dump_segments(cprm->file, &size, &cprm->limit,
-				    mm_flags) < 0)
+				    cprm->mm_flags) < 0)
 		goto end_coredump;
 
 #ifdef ELF_CORE_WRITE_EXTRA_DATA
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 5daf7d5..2ec6973 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1718,14 +1718,19 @@ void set_dumpable(struct mm_struct *mm, int value)
 	}
 }
 
-int get_dumpable(struct mm_struct *mm)
+static int __get_dumpable(unsigned long mm_flags)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = mm->flags & 0x3;
+	ret = mm_flags & MMF_DUMPABLE_MASK;
 	return (ret >= 2) ? 2 : ret;
 }
 
+int get_dumpable(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	return __get_dumpable(mm->flags);
+}
+
 static void wait_for_dump_helpers(struct file *file)
 {
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
@@ -1769,6 +1774,12 @@ void do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		.signr = signr,
 		.regs = regs,
 		.limit = current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_CORE].rlim_cur,
+		/*
+		 * We must use the same mm->flags while dumping core to avoid
+		 * inconsistency of bit flags, since this flag is not protected
+		 * by any locks.
+		 */
+		.mm_flags = mm->flags,
 	};
 
 	audit_core_dumps(signr);
@@ -1787,7 +1798,7 @@ void do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	/*
 	 * If another thread got here first, or we are not dumpable, bail out.
 	 */
-	if (mm->core_state || !get_dumpable(mm)) {
+	if (mm->core_state || !__get_dumpable(cprm.mm_flags)) {
 		up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 		put_cred(cred);
 		goto fail;
@@ -1798,7 +1809,8 @@ void do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	 *	process nor do we know its entire history. We only know it
 	 *	was tainted so we dump it as root in mode 2.
 	 */
-	if (get_dumpable(mm) == 2) {	/* Setuid core dump mode */
+	if (__get_dumpable(cprm.mm_flags) == 2) {
+		/* Setuid core dump mode */
 		flag = O_EXCL;		/* Stop rewrite attacks */
 		cred->fsuid = 0;	/* Dump root private */
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
index cd4349b..99e529b 100644
--- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ struct coredump_params {
 	struct pt_regs *regs;
 	struct file *file;
 	unsigned long limit;
+	unsigned long mm_flags;
 };
 
 /*


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
Software Solutions Division

e-mail: mhiramat@redhat.com

[PATCH -tip 1/2] mm: Introduce coredump parameter structure

[Masami Hiramatsu]

Introduce coredump parameter data structure (struct coredump_params)
for simplifying binfmt->core_dump() arguments.
This also cleanup DUMP_WRITE() in elf_core_dump() by style issue.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
---

 fs/binfmt_aout.c        |   13 +++++++------
 fs/binfmt_elf.c         |   38 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c   |   28 ++++++++++++++--------------
 fs/binfmt_flat.c        |    6 +++---
 fs/binfmt_som.c         |    2 +-
 fs/exec.c               |   38 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 include/linux/binfmts.h |   10 +++++++++-
 7 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_aout.c b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
index b639dcf..346b694 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_aout.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm *, struct pt_regs * regs);
 static int load_aout_library(struct file*);
-static int aout_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file, unsigned long limit);
+static int aout_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm);
 
 static struct linux_binfmt aout_format = {
 	.module		= THIS_MODULE,
@@ -89,8 +89,9 @@ if (file->f_op->llseek) { \
  * dumping of the process results in another error..
  */
 
-static int aout_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file, unsigned long limit)
+static int aout_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 {
+	struct file *file = cprm->file;
 	mm_segment_t fs;
 	int has_dumped = 0;
 	unsigned long dump_start, dump_size;
@@ -108,16 +109,16 @@ static int aout_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file, u
 	current->flags |= PF_DUMPCORE;
        	strncpy(dump.u_comm, current->comm, sizeof(dump.u_comm));
 	dump.u_ar0 = offsetof(struct user, regs);
-	dump.signal = signr;
-	aout_dump_thread(regs, &dump);
+	dump.signal = cprm->signr;
+	aout_dump_thread(cprm->regs, &dump);
 
 /* If the size of the dump file exceeds the rlimit, then see what would happen
    if we wrote the stack, but not the data area.  */
-	if ((dump.u_dsize + dump.u_ssize+1) * PAGE_SIZE > limit)
+	if ((dump.u_dsize + dump.u_ssize+1) * PAGE_SIZE > cprm->limit)
 		dump.u_dsize = 0;
 
 /* Make sure we have enough room to write the stack and data areas. */
-	if ((dump.u_ssize + 1) * PAGE_SIZE > limit)
+	if ((dump.u_ssize + 1) * PAGE_SIZE > cprm->limit)
 		dump.u_ssize = 0;
 
 /* make sure we actually have a data and stack area to dump */
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index b9b3bb5..5e27303 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static unsigned long elf_map(struct file *, unsigned long, struct elf_phdr *,
  * don't even try.
  */
 #if defined(USE_ELF_CORE_DUMP) && defined(CONFIG_ELF_CORE)
-static int elf_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file, unsigned long limit);
+static int elf_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm);
 #else
 #define elf_core_dump	NULL
 #endif
@@ -1277,10 +1277,6 @@ static int writenote(struct memelfnote *men, struct file *file,
 }
 #undef DUMP_WRITE
 
-#define DUMP_WRITE(addr, nr)	\
-	if ((size += (nr)) > limit || !dump_write(file, (addr), (nr))) \
-		goto end_coredump;
-
 static void fill_elf_header(struct elfhdr *elf, int segs,
 			    u16 machine, u32 flags, u8 osabi)
 {
@@ -1906,7 +1902,7 @@ static struct vm_area_struct *next_vma(struct vm_area_struct *this_vma,
  * and then they are actually written out.  If we run out of core limit
  * we just truncate.
  */
-static int elf_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file, unsigned long limit)
+static int elf_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 {
 	int has_dumped = 0;
 	mm_segment_t fs;
@@ -1952,7 +1948,7 @@ static int elf_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file, un
 	 * notes.  This also sets up the file header.
 	 */
 	if (!fill_note_info(elf, segs + 1, /* including notes section */
-			    &info, signr, regs))
+			    &info, cprm->signr, cprm->regs))
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	has_dumped = 1;
@@ -1961,7 +1957,10 @@ static int elf_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file, un
 	fs = get_fs();
 	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
 
-	DUMP_WRITE(elf, sizeof(*elf));
+	size += sizeof(*elf);
+	if (size > cprm->limit || !dump_write(cprm->file, elf, sizeof(*elf)))
+		goto end_coredump;
+
 	offset += sizeof(*elf);				/* Elf header */
 	offset += (segs + 1) * sizeof(struct elf_phdr); /* Program headers */
 	foffset = offset;
@@ -1975,7 +1974,10 @@ static int elf_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file, un
 
 		fill_elf_note_phdr(&phdr, sz, offset);
 		offset += sz;
-		DUMP_WRITE(&phdr, sizeof(phdr));
+		size += sizeof(phdr);
+		if (size > cprm->limit ||
+		    !dump_write(cprm->file, &phdr, sizeof(phdr)))
+			goto end_coredump;
 	}
 
 	dataoff = offset = roundup(offset, ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE);
@@ -2006,7 +2008,10 @@ static int elf_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file, un
 			phdr.p_flags |= PF_X;
 		phdr.p_align = ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE;
 
-		DUMP_WRITE(&phdr, sizeof(phdr));
+		size += sizeof(phdr);
+		if (size > cprm->limit ||
+		    !dump_write(cprm->file, &phdr, sizeof(phdr)))
+			goto end_coredump;
 	}
 
 #ifdef ELF_CORE_WRITE_EXTRA_PHDRS
@@ -2014,14 +2019,14 @@ static int elf_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file, un
 #endif
 
  	/* write out the notes section */
-	if (!write_note_info(&info, file, &foffset))
+	if (!write_note_info(&info, cprm->file, &foffset))
 		goto end_coredump;
 
-	if (elf_coredump_extra_notes_write(file, &foffset))
+	if (elf_coredump_extra_notes_write(cprm->file, &foffset))
 		goto end_coredump;
 
 	/* Align to page */
-	if (!dump_seek(file, dataoff - foffset))
+	if (!dump_seek(cprm->file, dataoff - foffset))
 		goto end_coredump;
 
 	for (vma = first_vma(current, gate_vma); vma != NULL;
@@ -2038,12 +2043,13 @@ static int elf_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file, un
 			page = get_dump_page(addr);
 			if (page) {
 				void *kaddr = kmap(page);
-				stop = ((size += PAGE_SIZE) > limit) ||
-					!dump_write(file, kaddr, PAGE_SIZE);
+				stop = ((size += PAGE_SIZE) > cprm->limit) ||
+					!dump_write(cprm->file, kaddr,
+						    PAGE_SIZE);
 				kunmap(page);
 				page_cache_release(page);
 			} else
-				stop = !dump_seek(file, PAGE_SIZE);
+				stop = !dump_seek(cprm->file, PAGE_SIZE);
 			if (stop)
 				goto end_coredump;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index 38502c6..e65ab9d 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static int elf_fdpic_map_file_by_direct_mmap(struct elf_fdpic_params *,
 					     struct file *, struct mm_struct *);
 
 #if defined(USE_ELF_CORE_DUMP) && defined(CONFIG_ELF_CORE)
-static int elf_fdpic_core_dump(long, struct pt_regs *, struct file *, unsigned long limit);
+static int elf_fdpic_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm);
 #endif
 
 static struct linux_binfmt elf_fdpic_format = {
@@ -1581,8 +1581,7 @@ static int elf_fdpic_dump_segments(struct file *file, size_t *size,
  * and then they are actually written out.  If we run out of core limit
  * we just truncate.
  */
-static int elf_fdpic_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs,
-			       struct file *file, unsigned long limit)
+static int elf_fdpic_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 {
 #define	NUM_NOTES	6
 	int has_dumped = 0;
@@ -1641,7 +1640,7 @@ static int elf_fdpic_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs,
 		goto cleanup;
 #endif
 
-	if (signr) {
+	if (cprm->signr) {
 		struct core_thread *ct;
 		struct elf_thread_status *tmp;
 
@@ -1660,14 +1659,14 @@ static int elf_fdpic_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs,
 			int sz;
 
 			tmp = list_entry(t, struct elf_thread_status, list);
-			sz = elf_dump_thread_status(signr, tmp);
+			sz = elf_dump_thread_status(cprm->signr, tmp);
 			thread_status_size += sz;
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* now collect the dump for the current */
-	fill_prstatus(prstatus, current, signr);
-	elf_core_copy_regs(&prstatus->pr_reg, regs);
+	fill_prstatus(prstatus, current, cprm->signr);
+	elf_core_copy_regs(&prstatus->pr_reg, cprm->regs);
 
 	segs = current->mm->map_count;
 #ifdef ELF_CORE_EXTRA_PHDRS
@@ -1702,7 +1701,7 @@ static int elf_fdpic_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs,
 
   	/* Try to dump the FPU. */
 	if ((prstatus->pr_fpvalid =
-	     elf_core_copy_task_fpregs(current, regs, fpu)))
+	     elf_core_copy_task_fpregs(current, cprm->regs, fpu)))
 		fill_note(notes + numnote++,
 			  "CORE", NT_PRFPREG, sizeof(*fpu), fpu);
 #ifdef ELF_CORE_COPY_XFPREGS
@@ -1773,7 +1772,7 @@ static int elf_fdpic_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs,
 
  	/* write out the notes section */
 	for (i = 0; i < numnote; i++)
-		if (!writenote(notes + i, file))
+		if (!writenote(notes + i, cprm->file))
 			goto end_coredump;
 
 	/* write out the thread status notes section */
@@ -1782,25 +1781,26 @@ static int elf_fdpic_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs,
 				list_entry(t, struct elf_thread_status, list);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < tmp->num_notes; i++)
-			if (!writenote(&tmp->notes[i], file))
+			if (!writenote(&tmp->notes[i], cprm->file))
 				goto end_coredump;
 	}
 
-	if (!dump_seek(file, dataoff))
+	if (!dump_seek(cprm->file, dataoff))
 		goto end_coredump;
 
-	if (elf_fdpic_dump_segments(file, &size, &limit, mm_flags) < 0)
+	if (elf_fdpic_dump_segments(cprm->file, &size, &cprm->limit,
+				    mm_flags) < 0)
 		goto end_coredump;
 
 #ifdef ELF_CORE_WRITE_EXTRA_DATA
 	ELF_CORE_WRITE_EXTRA_DATA;
 #endif
 
-	if (file->f_pos != offset) {
+	if (cprm->file->f_pos != offset) {
 		/* Sanity check */
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
 		       "elf_core_dump: file->f_pos (%lld) != offset (%lld)\n",
-		       file->f_pos, offset);
+		       cprm->file->f_pos, offset);
 	}
 
 end_coredump:
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
index a279665..d4a00ea 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static int load_flat_shared_library(int id, struct lib_info *p);
 #endif
 
 static int load_flat_binary(struct linux_binprm *, struct pt_regs * regs);
-static int flat_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file, unsigned long limit);
+static int flat_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm);
 
 static struct linux_binfmt flat_format = {
 	.module		= THIS_MODULE,
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ static struct linux_binfmt flat_format = {
  * Currently only a stub-function.
  */
 
-static int flat_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file, unsigned long limit)
+static int flat_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 {
 	printk("Process %s:%d received signr %d and should have core dumped\n",
-			current->comm, current->pid, (int) signr);
+			current->comm, current->pid, (int) cprm->signr);
 	return(1);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_som.c b/fs/binfmt_som.c
index eff74b9..2a9b533 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_som.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_som.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static int load_som_library(struct file *);
  * don't even try.
  */
 #if 0
-static int som_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long limit);
+static int som_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm);
 #else
 #define som_core_dump	NULL
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index ba112bd..5daf7d5 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1756,17 +1756,20 @@ void do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 	struct linux_binfmt * binfmt;
 	struct inode * inode;
-	struct file * file;
 	const struct cred *old_cred;
 	struct cred *cred;
 	int retval = 0;
 	int flag = 0;
 	int ispipe = 0;
-	unsigned long core_limit = current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_CORE].rlim_cur;
 	char **helper_argv = NULL;
 	int helper_argc = 0;
 	int dump_count = 0;
 	static atomic_t core_dump_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+	struct coredump_params cprm = {
+		.signr = signr,
+		.regs = regs,
+		.limit = current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_CORE].rlim_cur,
+	};
 
 	audit_core_dumps(signr);
 
@@ -1822,15 +1825,15 @@ void do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	ispipe = format_corename(corename, signr);
 	unlock_kernel();
 
-	if ((!ispipe) && (core_limit < binfmt->min_coredump))
+	if ((!ispipe) && (cprm.limit < binfmt->min_coredump))
 		goto fail_unlock;
 
  	if (ispipe) {
-		if (core_limit == 0) {
+		if (cprm.limit == 0) {
 			/*
 			 * Normally core limits are irrelevant to pipes, since
 			 * we're not writing to the file system, but we use
-			 * core_limit of 0 here as a speacial value. Any
+			 * cprm.limit of 0 here as a speacial value. Any
 			 * non-zero limit gets set to RLIM_INFINITY below, but
 			 * a limit of 0 skips the dump.  This is a consistent
 			 * way to catch recursive crashes.  We can still crash
@@ -1863,25 +1866,25 @@ void do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs *regs)
 			goto fail_dropcount;
 		}
 
-		core_limit = RLIM_INFINITY;
+		cprm.limit = RLIM_INFINITY;
 
 		/* SIGPIPE can happen, but it's just never processed */
 		if (call_usermodehelper_pipe(helper_argv[0], helper_argv, NULL,
-				&file)) {
+				&cprm.file)) {
  			printk(KERN_INFO "Core dump to %s pipe failed\n",
 			       corename);
 			goto fail_dropcount;
  		}
  	} else
- 		file = filp_open(corename,
+		cprm.file = filp_open(corename,
 				 O_CREAT | 2 | O_NOFOLLOW | O_LARGEFILE | flag,
 				 0600);
-	if (IS_ERR(file))
+	if (IS_ERR(cprm.file))
 		goto fail_dropcount;
-	inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = cprm.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	if (inode->i_nlink > 1)
 		goto close_fail;	/* multiple links - don't dump */
-	if (!ispipe && d_unhashed(file->f_path.dentry))
+	if (!ispipe && d_unhashed(cprm.file->f_path.dentry))
 		goto close_fail;
 
 	/* AK: actually i see no reason to not allow this for named pipes etc.,
@@ -1894,21 +1897,22 @@ void do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	 */
 	if (inode->i_uid != current_fsuid())
 		goto close_fail;
-	if (!file->f_op)
+	if (!cprm.file->f_op)
 		goto close_fail;
-	if (!file->f_op->write)
+	if (!cprm.file->f_op->write)
 		goto close_fail;
-	if (!ispipe && do_truncate(file->f_path.dentry, 0, 0, file) != 0)
+	if (!ispipe &&
+	    do_truncate(cprm.file->f_path.dentry, 0, 0, cprm.file) != 0)
 		goto close_fail;
 
-	retval = binfmt->core_dump(signr, regs, file, core_limit);
+	retval = binfmt->core_dump(&cprm);
 
 	if (retval)
 		current->signal->group_exit_code |= 0x80;
 close_fail:
 	if (ispipe && core_pipe_limit)
-		wait_for_dump_helpers(file);
-	filp_close(file, NULL);
+		wait_for_dump_helpers(cprm.file);
+	filp_close(cprm.file, NULL);
 fail_dropcount:
 	if (dump_count)
 		atomic_dec(&core_dump_count);
diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
index aece486..cd4349b 100644
--- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ struct linux_binprm{
 
 #define BINPRM_MAX_RECURSION 4
 
+/* Function parameter for binfmt->coredump */
+struct coredump_params {
+	long signr;
+	struct pt_regs *regs;
+	struct file *file;
+	unsigned long limit;
+};
+
 /*
  * This structure defines the functions that are used to load the binary formats that
  * linux accepts.
@@ -77,7 +85,7 @@ struct linux_binfmt {
 	struct module *module;
 	int (*load_binary)(struct linux_binprm *, struct  pt_regs * regs);
 	int (*load_shlib)(struct file *);
-	int (*core_dump)(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file, unsigned long limit);
+	int (*core_dump)(struct coredump_params *cprm);
 	unsigned long min_coredump;	/* minimal dump size */
 	int hasvdso;
 };


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
Software Solutions Division

e-mail: mhiramat@redhat.com

Re: [PATCH -tip 1/2] mm: Introduce coredump parameter structure

[Masami Hiramatsu]

Oops, it's not mm, but bimfmts.

Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Introduce coredump parameter data structure (struct coredump_params)
> for simplifying binfmt->core_dump() arguments.
> This also cleanup DUMP_WRITE() in elf_core_dump() by style issue.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu<mhiramat@redhat.com>
> Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar<mingo@elte.hu>
> Cc: Hidehiro Kawai<hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton<akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Oleg Nesterov<oleg@redhat.com>
> Cc: Roland McGrath<roland@redhat.com>

-- 
Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
Software Solutions Division

e-mail: mhiramat@redhat.com

Re: [PATCH -tip 2/2] Pass mm->flags as a coredump parameter for consistency

[Hidehiro Kawai]

Hi Hiramatsu-san,

Masami Hiramatsu wrote:

>> Pass mm->flags as a coredump parameter for consistency.
>> 
>>  ---
>> 1787         if (mm->core_state || !get_dumpable(mm)) {  <- (1)
>> 1788                 up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
>> 1789                 put_cred(cred);
>> 1790                 goto fail;
>> 1791         }
>> 1792
>> [...]
>> 1798         if (get_dumpable(mm) == 2) {    /* Setuid core dump mode */ <-(2)
>> 1799                 flag = O_EXCL;          /* Stop rewrite attacks */
>> 1800                 cred->fsuid = 0;        /* Dump root private */
>> 1801         }
>>  ---
>> 
>> Since dumpable bits are not protected by lock, there is a
>> chance to change these bits between (1) and (2).

Yes, a race condition can be caused by prctl from another thread.
And your patch is fine with me.  Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com>
--
Hidehiro Kawai
Hitachi, Systems Development Laboratory
Linux Technology Center

Re: [PATCH -tip 0/2] Fix mm->flags consistency issue in coredump

[Américo Wang]

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 06:53:05PM -0500, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>These patches are for fixing coredump mm->flags consistency issue.
>
>---
>1787         if (mm->core_state || !get_dumpable(mm)) {  <- (1)
>1788                 up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
>1789                 put_cred(cred);
>1790                 goto fail;
>1791         }
>1792
>[...]
>1798         if (get_dumpable(mm) == 2) {    /* Setuid core dump mode */ <-(2)
>1799                 flag = O_EXCL;          /* Stop rewrite attacks */
>1800                 cred->fsuid = 0;        /* Dump root private */
>1801         }
>---
>
>Since dumpable bits are not protected by lock, there is a
>chance to change these bits between (1) and (2).
>
>To solve this issue, this patch copies mm->flags to
>coredump_params.mm_flags at the beginning of do_coredump()                      and uses it instead of get_dumpable() while dumping core.
>This series also introduce coredump parameter structure
>for simplify bimfmt->core_dump interface.


So, this patch set hides 'mm_flags' from globally in mm_struct
to locally in do_coredump() function, by copying it to a local
data structure?

Hmm, seems reasonable.

Reviewed-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>

Thanks.


>
>Thank you,
>
>---
>
>Masami Hiramatsu (2):
>      Pass mm->flags as a coredump parameter for consistency
>      mm: Introduce coredump parameter structure
>
>
> fs/binfmt_aout.c        |   13 ++++++-----
> fs/binfmt_elf.c         |   50 +++++++++++++++++++----------------------
> fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c   |   38 ++++++++++++-------------------
> fs/binfmt_flat.c        |    6 ++---
> fs/binfmt_som.c         |    2 +-
> fs/exec.c               |   58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> include/linux/binfmts.h |   11 ++++++++-
> 7 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-)
>
>-- 
>Masami Hiramatsu
>
>Software Engineer
>Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
>Software Solutions Division
>e-mail: mhiramat@redhat.com
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