exec: do not abuse ->cred_guard_mutex in threadgroup_lock()

threadgroup_lock() takes signal->cred_guard_mutex to ensure that
thread_group_leader() is stable.  This doesn't look nice, the scope of
this lock in do_execve() is huge.

And as Dave pointed out this can lead to deadlock, we have the
following dependencies:

	do_execve:		cred_guard_mutex -> i_mutex
	cgroup_mount:		i_mutex -> cgroup_mutex
	attach_task_by_pid:	cgroup_mutex -> cred_guard_mutex

Change de_thread() to take threadgroup_change_begin() around the
switch-the-leader code and change threadgroup_lock() to avoid
->cred_guard_mutex.

Note that de_thread() can't sleep with ->group_rwsem held, this can
obviously deadlock with the exiting leader if the writer is active, so it
does threadgroup_change_end() before schedule().

Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index a22baf8..6f95004 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2249,27 +2249,18 @@ static inline void threadgroup_change_end(struct task_struct *tsk)
  *
  * Lock the threadgroup @tsk belongs to.  No new task is allowed to enter
  * and member tasks aren't allowed to exit (as indicated by PF_EXITING) or
- * perform exec.  This is useful for cases where the threadgroup needs to
- * stay stable across blockable operations.
+ * change ->group_leader/pid.  This is useful for cases where the threadgroup
+ * needs to stay stable across blockable operations.
  *
  * fork and exit paths explicitly call threadgroup_change_{begin|end}() for
  * synchronization.  While held, no new task will be added to threadgroup
  * and no existing live task will have its PF_EXITING set.
  *
- * During exec, a task goes and puts its thread group through unusual
- * changes.  After de-threading, exclusive access is assumed to resources
- * which are usually shared by tasks in the same group - e.g. sighand may
- * be replaced with a new one.  Also, the exec'ing task takes over group
- * leader role including its pid.  Exclude these changes while locked by
- * grabbing cred_guard_mutex which is used to synchronize exec path.
+ * de_thread() does threadgroup_change_{begin|end}() when a non-leader
+ * sub-thread becomes a new leader.
  */
 static inline void threadgroup_lock(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	/*
-	 * exec uses exit for de-threading nesting group_rwsem inside
-	 * cred_guard_mutex. Grab cred_guard_mutex first.
-	 */
-	mutex_lock(&tsk->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
 	down_write(&tsk->signal->group_rwsem);
 }
 
@@ -2282,7 +2273,6 @@ static inline void threadgroup_lock(struct task_struct *tsk)
 static inline void threadgroup_unlock(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	up_write(&tsk->signal->group_rwsem);
-	mutex_unlock(&tsk->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
 }
 #else
 static inline void threadgroup_change_begin(struct task_struct *tsk) {}