From d9a9b4aeea334e7912ce3d878d7f5cc6fdf1ffe4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Howells Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:32:08 +0100 Subject: KEYS: Fix an RCU warning in the reading of user keys Fix an RCU warning in the reading of user keys: =================================================== [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ] --------------------------------------------------- security/keys/user_defined.c:202 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection! other info that might help us debug this: rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0 1 lock held by keyctl/3637: #0: (&key->sem){+++++.}, at: [] keyctl_read_key+0x9c/0xcf stack backtrace: Pid: 3637, comm: keyctl Not tainted 2.6.34-rc5-cachefs #18 Call Trace: [] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0xaa/0xb2 [] user_read+0x47/0x91 [] keyctl_read_key+0xac/0xcf [] sys_keyctl+0x75/0xb7 [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Signed-off-by: David Howells Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Signed-off-by: James Morris --- security/keys/user_defined.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'security') diff --git a/security/keys/user_defined.c b/security/keys/user_defined.c index 7c687d5..e9aa079 100644 --- a/security/keys/user_defined.c +++ b/security/keys/user_defined.c @@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ long user_read(const struct key *key, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen) struct user_key_payload *upayload; long ret; - upayload = rcu_dereference(key->payload.data); + upayload = rcu_dereference_protected( + key->payload.data, rwsem_is_locked(&((struct key *)key)->sem)); ret = upayload->datalen; /* we can return the data as is */ -- cgit v1.1