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[PATCH] proc_readfd_common() race fix

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Since we drop the rcu_read_lock inside the loop, we can't assume
that files->fdt will remain unchanged (and not freed) between
iterations.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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Al Viro 2008-04-22 01:32:44 -04:00
parent ed15243717
commit 9b4f526cdc
1 changed files with 1 additions and 3 deletions
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@ -1626,7 +1626,6 @@ static int proc_readfd_common(struct file * filp, void * dirent,
unsigned int fd, ino;
int retval;
struct files_struct * files;
struct fdtable *fdt;
retval = -ENOENT;
if (!p)
@ -1649,9 +1648,8 @@ static int proc_readfd_common(struct file * filp, void * dirent,
if (!files)
goto out;
rcu_read_lock();
fdt = files_fdtable(files);
for (fd = filp->f_pos-2;
fd < fdt->max_fds;
fd < files_fdtable(files)->max_fds;
fd++, filp->f_pos++) {
char name[PROC_NUMBUF];
int len;