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-rw-r--r--include/linux/cred.h17
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched.h8
-rw-r--r--init/init_task.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/auditsc.c5
-rw-r--r--kernel/cred.c2
-rw-r--r--security/lsm_init.c3
6 files changed, 23 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h
index 6ef1750c93e2..49c26af37349 100644
--- a/include/linux/cred.h
+++ b/include/linux/cred.h
@@ -180,12 +180,18 @@ static inline bool cap_ambient_invariant_ok(const struct cred *cred)
static inline const struct cred *override_creds(const struct cred *override_cred)
{
- return rcu_replace_pointer(current->cred, override_cred, 1);
+ const struct cred *old = current->cred;
+
+ current->cred = override_cred;
+ return old;
}
static inline const struct cred *revert_creds(const struct cred *revert_cred)
{
- return rcu_replace_pointer(current->cred, revert_cred, 1);
+ const struct cred *override_cred = current->cred;
+
+ current->cred = revert_cred;
+ return override_cred;
}
DEFINE_CLASS(override_creds,
@@ -293,11 +299,10 @@ DEFINE_FREE(put_cred, struct cred *, if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(_T)) put_cred(_T))
/**
* current_cred - Access the current task's subjective credentials
*
- * Access the subjective credentials of the current task. RCU-safe,
- * since nobody else can modify it.
+ * Access the subjective credentials of the current task.
+ * Nobody else can modify it.
*/
-#define current_cred() \
- rcu_dereference_protected(current->cred, 1)
+#define current_cred() (current->cred)
/**
* current_real_cred - Access the current task's objective credentials
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 8b3d47a325cc..50c7157fee82 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1172,8 +1172,12 @@ struct task_struct {
/* Objective and real subjective task credentials (COW): */
const struct cred __rcu *real_cred;
- /* Effective (overridable) subjective task credentials (COW): */
- const struct cred __rcu *cred;
+ /*
+ * Effective (overridable) subjective task credentials (COW).
+ * Only accessible for the current task and during task creation/freeing.
+ * This pointer is not managed by RCU!
+ */
+ const struct cred *cred;
#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
/* Cached requested key. */
diff --git a/init/init_task.c b/init/init_task.c
index adb207cd987c..ce7c2b07d855 100644
--- a/init/init_task.c
+++ b/init/init_task.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ struct task_struct init_task __aligned(L1_CACHE_BYTES) = {
.sibling = LIST_HEAD_INIT(init_task.sibling),
.group_leader = &init_task,
RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER(real_cred, &init_cred),
- RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER(cred, &init_cred),
+ .cred = &init_cred,
.comm = INIT_TASK_COMM,
.thread = INIT_THREAD,
.real_fs = &init_fs,
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 2b9ce0b52511..1b9cf25291e0 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ static int audit_field_compare(struct task_struct *tsk,
*
* If task_creation is true, this is an explicit indication that we are
* filtering a task rule at task creation time. This and tsk == current are
- * the only situations where tsk->cred may be accessed without an rcu read lock.
+ * the only situations where tsk->cred may be accessed.
*/
static int audit_filter_rules(struct task_struct *tsk,
struct audit_krule *rule,
@@ -476,7 +476,8 @@ static int audit_filter_rules(struct task_struct *tsk,
if (ctx && rule->prio <= ctx->prio)
return 0;
- cred = rcu_dereference_check(tsk->cred, tsk == current || task_creation);
+ WARN_ON(tsk != current && !task_creation);
+ cred = tsk->cred;
for (i = 0; i < rule->field_count; i++) {
struct audit_field *f = &rule->fields[i];
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 3df4e15bd67f..0bd6a58bc12d 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ int commit_creds(struct cred *new)
inc_rlimit_ucounts(new->ucounts, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC, 1);
rcu_assign_pointer(task->real_cred, new);
- rcu_assign_pointer(task->cred, new);
+ task->cred = new;
if (new->user != old->user || new->user_ns != old->user_ns)
dec_rlimit_ucounts(old->ucounts, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC, 1);
if (new->user_ns != old->user_ns)
diff --git a/security/lsm_init.c b/security/lsm_init.c
index a1ad641811de..04b18d06ba59 100644
--- a/security/lsm_init.c
+++ b/security/lsm_init.c
@@ -476,8 +476,7 @@ int __init security_init(void)
blob_sizes.lbs_inode, 0,
SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
- if (lsm_cred_alloc((struct cred *)unrcu_pointer(current->cred),
- GFP_KERNEL))
+ if (lsm_cred_alloc((struct cred *)current->cred, GFP_KERNEL))
panic("early LSM cred alloc failed\n");
if (lsm_task_alloc(current))
panic("early LSM task alloc failed\n");