cpuset: fix cpuset_print_task_mems_allowed() vs rename() race

rename() will change dentry->d_name. The result of this race can be worse than seeing partially rewritten name, but we might access a stale pointer because rename() will re-allocate memory to hold a longer name. It's safe in the protection of dentry->d_lock. v2: check NULL dentry before acquiring dentry lock. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]
bpopovych · Feb 18, 2013 · 63f43f5 · 63f43f5
1 parent 71b5707
commit 63f43f5
Showing 1 changed file with 10 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -2511,8 +2511,16 @@ void cpuset_print_task_mems_allowed(struct task_struct *tsk)
 
 	dentry = task_cs(tsk)->css.cgroup->dentry;
 	spin_lock(&cpuset_buffer_lock);
-	snprintf(cpuset_name, CPUSET_NAME_LEN,
-		 dentry ? (const char *)dentry->d_name.name : "/");
+
+	if (!dentry) {
+		strcpy(cpuset_name, "/");
+	} else {
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		strlcpy(cpuset_name, (const char *)dentry->d_name.name,
+			CPUSET_NAME_LEN);
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	}
+
 	nodelist_scnprintf(cpuset_nodelist, CPUSET_NODELIST_LEN,
 			   tsk->mems_allowed);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%s cpuset=%s mems_allowed=%s\n",