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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2017-07-12 14:35:07 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-07-12 16:26:02 -0700
commit52f908904e7e05b6300162faa48152df073be645 (patch)
treef8b38e4c0c3cac282bcf71c61189b4e459f9359c /ipc/msg.c
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ipc/msg: avoid ipc_rcu_alloc()
Instead of using ipc_rcu_alloc() which only performs the refcount bump, open code it. This also allows for msg_queue structure layout to be randomized in the future. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170525185107.12869-12-manfred@colorfullife.com Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'ipc/msg.c')
-rw-r--r--ipc/msg.c18
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ipc/msg.c b/ipc/msg.c
index 25d43e27ef12..10094a731b8e 100644
--- a/ipc/msg.c
+++ b/ipc/msg.c
@@ -109,6 +109,19 @@ static void msg_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *head)
__msg_free(msq);
}
+static struct msg_queue *msg_alloc(void)
+{
+ struct msg_queue *msq;
+
+ msq = kvmalloc(sizeof(*msq), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (unlikely(!msq))
+ return NULL;
+
+ atomic_set(&msq->q_perm.refcount, 1);
+
+ return msq;
+}
+
/**
* newque - Create a new msg queue
* @ns: namespace
@@ -123,10 +136,7 @@ static int newque(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
key_t key = params->key;
int msgflg = params->flg;
- BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct msg_queue, q_perm) != 0);
-
- msq = container_of(ipc_rcu_alloc(sizeof(*msq)), struct msg_queue,
- q_perm);
+ msq = msg_alloc();
if (!msq)
return -ENOMEM;