From 964ee7df90d799e38fb1556c57cd5c45fc736436 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oleg Nesterov Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:56:59 -0700 Subject: exec: fix set_binfmt() vs sys_delete_module() race sys_delete_module() can set MODULE_STATE_GOING after search_binary_handler() does try_module_get(). In this case set_binfmt()->try_module_get() fails but since none of the callers check the returned error, the task will run with the wrong old ->binfmt. The proper fix should change all ->load_binary() methods, but we can rely on fact that the caller must hold a reference to binfmt->module and use __module_get() which never fails. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Acked-by: Rusty Russell Cc: Hiroshi Shimamoto Cc: Roland McGrath Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/binfmts.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h index 2046b5b8af48..aece486ac734 100644 --- a/include/linux/binfmts.h +++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ extern int copy_strings_kernel(int argc,char ** argv,struct linux_binprm *bprm); extern int prepare_bprm_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm); extern void install_exec_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm); extern void do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs *regs); -extern int set_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt *new); +extern void set_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt *new); extern void free_bprm(struct linux_binprm *); #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ -- cgit v1.2.3