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selinux: fix sel_netnode_insert() suspicious rcu dereference
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[ INFO: suspicious RCU usage. ]
3.5.0-rc1+ torvalds#63 Not tainted
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security/selinux/netnode.c:178 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!

other info that might help us debug this:

rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0
1 lock held by trinity-child1/8750:
 #0:  (sel_netnode_lock){+.....}, at: [<ffffffff812d8f8a>] sel_netnode_sid+0x16a/0x3e0

stack backtrace:
Pid: 8750, comm: trinity-child1 Not tainted 3.5.0-rc1+ torvalds#63
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff810cec2d>] lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0xfd/0x130
 [<ffffffff812d91d1>] sel_netnode_sid+0x3b1/0x3e0
 [<ffffffff812d8e20>] ? sel_netnode_find+0x1a0/0x1a0
 [<ffffffff812d24a6>] selinux_socket_bind+0xf6/0x2c0
 [<ffffffff810cd1dd>] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0xd/0x10
 [<ffffffff810cdb55>] ? lock_release_holdtime.part.9+0x15/0x1a0
 [<ffffffff81093841>] ? lock_hrtimer_base+0x31/0x60
 [<ffffffff812c9536>] security_socket_bind+0x16/0x20
 [<ffffffff815550ca>] sys_bind+0x7a/0x100
 [<ffffffff816c03d5>] ? sysret_check+0x22/0x5d
 [<ffffffff810d392d>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x10d/0x1a0
 [<ffffffff8133b09e>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f
 [<ffffffff816c03a9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

This patch below does what Paul McKenney suggested in the previous thread.

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Paul Moore <[email protected]>
Cc: Eric Paris <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <[email protected]>
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Dave Jones authored and James Morris committed Nov 21, 2012
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion security/selinux/netnode.c
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Expand Up @@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ static void sel_netnode_insert(struct sel_netnode *node)
if (sel_netnode_hash[idx].size == SEL_NETNODE_HASH_BKT_LIMIT) {
struct sel_netnode *tail;
tail = list_entry(
rcu_dereference(sel_netnode_hash[idx].list.prev),
rcu_dereference_protected(sel_netnode_hash[idx].list.prev,
lockdep_is_held(&sel_netnode_lock)),
struct sel_netnode, list);
list_del_rcu(&tail->list);
kfree_rcu(tail, rcu);
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