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Eric W. Biederman 00580f03af kthread: Never put_user the set_child_tid address
Kernel threads abuse set_child_tid.  Historically that has been fine
as set_child_tid was initialized after the kernel thread had been
forked.  Unfortunately storing struct kthread in set_child_tid after
the thread is running makes struct kthread being unusable for storing
result codes of the thread.

When set_child_tid is set to struct kthread during fork that results
in schedule_tail writing the thread id to the beggining of struct
kthread (if put_user does not realize it is a kernel address).

Solve this by skipping the put_user for all kthreads.

Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YcNsG0Lp94V13whH@archlinux-ax161
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
2021-12-22 16:57:50 -06:00
arch exit: Add and use make_task_dead. 2021-12-13 12:04:45 -06:00
block blk-mq: fix filesystem I/O request allocation 2021-11-12 09:31:13 -07:00
certs certs: Add support for using elliptic curve keys for signing modules 2021-08-23 19:55:42 +03:00
crypto exit: Rename module_put_and_exit to module_put_and_kthread_exit 2021-12-13 12:04:45 -06:00
Documentation Devicetree fixes for v5.16, take 1: 2021-11-14 11:11:51 -08:00
drivers exit: Rename complete_and_exit to kthread_complete_and_exit 2021-12-13 12:04:45 -06:00
fs kthread: Ensure struct kthread is present for all kthreads 2021-12-13 12:04:45 -06:00
include kthread: Ensure struct kthread is present for all kthreads 2021-12-13 12:04:45 -06:00
init kconfig: Add support for -Wimplicit-fallthrough 2021-11-14 13:27:30 -08:00
ipc ipc/ipc_sysctl.c: remove fallback for !CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL 2021-11-09 10:02:53 -08:00
kernel kthread: Never put_user the set_child_tid address 2021-12-22 16:57:50 -06:00
lib exit: Rename complete_and_exit to kthread_complete_and_exit 2021-12-13 12:04:45 -06:00
LICENSES LICENSES/dual/CC-BY-4.0: Git rid of "smart quotes" 2021-07-15 06:31:24 -06:00
mm Revert "mm: shmem: don't truncate page if memory failure happens" 2021-11-13 12:03:03 -08:00
net exit: Rename module_put_and_exit to module_put_and_kthread_exit 2021-12-13 12:04:45 -06:00
samples Add gitignore file for samples/fanotify/ subdirectory 2021-11-07 11:19:24 -08:00
scripts coccinelle patches for 5.16-rc1 2021-11-13 10:45:17 -08:00
security net,lsm,selinux: revert the security_sctp_assoc_established() hook 2021-11-12 12:07:02 -05:00
sound sound fixes for 5.16-rc1 2021-11-12 12:17:30 -08:00
tools objtool: Add a missing comma to avoid string concatenation 2021-12-15 11:33:22 -06:00
usr initramfs: Check timestamp to prevent broken cpio archive 2021-10-24 13:48:40 +09:00
virt KVM: generalize "bugged" VM to "dead" VM 2021-11-11 10:35:26 -05:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2021-05-12 23:32:39 +02:00
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.gitignore .gitignore: ignore only top-level modules.builtin 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
.mailmap Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2021-11-09 10:11:53 -08:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Move Daniel Drake to credits 2021-09-21 08:34:58 +03:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS - Add the model number of a new, Raptor Lake CPU, to intel-family.h 2021-11-14 09:29:03 -08:00
Makefile Linux 5.16-rc1 2021-11-14 13:56:52 -08:00
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Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
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Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.