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exit: Guarantee make_task_dead leaks the tsk when calling do_task_exit

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Change the task state to EXIT_DEAD and take an extra rcu_refernce
to guarantee the task will not be reaped and that it will not be
freed.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YdUzjrLAlRiNLQp2@zeniv-ca.linux.org.uk
Pointed-out-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Fixes: 7f80a2fd7d ("exit: Stop poorly open coding do_task_dead in make_task_dead")
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
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Eric W. Biederman 2022-01-05 16:30:21 -06:00
parent 85be9ae7b6
commit 912616f142
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@ -885,6 +885,8 @@ void __noreturn make_task_dead(int signr)
if (unlikely(tsk->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
pr_alert("Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed!\n");
futex_exit_recursive(tsk);
tsk->exit_state = EXIT_DEAD;
refcount_inc(&tsk->rcu_users);
do_task_dead();
}