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Heiko Carstens committed 96e02d15867
exec: fix use-after-free bug in setup_new_exec() Setting the task name is done within setup_new_exec() by accessing bprm->filename. However this happens after flush_old_exec(). This may result in a use after free bug, flush_old_exec() may "complete" vfork_done, which will wake up the parent which in turn may free the passed in filename. To fix this add a new tcomm field in struct linux_binprm which contains the now early generated task name until it is used. Fixes this bug on s390: Unable to handle kernel pointer dereference at virtual kernel address 0000000039768000 Process kworker/u:3 (pid: 245, task: 000000003a3dc840, ksp: 0000000039453818) Krnl PSW : 0704000180000000 0000000000282e94 (setup_new_exec+0xa0/0x374) Call Trace: ([<0000000000282e2c>] setup_new_exec+0x38/0x374) [<00000000002dd12e>] load_elf_binary+0x402/0x1bf4 [<0000000000280a42>] search_binary_handler+0x38e/0x5bc [<0000000000282b6c>] do_execve_common+0x410/0x514 [<0000000000282cb6>] do_execve+0x46/0x58 [<00000000005bce58>] kernel_execve+0x28/0x70 [<000000000014ba2e>] ____call_usermodehelper+0x102/0x140 [<00000000005bc8da>] kernel_thread_starter+0x6/0xc [<00000000005bc8d4>] kernel_thread_starter+0x0/0xc Last Breaking-Event-Address: [<00000000002830f0>] setup_new_exec+0x2fc/0x374 Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception: panic_on_oops Reported-by: Sebastian Ott <sebott@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>