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authorpaul.moore@hp.com <paul.moore@hp.com>2006-10-04 11:46:31 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2006-10-11 23:59:29 -0700
commitffb733c65000ee701294f7b80c4eca2a5f335637 (patch)
treeedda8e25792fe4a7bf0c619787949291276b9ed7 /include/net
parentc25d5180441e344a3368d100c57f0a481c6944f7 (diff)
NetLabel: fix a cache race condition
Testing revealed a problem with the NetLabel cache where a cached entry could be freed while in use by the LSM layer causing an oops and other problems. This patch fixes that problem by introducing a reference counter to the cache entry so that it is only freed when it is no longer in use. Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net')
-rw-r--r--include/net/netlabel.h62
1 files changed, 47 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netlabel.h b/include/net/netlabel.h
index c63a58058e2..113337c2795 100644
--- a/include/net/netlabel.h
+++ b/include/net/netlabel.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
#include <linux/net.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
#include <net/netlink.h>
+#include <asm/atomic.h>
/*
* NetLabel - A management interface for maintaining network packet label
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ int netlbl_domhsh_remove(const char *domain, struct netlbl_audit *audit_info);
/* LSM security attributes */
struct netlbl_lsm_cache {
+ atomic_t refcount;
void (*free) (const void *data);
void *data;
};
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ struct netlbl_lsm_secattr {
unsigned char *mls_cat;
size_t mls_cat_len;
- struct netlbl_lsm_cache cache;
+ struct netlbl_lsm_cache *cache;
};
/*
@@ -126,6 +128,43 @@ struct netlbl_lsm_secattr {
/**
+ * netlbl_secattr_cache_alloc - Allocate and initialize a secattr cache
+ * @flags: the memory allocation flags
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * Allocate and initialize a netlbl_lsm_cache structure. Returns a pointer
+ * on success, NULL on failure.
+ *
+ */
+static inline struct netlbl_lsm_cache *netlbl_secattr_cache_alloc(int flags)
+{
+ struct netlbl_lsm_cache *cache;
+
+ cache = kzalloc(sizeof(*cache), flags);
+ if (cache)
+ atomic_set(&cache->refcount, 1);
+ return cache;
+}
+
+/**
+ * netlbl_secattr_cache_free - Frees a netlbl_lsm_cache struct
+ * @cache: the struct to free
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * Frees @secattr including all of the internal buffers.
+ *
+ */
+static inline void netlbl_secattr_cache_free(struct netlbl_lsm_cache *cache)
+{
+ if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&cache->refcount))
+ return;
+
+ if (cache->free)
+ cache->free(cache->data);
+ kfree(cache);
+}
+
+/**
* netlbl_secattr_init - Initialize a netlbl_lsm_secattr struct
* @secattr: the struct to initialize
*
@@ -143,20 +182,16 @@ static inline int netlbl_secattr_init(struct netlbl_lsm_secattr *secattr)
/**
* netlbl_secattr_destroy - Clears a netlbl_lsm_secattr struct
* @secattr: the struct to clear
- * @clear_cache: cache clear flag
*
* Description:
* Destroys the @secattr struct, including freeing all of the internal buffers.
- * If @clear_cache is true then free the cache fields, otherwise leave them
- * intact. The struct must be reset with a call to netlbl_secattr_init()
- * before reuse.
+ * The struct must be reset with a call to netlbl_secattr_init() before reuse.
*
*/
-static inline void netlbl_secattr_destroy(struct netlbl_lsm_secattr *secattr,
- u32 clear_cache)
+static inline void netlbl_secattr_destroy(struct netlbl_lsm_secattr *secattr)
{
- if (clear_cache && secattr->cache.data != NULL && secattr->cache.free)
- secattr->cache.free(secattr->cache.data);
+ if (secattr->cache)
+ netlbl_secattr_cache_free(secattr->cache);
kfree(secattr->domain);
kfree(secattr->mls_cat);
}
@@ -178,17 +213,14 @@ static inline struct netlbl_lsm_secattr *netlbl_secattr_alloc(int flags)
/**
* netlbl_secattr_free - Frees a netlbl_lsm_secattr struct
* @secattr: the struct to free
- * @clear_cache: cache clear flag
*
* Description:
- * Frees @secattr including all of the internal buffers. If @clear_cache is
- * true then free the cache fields, otherwise leave them intact.
+ * Frees @secattr including all of the internal buffers.
*
*/
-static inline void netlbl_secattr_free(struct netlbl_lsm_secattr *secattr,
- u32 clear_cache)
+static inline void netlbl_secattr_free(struct netlbl_lsm_secattr *secattr)
{
- netlbl_secattr_destroy(secattr, clear_cache);
+ netlbl_secattr_destroy(secattr);
kfree(secattr);
}