From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:04:15 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: [PATCH] fix sysctl_nr_open bugs
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.26-rc1~10^2
X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5c598b3428c372a1209597cee99a70da20625876;p=~emulex%2Finfiniband.git

[PATCH] fix sysctl_nr_open bugs

* if luser with root sets it to something that is not a multiple of
  BITS_PER_LONG, the system is screwed.
* if it gets decreased at the wrong time, we can get expand_files()
  returning success and _not_ increasing the size of table as asked.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---

diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index f6fbcb49faf..4c6f0ea12c4 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -150,8 +150,16 @@ static struct fdtable * alloc_fdtable(unsigned int nr)
 	nr /= (1024 / sizeof(struct file *));
 	nr = roundup_pow_of_two(nr + 1);
 	nr *= (1024 / sizeof(struct file *));
-	if (nr > sysctl_nr_open)
-		nr = sysctl_nr_open;
+	/*
+	 * Note that this can drive nr *below* what we had passed if sysctl_nr_open
+	 * had been set lower between the check in expand_files() and here.  Deal
+	 * with that in caller, it's cheaper that way.
+	 *
+	 * We make sure that nr remains a multiple of BITS_PER_LONG - otherwise
+	 * bitmaps handling below becomes unpleasant, to put it mildly...
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(nr > sysctl_nr_open))
+		nr = ((sysctl_nr_open - 1) | (BITS_PER_LONG - 1)) + 1;
 
 	fdt = kmalloc(sizeof(struct fdtable), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!fdt)
@@ -199,6 +207,16 @@ static int expand_fdtable(struct files_struct *files, int nr)
 	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
 	if (!new_fdt)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	/*
+	 * extremely unlikely race - sysctl_nr_open decreased between the check in
+	 * caller and alloc_fdtable().  Cheaper to catch it here...
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(new_fdt->max_fds <= nr)) {
+		free_fdarr(new_fdt);
+		free_fdset(new_fdt);
+		kfree(new_fdt);
+		return -EMFILE;
+	}
 	/*
 	 * Check again since another task may have expanded the fd table while
 	 * we dropped the lock