[PATCH] ipc/mqueue.c: change __do_notify() to bypass check_kill_permission()

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Sun Mar 22 2020 - 07:09:14 EST


Commit cc731525f26a ("signal: Remove kernel interal si_code magic")
changed the value of SI_FROMUSER(SI_MESGQ), this means that mq_notify()
no longer works if the sender doesn't have rights to send a signal.

Change __do_notify() to use do_send_sig_info() instead of kill_pid_info()
to avoid check_kill_permission().

This needs the additional notify.sigev_signo != 0 check, shouldn't we
change do_mq_notify() to deny sigev_signo == 0 ?

Reported-by: Yoji <yoji.fujihar.min@xxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: cc731525f26a ("signal: Remove kernel interal si_code magic")
Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
ipc/mqueue.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 49a05ba3000d..3145fae162c1 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -775,12 +775,15 @@ static void __do_notify(struct mqueue_inode_info *info)
if (info->notify_owner &&
info->attr.mq_curmsgs == 1) {
struct kernel_siginfo sig_i;
+ struct task_struct *task;
switch (info->notify.sigev_notify) {
case SIGEV_NONE:
break;
case SIGEV_SIGNAL:
+ /* do_mq_notify() accepts sigev_signo == 0, why?? */
+ if (!info->notify.sigev_signo)
+ break;
/* sends signal */
-
clear_siginfo(&sig_i);
sig_i.si_signo = info->notify.sigev_signo;
sig_i.si_errno = 0;
@@ -790,11 +793,13 @@ static void __do_notify(struct mqueue_inode_info *info)
rcu_read_lock();
sig_i.si_pid = task_tgid_nr_ns(current,
ns_of_pid(info->notify_owner));
- sig_i.si_uid = from_kuid_munged(info->notify_user_ns, current_uid());
+ sig_i.si_uid = from_kuid_munged(info->notify_user_ns,
+ current_uid());
+ task = pid_task(info->notify_owner, PIDTYPE_PID);
+ if (task)
+ do_send_sig_info(info->notify.sigev_signo,
+ &sig_i, task, PIDTYPE_TGID);
rcu_read_unlock();
-
- kill_pid_info(info->notify.sigev_signo,
- &sig_i, info->notify_owner);
break;
case SIGEV_THREAD:
set_cookie(info->notify_cookie, NOTIFY_WOKENUP);
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