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posix-cpu-timers: Clear task::posix_cputimers_work in copy_process()
authorMichael Pratt <mpratt@google.com>
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 21:06:15 +0000 (17:06 -0400)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 17 Nov 2021 10:04:45 +0000 (11:04 +0100)
commit1bf2fc90b15b3c4fe2db4bc9f1445df9b8aec68e
treef2bfd5216d757acf09efceec8a698733384720e5
parentf7ece74d0ab21a2c336abaf2dc4039d633ab17d5
posix-cpu-timers: Clear task::posix_cputimers_work in copy_process()

commit ca7752caeaa70bd31d1714af566c9809688544af upstream.

copy_process currently copies task_struct.posix_cputimers_work as-is. If a
timer interrupt arrives while handling clone and before dup_task_struct
completes then the child task will have:

1. posix_cputimers_work.scheduled = true
2. posix_cputimers_work.work queued.

copy_process clears task_struct.task_works, so (2) will have no effect and
posix_cpu_timers_work will never run (not to mention it doesn't make sense
for two tasks to share a common linked list).

Since posix_cpu_timers_work never runs, posix_cputimers_work.scheduled is
never cleared. Since scheduled is set, future timer interrupts will skip
scheduling work, with the ultimate result that the task will never receive
timer expirations.

Together, the complete flow is:

1. Task 1 calls clone(), enters kernel.
2. Timer interrupt fires, schedules task work on Task 1.
   2a. task_struct.posix_cputimers_work.scheduled = true
   2b. task_struct.posix_cputimers_work.work added to
       task_struct.task_works.
3. dup_task_struct() copies Task 1 to Task 2.
4. copy_process() clears task_struct.task_works for Task 2.
5. Future timer interrupts on Task 2 see
   task_struct.posix_cputimers_work.scheduled = true and skip scheduling
   work.

Fix this by explicitly clearing contents of task_struct.posix_cputimers_work
in copy_process(). This was never meant to be shared or inherited across
tasks in the first place.

Fixes: 1fb497dd0030 ("posix-cpu-timers: Provide mechanisms to defer timer handling to task_work")
Reported-by: Rhys Hiltner <rhys@justin.tv>
Signed-off-by: Michael Pratt <mpratt@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211101210615.716522-1-mpratt@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
include/linux/posix-timers.h
kernel/fork.c
kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c