From abdfd4948e45c51b19162cf8b3f5003f8f53c9b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oleg Nesterov Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2025 19:36:04 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] pid: make __task_pid_nr_ns(ns => NULL) safe for zombie callers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit task_pid_vnr(another_task) will crash if the caller was already reaped. The pid_alive(current) check can't really help, the parent/debugger can call release_task() right after this check. This also means that even task_ppid_nr_ns(current, NULL) is not safe, pid_alive() only ensures that it is safe to dereference ->real_parent. Change __task_pid_nr_ns() to ensure ns != NULL. Originally-by: 高翔 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250802022123.3536934-1-gxxa03070307@gmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250810173604.GA19991@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner --- kernel/pid.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c index 14e908f2f0cbf..f62a7df2f04cf 100644 --- a/kernel/pid.c +++ b/kernel/pid.c @@ -514,7 +514,8 @@ pid_t __task_pid_nr_ns(struct task_struct *task, enum pid_type type, rcu_read_lock(); if (!ns) ns = task_active_pid_ns(current); - nr = pid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(*task_pid_ptr(task, type)), ns); + if (ns) + nr = pid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(*task_pid_ptr(task, type)), ns); rcu_read_unlock(); return nr; -- 2.47.3