Re: [PATCH v6 1/1] ns: add binfmt_misc to the user namespace

[Laurent Vivier]

Le 16/10/2018 Ã 12:13, Rasmus Villemoes a ÃcritÂ:
> On 2018-10-10 18:14, Laurent Vivier wrote:
> 
>> +	/* create a new binfmt namespace
>> +	 * if we are not in the first user namespace
>> +	 * but the binfmt namespace is the first one
>> +	 */
>> +	if (READ_ONCE(ns->binfmt_ns) == NULL) {
>> +		struct binfmt_namespace *new_ns;
>> +
>> +		new_ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct binfmt_namespace),
>> +				 GFP_KERNEL);
>> +		if (new_ns == NULL)
>> +			return -ENOMEM;
>> +		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new_ns->entries);
>> +		new_ns->enabled = 1;
>> +		rwlock_init(&new_ns->entries_lock);
>> +		new_ns->bm_mnt = NULL;
>> +		new_ns->entry_count = 0;
>> +		/* ensure new_ns is completely initialized before sharing it */
>> +		smp_wmb();
>> +		WRITE_ONCE(ns->binfmt_ns, new_ns);
>> +	}
> 
> If ns->binfmt_ns can really change under us (given you use READ_ONCE),
> what prevents two instances of this code running at the same time, in
> which case one of them would leak its new_ns instance? Also, there

See
https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg1782780.html

> doesn't seem to be any smp_rmb() buddy to that wmb(), I don't think
> that's implied by READ_ONCE() in binfmt_ns().

See
https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg1783049.html

Thanks,
Laurent