commit 20686a309aa98c518adbbd9b57cdbb1804143deb
author Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> Fri Feb 08 04:19:03 2008 -0800
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> Fri Feb 08 09:22:26 2008 -0800
tree 4aac811e67d777d3c0015ca51312aa93b4832d35
parent 9cbab8100538efdd93aeae6fc37787d986f2f558

ptrace_stop: fix racy nonstop_code setting

If the tracer is gone and we are not going to stop, ptrace_stop() sets
->exit_code = nostop_code.  However, the tracer could actually clear the
exit code before detaching.  In that case get_signal_to_deliver() "resends"
the signal which was cancelled by the debugger.  For example, it is
possible that a quick PTRACE_ATTACH + PTRACE_DETACH can leave the tracee in
STOPPED state.

Change the behaviour of ptrace_stop().  If the caller is ptrace notify(),
we should always clear ->exit_code.  If the caller is
get_signal_to_deliver(), we should not touch it at all.  To do so, change
the nonstop_code parameter to "bool clear_code" and change the callers
accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Acked-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

kernel/signal.c

diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 678bffa..3fca710 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1591,10 +1591,10 @@
  * That makes it a way to test a stopped process for
  * being ptrace-stopped vs being job-control-stopped.
  *
- * If we actually decide not to stop at all because the tracer is gone,
- * we leave nostop_code in current->exit_code.
+ * If we actually decide not to stop at all because the tracer
+ * is gone, we keep current->exit_code unless clear_code.
  */
-static void ptrace_stop(int exit_code, int nostop_code, siginfo_t *info)
+static void ptrace_stop(int exit_code, int clear_code, siginfo_t *info)
 {
 	int killed = 0;
 
@@ -1641,7 +1641,8 @@
 		 * Don't drop the lock yet, another tracer may come.
 		 */
 		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
-		current->exit_code = nostop_code;
+		if (clear_code)
+			current->exit_code = 0;
 		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 	}
 
@@ -1675,7 +1676,7 @@
 
 	/* Let the debugger run.  */
 	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-	ptrace_stop(exit_code, 0, &info);
+	ptrace_stop(exit_code, 1, &info);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 }
 
@@ -1782,7 +1783,7 @@
 			ptrace_signal_deliver(regs, cookie);
 
 			/* Let the debugger run.  */
-			ptrace_stop(signr, signr, info);
+			ptrace_stop(signr, 0, info);
 
 			/* We're back.  Did the debugger cancel the sig?  */
 			signr = current->exit_code;