glibc/nptl/pthread_setschedparam.c
Carlos O'Donell f8bf15febc Bug 20116: Fix use after free in pthread_create()
The commit documents the ownership rules around 'struct pthread' and
when a thread can read or write to the descriptor. With those ownership
rules in place it becomes obvious that pd->stopped_start should not be
touched in several of the paths during thread startup, particularly so
for detached threads. In the case of detached threads, between the time
the thread is created by the OS kernel and the creating thread checks
pd->stopped_start, the detached thread might have already exited and the
memory for pd unmapped. As a regression test we add a simple test which
exercises this exact case by quickly creating detached threads with
large enough stacks to ensure the thread stack cache is bypassed and the
stacks are unmapped. Before the fix the testcase segfaults, after the
fix it works correctly and completes without issue.

For a detailed discussion see:
https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-01/msg00505.html
2017-01-28 19:21:44 -05:00

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/* Copyright (C) 2002-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2002.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
#include <errno.h>
#include <sched.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "pthreadP.h"
#include <lowlevellock.h>
int
__pthread_setschedparam (pthread_t threadid, int policy,
const struct sched_param *param)
{
struct pthread *pd = (struct pthread *) threadid;
/* Make sure the descriptor is valid. */
if (INVALID_TD_P (pd))
/* Not a valid thread handle. */
return ESRCH;
int result = 0;
/* See CREATE THREAD NOTES in nptl/pthread_create.c. */
lll_lock (pd->lock, LLL_PRIVATE);
struct sched_param p;
const struct sched_param *orig_param = param;
/* If the thread should have higher priority because of some
PTHREAD_PRIO_PROTECT mutexes it holds, adjust the priority. */
if (__builtin_expect (pd->tpp != NULL, 0)
&& pd->tpp->priomax > param->sched_priority)
{
p = *param;
p.sched_priority = pd->tpp->priomax;
param = &p;
}
/* Try to set the scheduler information. */
if (__builtin_expect (__sched_setscheduler (pd->tid, policy,
param) == -1, 0))
result = errno;
else
{
/* We succeeded changing the kernel information. Reflect this
change in the thread descriptor. */
pd->schedpolicy = policy;
memcpy (&pd->schedparam, orig_param, sizeof (struct sched_param));
pd->flags |= ATTR_FLAG_SCHED_SET | ATTR_FLAG_POLICY_SET;
}
lll_unlock (pd->lock, LLL_PRIVATE);
return result;
}
strong_alias (__pthread_setschedparam, pthread_setschedparam)