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[3.16.y-ckt,stable] Patch "tty: Fix unsafe ldisc reference via ioctl(TIOCGETD)" has been added to the 3.16.y-ckt tree

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Luis Henriques Feb. 17, 2016, 10:48 a.m. UTC
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    tty: Fix unsafe ldisc reference via ioctl(TIOCGETD)

to the linux-3.16.y-queue branch of the 3.16.y-ckt extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

    http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-3.16.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.16.7-ckt25.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.16.y-ckt tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Luis

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From 3991600fc141223ba7b88026a187e4562c7acd00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 22:40:55 -0800
Subject: tty: Fix unsafe ldisc reference via ioctl(TIOCGETD)

commit 5c17c861a357e9458001f021a7afa7aab9937439 upstream.

ioctl(TIOCGETD) retrieves the line discipline id directly from the
ldisc because the line discipline id (c_line) in termios is untrustworthy;
userspace may have set termios via ioctl(TCSETS*) without actually
changing the line discipline via ioctl(TIOCSETD).

However, directly accessing the current ldisc via tty->ldisc is
unsafe; the ldisc ptr dereferenced may be stale if the line discipline
is changing via ioctl(TIOCSETD) or hangup.

Wait for the line discipline reference (just like read() or write())
to retrieve the "current" line discipline id.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com>
---
 drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 3ab9cca090be..d121de6f3b89 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -2585,6 +2585,28 @@  static int tiocsetd(struct tty_struct *tty, int __user *p)
 }

 /**
+ *	tiocgetd	-	get line discipline
+ *	@tty: tty device
+ *	@p: pointer to user data
+ *
+ *	Retrieves the line discipline id directly from the ldisc.
+ *
+ *	Locking: waits for ldisc reference (in case the line discipline
+ *		is changing or the tty is being hungup)
+ */
+
+static int tiocgetd(struct tty_struct *tty, int __user *p)
+{
+	struct tty_ldisc *ld;
+	int ret;
+
+	ld = tty_ldisc_ref_wait(tty);
+	ret = put_user(ld->ops->num, p);
+	tty_ldisc_deref(ld);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
  *	send_break	-	performed time break
  *	@tty: device to break on
  *	@duration: timeout in mS
@@ -2798,7 +2820,7 @@  long tty_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	case TIOCGSID:
 		return tiocgsid(tty, real_tty, p);
 	case TIOCGETD:
-		return put_user(tty->ldisc->ops->num, (int __user *)p);
+		return tiocgetd(tty, p);
 	case TIOCSETD:
 		return tiocsetd(tty, p);
 	case TIOCVHANGUP: