kernel/sys.c: fix the racy usage of task_lock(tsk->group_leader) in sys_prlimit64() paths
commit a15f37a4 upstream. The usage of task_lock(tsk->group_leader) in sys_prlimit64()->do_prlimit() path is very broken. sys_prlimit64() does get_task_struct(tsk) but this only protects task_struct itself. If tsk != current and tsk is not a leader, this process can exit/exec and task_lock(tsk->group_leader) may use the already freed task_struct. Another problem is that sys_prlimit64() can race with mt-exec which changes ->group_leader. In this case do_prlimit() may take the wrong lock, or (worse) ->group_leader may change between task_lock() and task_unlock(). Change sys_prlimit64() to take tasklist_lock when necessary. This is not nice, but I don't see a better fix for -stable. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250915120917.GA27702@redhat.com Fixes: 18c91bb2 ("prlimit: do not grab the tasklist_lock") Signed-off-by:Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org> Cc: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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