Merge tag 'v4.4.72' into linux-linaro-lsk-v4.4

 This is the 4.4.72 stable release

4 files changed, 37 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index b271353d5202..3b5e5430f5d0 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ typedef enum {
 } cpuset_flagbits_t;
 
 /* convenient tests for these bits */
-static inline bool is_cpuset_online(const struct cpuset *cs)
+static inline bool is_cpuset_online(struct cpuset *cs)
 {
-	return test_bit(CS_ONLINE, &cs->flags);
+	return test_bit(CS_ONLINE, &cs->flags) && !css_is_dying(&cs->css);
 }
 
 static inline int is_cpu_exclusive(const struct cpuset *cs)
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 5b76a66f60fd..65032e5bf772 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -6535,6 +6535,21 @@ static void perf_log_itrace_start(struct perf_event *event)
 	perf_output_end(&handle);
 }
 
+static bool sample_is_allowed(struct perf_event *event, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Due to interrupt latency (AKA "skid"), we may enter the
+	 * kernel before taking an overflow, even if the PMU is only
+	 * counting user events.
+	 * To avoid leaking information to userspace, we must always
+	 * reject kernel samples when exclude_kernel is set.
+	 */
+	if (event->attr.exclude_kernel && !user_mode(regs))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * Generic event overflow handling, sampling.
  */
@@ -6582,6 +6597,12 @@ static int __perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event,
 	}
 
 	/*
+	 * For security, drop the skid kernel samples if necessary.
+	 */
+	if (!sample_is_allowed(event, regs))
+		return ret;
+
+	/*
 	 * XXX event_limit might not quite work as expected on inherited
 	 * events
 	 */
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 0ee630f3ad4b..68cfda1c1800 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig, int node)
 	set_task_stack_end_magic(tsk);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
-	tsk->stack_canary = get_random_int();
+	tsk->stack_canary = get_random_long();
 #endif
 
 	/*
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index c7e8ed99c953..5e2cd1030702 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -28,19 +28,25 @@
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 
 
+void __ptrace_link(struct task_struct *child, struct task_struct *new_parent,
+		   const struct cred *ptracer_cred)
+{
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&child->ptrace_entry));
+	list_add(&child->ptrace_entry, &new_parent->ptraced);
+	child->parent = new_parent;
+	child->ptracer_cred = get_cred(ptracer_cred);
+}
+
 /*
  * ptrace a task: make the debugger its new parent and
  * move it to the ptrace list.
  *
  * Must be called with the tasklist lock write-held.
  */
-void __ptrace_link(struct task_struct *child, struct task_struct *new_parent)
+static void ptrace_link(struct task_struct *child, struct task_struct *new_parent)
 {
-	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&child->ptrace_entry));
-	list_add(&child->ptrace_entry, &new_parent->ptraced);
-	child->parent = new_parent;
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	child->ptracer_cred = get_cred(__task_cred(new_parent));
+	__ptrace_link(child, new_parent, __task_cred(new_parent));
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
@@ -353,7 +359,7 @@ static int ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *task, long request,
 		flags |= PT_SEIZED;
 	task->ptrace = flags;
 
-	__ptrace_link(task, current);
+	ptrace_link(task, current);
 
 	/* SEIZE doesn't trap tracee on attach */
 	if (!seize)
@@ -420,7 +426,7 @@ static int ptrace_traceme(void)
 		 */
 		if (!ret && !(current->real_parent->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
 			current->ptrace = PT_PTRACED;
-			__ptrace_link(current, current->real_parent);
+			ptrace_link(current, current->real_parent);
 		}
 	}
 	write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);