From: Nick Piggin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Perfmon associates vmalloc()ed memory with a file descriptor, and installs
a vma mapping that memory.  Unfortunately, the vm_file field is not filled
in, so processes with mappings to that memory do not prevent the file from
being closed and the memory freed.  This results in use-after-free bugs and
multiple freeing of pages, etc.

I saw this bug on an Altix on SLES9.  Haven't reproduced upstream but it
looks like the same issue is there.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---

 arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c |   11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff -puN arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c~ia64-permon-use-after-free-fix 
arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c~ia64-permon-use-after-free-fix
+++ a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
@@ -2299,7 +2299,7 @@ pfm_remap_buffer(struct vm_area_struct *
  * allocate a sampling buffer and remaps it into the user address space of the 
task
  */
 static int
-pfm_smpl_buffer_alloc(struct task_struct *task, pfm_context_t *ctx, unsigned 
long rsize, void **user_vaddr)
+pfm_smpl_buffer_alloc(struct task_struct *task, struct file *filp, 
pfm_context_t *ctx, unsigned long rsize, void **user_vaddr)
 {
        struct mm_struct *mm = task->mm;
        struct vm_area_struct *vma = NULL;
@@ -2349,6 +2349,7 @@ pfm_smpl_buffer_alloc(struct task_struct
         * partially initialize the vma for the sampling buffer
         */
        vma->vm_mm           = mm;
+       vma->vm_file         = filp;
        vma->vm_flags        = VM_READ| VM_MAYREAD |VM_RESERVED;
        vma->vm_page_prot    = PAGE_READONLY; /* XXX may need to change */
 
@@ -2387,6 +2388,8 @@ pfm_smpl_buffer_alloc(struct task_struct
                goto error;
        }
 
+       get_file(filp);
+
        /*
         * now insert the vma in the vm list for the process, must be
         * done with mmap lock held
@@ -2464,7 +2467,7 @@ pfarg_is_sane(struct task_struct *task, 
 }
 
 static int
-pfm_setup_buffer_fmt(struct task_struct *task, pfm_context_t *ctx, unsigned 
int ctx_flags,
+pfm_setup_buffer_fmt(struct task_struct *task, struct file *filp, 
pfm_context_t *ctx, unsigned int ctx_flags,
                     unsigned int cpu, pfarg_context_t *arg)
 {
        pfm_buffer_fmt_t *fmt = NULL;
@@ -2505,7 +2508,7 @@ pfm_setup_buffer_fmt(struct task_struct 
                /*
                 * buffer is always remapped into the caller's address space
                 */
-               ret = pfm_smpl_buffer_alloc(current, ctx, size, &uaddr);
+               ret = pfm_smpl_buffer_alloc(current, filp, ctx, size, &uaddr);
                if (ret) goto error;
 
                /* keep track of user address of buffer */
@@ -2716,7 +2719,7 @@ pfm_context_create(pfm_context_t *ctx, v
         * does the user want to sample?
         */
        if (pfm_uuid_cmp(req->ctx_smpl_buf_id, pfm_null_uuid)) {
-               ret = pfm_setup_buffer_fmt(current, ctx, ctx_flags, 0, req);
+               ret = pfm_setup_buffer_fmt(current, filp, ctx, ctx_flags, 0, 
req);
                if (ret) goto buffer_error;
        }
 
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