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ptrace: ptrace_reparented() should check same_thread_group()
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ptrace_reparented() naively does parent != real_parent, this means
it returns true even if the tracer _is_ the real parent. This is per
process thing, not per-thread. The only reason ->real_parent can
point to the non-leader thread is that we have __WNOTHREAD.

Change it to check !same_thread_group(parent, real_parent).

It has two callers, and in both cases the current check does not
look right.

exit_notify: we should respect ->exit_signal if the exiting leader
is traced by any thread from the parent thread group. It is the
child of the whole group, and we are going to send the signal to
the whole group.

wait_task_zombie: without __WNOTHREAD do_wait() should do the same
for any thread, only sys_ptrace() is "bound" to the single thread.
However do_wait(WEXITED) succeeds but does not release a traced
natural child unless the caller is the tracer.

Test-case:

	void *tfunc(void *arg)
	{
		assert(ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, (long)arg, 0,0) == 0);
		pause();
		return NULL;
	}

	int main(void)
	{
		pthread_t thr;
		pid_t pid, stat, ret;

		pid = fork();
		if (!pid) {
			pause();
			assert(0);
		}

		assert(pthread_create(&thr, NULL, tfunc, (void*)(long)pid) == 0);

		assert(waitpid(-1, &stat, 0) == pid);
		assert(WIFSTOPPED(stat));

		kill(pid, SIGKILL);

		assert(waitpid(-1, &stat, 0) == pid);
		assert(WIFSIGNALED(stat) && WTERMSIG(stat) == SIGKILL);

		ret = waitpid(pid, &stat, 0);
		if (ret < 0)
			return 0;

		printf("WTF? %d is dead, but: wait=%d stat=%x\n",
				pid, ret, stat);

		return 1;
	}

Note that the main thread simply does

	pid = fork();
	kill(pid, SIGKILL);

and then without the patch wait4(WEXITED) succeeds twice and reports
WTERMSIG(stat) == SIGKILL.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <[email protected]>
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oleg-nesterov committed Jun 27, 2011
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion include/linux/ptrace.h
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Expand Up @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ extern bool ptrace_may_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode);

static inline int ptrace_reparented(struct task_struct *child)
{
return child->real_parent != child->parent;
return !same_thread_group(child->real_parent, child->parent);
}

static inline void ptrace_unlink(struct task_struct *child)
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