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Alice Ryhl a77e945c52 rust: task: restrict Task::group_leader() to current 
[ Upstream commit 105ddfb2d2 ]

The Task::group_leader() method currently allows you to access the
group_leader() of any task, for example one you hold a refcount to.  But
this is not safe in general since the group leader could change when a
task exits.  See for example commit a15f37a401 ("kernel/sys.c: fix the
racy usage of task_lock(tsk->group_leader) in sys_prlimit64() paths").

All existing users of Task::group_leader() call this method on current,
which is guaranteed running, so there's not an actual issue in Rust code
today.  But to prevent code in the future from making this mistake,
restrict Task::group_leader() so that it can only be called on current.

There are some other cases where accessing task->group_leader is okay.
For example it can be safe if you hold tasklist_lock or rcu_read_lock().
However, only supporting current->group_leader is sufficient for all
in-tree Rust users of group_leader right now.  Safe Rust functionality for
accessing it under rcu or while holding tasklist_lock may be added in the
future if required by any future Rust module.

This patch is a bugfix in that it prevents users of this API from writing
incorrect code.  It doesn't change behavior of correct code.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260107-task-group-leader-v2-1-8fbf816f2a2f@google.com
Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Fixes: 313c4281bc ("rust: add basic `Task`")
Reported-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aTLnV-5jlgfk1aRK@redhat.com/
Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Cc: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Cc: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
Cc: "Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>
Cc: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Cc: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@gmail.com>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Cc: Panagiotis Foliadis <pfoliadis@posteo.net>
Cc: Shankari Anand <shankari.ak0208@gmail.com>
Cc: Trevor Gross <tmgross@umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2026-02-26 14:59:18 -08:00
arch kallsyms/bpf: rename __bpf_address_lookup() to bpf_address_lookup() 2026-02-26 14:59:17 -08:00
block block,bfq: fix aux stat accumulation destination 2026-02-11 13:41:47 +01:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto crypto: authencesn - reject too-short AAD (assoclen<8) to match ESP/ESN spec 2026-01-30 10:32:12 +01:00
Documentation Documentation: tracing: Add PCI tracepoint documentation 2026-02-26 14:59:16 -08:00
drivers dm: use bio_clone_blkg_association 2026-02-26 14:59:18 -08:00
fs nfsd: never defer requests during idmap lookup 2026-02-26 14:59:18 -08:00
include xdrgen: Initialize data pointer for zero-length items 2026-02-26 14:59:18 -08:00
init printk changes for 6.18 2025-10-04 11:13:11 -07:00
io_uring io_uring/kbuf: fix memory leak if io_buffer_add_list fails 2026-02-26 14:59:01 -08:00
ipc namespace-6.18-rc1 2025-09-29 11:20:29 -07:00
kernel kallsyms/ftrace: set module buildid in ftrace_mod_address_lookup() 2026-02-26 14:59:17 -08:00
lib lib/kstrtox: fix kstrtobool() docstring to mention enabled/disabled 2026-02-26 14:59:18 -08:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GFDL-1.2 2025-07-24 11:15:39 +02:00
mm mm/slab: fix false lockdep warning in __kfree_rcu_sheaf() 2026-02-26 14:59:14 -08:00
net netfilter: nf_conncount: fix tracking of connections from localhost 2026-02-26 14:59:17 -08:00
rust rust: task: restrict Task::group_leader() to current 2026-02-26 14:59:18 -08:00
samples samples/ftrace: Adjust LoongArch register restore order in direct calls 2026-01-08 10:17:11 +01:00
scripts scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: Add compiler_builtins -> core dep 2026-02-06 16:57:42 +01:00
security evm: Use ordered xattrs list to calculate HMAC in evm_init_hmac() 2026-02-26 14:59:14 -08:00
sound ASoC: SDCA: Handle volatile controls correctly 2026-02-26 14:59:15 -08:00
tools xdrgen: Remove inclusion of nlm4.h header 2026-02-26 14:59:18 -08:00
usr gen_init_cpio: Ignore fsync() returning EINVAL on pipes 2025-10-07 09:53:05 -07:00
virt KVM: Don't clobber irqfd routing type when deassigning irqfd 2026-02-11 13:41:44 +01:00
.clang-format memblock: drop for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone_from() 2025-09-14 08:49:03 +03:00
.clippy.toml rust: clean Rust 1.88.0's warning about clippy::disallowed_macros configuration 2025-05-07 00:11:47 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.editorconfig .editorconfig: remove trim_trailing_whitespace option 2024-06-13 16:47:52 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore MAINTAINERS: remove Alyssa Rosenzweig 2025-09-18 21:17:31 +02:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore .gitignore: ignore compile_commands.json globally 2025-08-12 15:53:55 -07:00
.mailmap 8 hotfixes. 4 are cc:stable, 7 are against mm/. 2025-11-26 12:38:05 -08:00
.pylintrc tools: docs: parse-headers.py: move it from sphinx dir 2025-08-29 15:54:42 -06:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: mark ISDN subsystem as orphan 2025-10-27 17:49:45 -07:00
Kbuild sched: Make migrate_{en,dis}able() inline 2025-09-25 09:57:16 +02:00
Kconfig io_uring: Rename KConfig to Kconfig 2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
MAINTAINERS soc: fixes for 6.18, part 4 2025-11-28 09:57:31 -08:00
Makefile Linux 6.18.13 2026-02-19 16:31:37 +01:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.