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From fbcd6c97015324480f843c08da338c9d580b2b31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Phil Sutter <psutter@redhat.com>
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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:51:28 +0100
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Subject: [PATCH] libxtables: Use posix_spawn() instead of vfork()
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Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1525980
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Upstream Status: iptables commit d95c1e8b65c4e
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commit d95c1e8b65c4ec66b8fcd2f7ede257853a888750
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Author: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
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Date: Wed Sep 19 15:17:05 2018 +0200
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libxtables: Use posix_spawn() instead of vfork()
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According to covscan, vfork() may lead to a deadlock in the parent
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process. It suggests to use posix_spawn() instead. Since the latter
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combines vfork() and exec() calls, use it for xtables_insmod().
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Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
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Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
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Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <psutter@redhat.com>
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---
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libxtables/xtables.c | 15 +++++----------
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1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/libxtables/xtables.c b/libxtables/xtables.c
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index bca9863acc566..7210d3706bf26 100644
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--- a/libxtables/xtables.c
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+++ b/libxtables/xtables.c
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@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
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#include <fcntl.h>
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#include <inttypes.h>
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#include <netdb.h>
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+#include <spawn.h>
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#include <stdarg.h>
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#include <stdbool.h>
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#include <stdio.h>
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@@ -343,6 +344,7 @@ int xtables_insmod(const char *modname, const char *modprobe, bool quiet)
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char *buf = NULL;
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char *argv[4];
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int status;
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+ pid_t pid;
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/* If they don't explicitly set it, read out of kernel */
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if (!modprobe) {
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@@ -363,18 +365,11 @@ int xtables_insmod(const char *modname, const char *modprobe, bool quiet)
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*/
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fflush(stdout);
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- switch (vfork()) {
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- case 0:
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- execv(argv[0], argv);
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-
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- /* not usually reached */
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- _exit(1);
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- case -1:
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+ if (posix_spawn(&pid, argv[0], NULL, NULL, argv, NULL)) {
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free(buf);
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return -1;
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-
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- default: /* parent */
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- wait(&status);
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+ } else {
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+ waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
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}
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free(buf);
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--
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2.21.0
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