Use __pthread_attr_copy in mq_notify (bug 27896)
Make a deep copy of the pthread attribute object to remove a potential
use-after-free issue.
(cherry picked from commit 42d359350510506b87101cf77202fefcbfc790cb)
# Conflicts:
# NEWS
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mq_notify.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mq_notify.c
index 3563e82cd4f4b552..c4091169306ffde8 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mq_notify.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mq_notify.c
@@ -135,8 +135,11 @@ helper_thread (void *arg)
(void) __pthread_barrier_wait (¬ify_barrier);
}
else if (data.raw[NOTIFY_COOKIE_LEN - 1] == NOTIFY_REMOVED)
- /* The only state we keep is the copy of the thread attributes. */
- free (data.attr);
+ {
+ /* The only state we keep is the copy of the thread attributes. */
+ pthread_attr_destroy (data.attr);
+ free (data.attr);
+ }
}
return NULL;
}
@@ -257,8 +260,7 @@ mq_notify (mqd_t mqdes, const struct sigevent *notification)
if (data.attr == NULL)
return -1;
- memcpy (data.attr, notification->sigev_notify_attributes,
- sizeof (pthread_attr_t));
+ __pthread_attr_copy (data.attr, notification->sigev_notify_attributes);
}
/* Construct the new request. */
@@ -272,7 +274,10 @@ mq_notify (mqd_t mqdes, const struct sigevent *notification)
/* If it failed, free the allocated memory. */
if (__glibc_unlikely (retval != 0))
- free (data.attr);
+ {
+ pthread_attr_destroy (data.attr);
+ free (data.attr);
+ }
return retval;
}