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authorEric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>2021-12-20 16:41:56 -0600
committerJason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>2022-01-07 00:25:25 +0100
commit5d73d1e320c3fd94ea15ba5f79301da9a8bcc7de (patch)
tree3afcc8fcd066d926a5b358b853df7c35e3611300 /drivers/char
parent5320eb42dec7a7ef3ab7da3c5c0d7f889a5181e5 (diff)
random: fix data race on crng_node_pool
extract_crng() and crng_backtrack_protect() load crng_node_pool with a plain load, which causes undefined behavior if do_numa_crng_init() modifies it concurrently. Fix this by using READ_ONCE(). Note: as per the previous discussion https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211219025139.31085-1-ebiggers@kernel.org/T/#u, READ_ONCE() is believed to be sufficient here, and it was requested that it be used here instead of smp_load_acquire(). Also change do_numa_crng_init() to set crng_node_pool using cmpxchg_release() instead of mb() + cmpxchg(), as the former is sufficient here but is more lightweight. Fixes: 1e7f583af67b ("random: make /dev/urandom scalable for silly userspace programs") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/random.c42
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 4b0753eb8bfb..5e3046606640 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -854,8 +854,8 @@ static void do_numa_crng_init(struct work_struct *work)
crng_initialize_secondary(crng);
pool[i] = crng;
}
- mb();
- if (cmpxchg(&crng_node_pool, NULL, pool)) {
+ /* pairs with READ_ONCE() in select_crng() */
+ if (cmpxchg_release(&crng_node_pool, NULL, pool) != NULL) {
for_each_node(i)
kfree(pool[i]);
kfree(pool);
@@ -868,8 +868,26 @@ static void numa_crng_init(void)
{
schedule_work(&numa_crng_init_work);
}
+
+static struct crng_state *select_crng(void)
+{
+ struct crng_state **pool;
+ int nid = numa_node_id();
+
+ /* pairs with cmpxchg_release() in do_numa_crng_init() */
+ pool = READ_ONCE(crng_node_pool);
+ if (pool && pool[nid])
+ return pool[nid];
+
+ return &primary_crng;
+}
#else
static void numa_crng_init(void) {}
+
+static struct crng_state *select_crng(void)
+{
+ return &primary_crng;
+}
#endif
/*
@@ -1016,15 +1034,7 @@ static void _extract_crng(struct crng_state *crng,
static void extract_crng(__u8 out[CHACHA_BLOCK_SIZE])
{
- struct crng_state *crng = NULL;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
- if (crng_node_pool)
- crng = crng_node_pool[numa_node_id()];
- if (crng == NULL)
-#endif
- crng = &primary_crng;
- _extract_crng(crng, out);
+ _extract_crng(select_crng(), out);
}
/*
@@ -1053,15 +1063,7 @@ static void _crng_backtrack_protect(struct crng_state *crng,
static void crng_backtrack_protect(__u8 tmp[CHACHA_BLOCK_SIZE], int used)
{
- struct crng_state *crng = NULL;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
- if (crng_node_pool)
- crng = crng_node_pool[numa_node_id()];
- if (crng == NULL)
-#endif
- crng = &primary_crng;
- _crng_backtrack_protect(crng, tmp, used);
+ _crng_backtrack_protect(select_crng(), tmp, used);
}
static ssize_t extract_crng_user(void __user *buf, size_t nbytes)