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authorWangJinchao <wangjinchao@xfusion.com>2023-10-16 09:15:21 +0800
committerHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>2023-10-27 18:04:24 +0800
commit7ddc21e317b360c3444de3023bcc83b85fabae2f (patch)
treeaf38b4e7022a8eee5c6b4c042e8fecaca1577052 /kernel/padata.c
parenta2786e8bdd0242d7f00abf452a572de7464d177b (diff)
padata: Fix refcnt handling in padata_free_shell()
In a high-load arm64 environment, the pcrypt_aead01 test in LTP can lead to system UAF (Use-After-Free) issues. Due to the lengthy analysis of the pcrypt_aead01 function call, I'll describe the problem scenario using a simplified model: Suppose there's a user of padata named `user_function` that adheres to the padata requirement of calling `padata_free_shell` after `serial()` has been invoked, as demonstrated in the following code: ```c struct request { struct padata_priv padata; struct completion *done; }; void parallel(struct padata_priv *padata) { do_something(); } void serial(struct padata_priv *padata) { struct request *request = container_of(padata, struct request, padata); complete(request->done); } void user_function() { DECLARE_COMPLETION(done) padata->parallel = parallel; padata->serial = serial; padata_do_parallel(); wait_for_completion(&done); padata_free_shell(); } ``` In the corresponding padata.c file, there's the following code: ```c static void padata_serial_worker(struct work_struct *serial_work) { ... cnt = 0; while (!list_empty(&local_list)) { ... padata->serial(padata); cnt++; } local_bh_enable(); if (refcount_sub_and_test(cnt, &pd->refcnt)) padata_free_pd(pd); } ``` Because of the high system load and the accumulation of unexecuted softirq at this moment, `local_bh_enable()` in padata takes longer to execute than usual. Subsequently, when accessing `pd->refcnt`, `pd` has already been released by `padata_free_shell()`, resulting in a UAF issue with `pd->refcnt`. The fix is straightforward: add `refcount_dec_and_test` before calling `padata_free_pd` in `padata_free_shell`. Fixes: 07928d9bfc81 ("padata: Remove broken queue flushing") Signed-off-by: WangJinchao <wangjinchao@xfusion.com> Acked-by: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@oracle.com> Acked-by: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/padata.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/padata.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/padata.c b/kernel/padata.c
index 81c8183f3176..179fb1518070 100644
--- a/kernel/padata.c
+++ b/kernel/padata.c
@@ -1102,12 +1102,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(padata_alloc_shell);
*/
void padata_free_shell(struct padata_shell *ps)
{
+ struct parallel_data *pd;
+
if (!ps)
return;
mutex_lock(&ps->pinst->lock);
list_del(&ps->list);
- padata_free_pd(rcu_dereference_protected(ps->pd, 1));
+ pd = rcu_dereference_protected(ps->pd, 1);
+ if (refcount_dec_and_test(&pd->refcnt))
+ padata_free_pd(pd);
mutex_unlock(&ps->pinst->lock);
kfree(ps);