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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-12-04 12:36:23 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-12-04 12:36:23 -0800
commit0c3b5bcb484a659dd14466f92a073b57b2d3c1a5 (patch)
tree24b84594b56f1974c16255b96cab11cddfe7d0d2 /kernel
parenteea8bebd51739cc7a3bb501032ee877b4aada553 (diff)
parent517e6a301f34613bff24a8e35b5455884f2d83d8 (diff)
Merge tag 'perf_urgent_for_v6.1_rc8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull perf fix from Borislav Petkov: - Fix a use-after-free case where the perf pending task callback would see an already freed event * tag 'perf_urgent_for_v6.1_rc8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: perf: Fix perf_pending_task() UaF
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c17
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 7091bbf88ee7..7f04f995c975 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -2291,6 +2291,7 @@ event_sched_out(struct perf_event *event,
!event->pending_work) {
event->pending_work = 1;
dec = false;
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&event->refcount));
task_work_add(current, &event->pending_task, TWA_RESUME);
}
if (dec)
@@ -2336,6 +2337,7 @@ group_sched_out(struct perf_event *group_event,
#define DETACH_GROUP 0x01UL
#define DETACH_CHILD 0x02UL
+#define DETACH_DEAD 0x04UL
/*
* Cross CPU call to remove a performance event
@@ -2356,12 +2358,20 @@ __perf_remove_from_context(struct perf_event *event,
update_cgrp_time_from_cpuctx(cpuctx, false);
}
+ /*
+ * Ensure event_sched_out() switches to OFF, at the very least
+ * this avoids raising perf_pending_task() at this time.
+ */
+ if (flags & DETACH_DEAD)
+ event->pending_disable = 1;
event_sched_out(event, cpuctx, ctx);
if (flags & DETACH_GROUP)
perf_group_detach(event);
if (flags & DETACH_CHILD)
perf_child_detach(event);
list_del_event(event, ctx);
+ if (flags & DETACH_DEAD)
+ event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_DEAD;
if (!ctx->nr_events && ctx->is_active) {
if (ctx == &cpuctx->ctx)
@@ -5121,9 +5131,7 @@ int perf_event_release_kernel(struct perf_event *event)
ctx = perf_event_ctx_lock(event);
WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->parent_ctx);
- perf_remove_from_context(event, DETACH_GROUP);
- raw_spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
/*
* Mark this event as STATE_DEAD, there is no external reference to it
* anymore.
@@ -5135,8 +5143,7 @@ int perf_event_release_kernel(struct perf_event *event)
* Thus this guarantees that we will in fact observe and kill _ALL_
* child events.
*/
- event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_DEAD;
- raw_spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+ perf_remove_from_context(event, DETACH_GROUP|DETACH_DEAD);
perf_event_ctx_unlock(event, ctx);
@@ -6577,6 +6584,8 @@ static void perf_pending_task(struct callback_head *head)
if (rctx >= 0)
perf_swevent_put_recursion_context(rctx);
preempt_enable_notrace();
+
+ put_event(event);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_GUEST_PERF_EVENTS