netdev - Re: [PATCH net] bpfilter: fix race in pipe access

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Date:   Thu, 07 Jun 2018 20:07:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     ast@...nel.org
Cc:     daniel@...earbox.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, dvyukov@...gle.com,
        willy@...radead.org, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bpfilter: fix race in pipe access

From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2018 15:31:14 -0700

> syzbot reported the following crash
> [  338.293946] bpfilter: read fail -512
> [  338.304515] kasan: GPF could be caused by NULL-ptr deref or user memory access
> [  338.311863] general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN
> [  338.344360] RIP: 0010:__vfs_write+0x4a6/0x960
> [  338.426363] Call Trace:
> [  338.456967]  __kernel_write+0x10c/0x380
> [  338.460928]  __bpfilter_process_sockopt+0x1d8/0x35b
> [  338.487103]  bpfilter_mbox_request+0x4d/0xb0
> [  338.491492]  bpfilter_ip_get_sockopt+0x6b/0x90
> 
> This can happen when multiple cpus trying to talk to user mode process
> via bpfilter_mbox_request(). One cpu grabs the mutex while another goes to
> sleep on the same mutex. Then former cpu sees that umh pipe is down and
> shuts down the pipes. Later cpu finally acquires the mutex and crashes
> on freed pipe.
> Fix the race by using info.pid as an indicator that umh and pipes are healthy
> and check it after acquiring the mutex.
> 
> Fixes: d2ba09c17a06 ("net: add skeleton of bpfilter kernel module")
> Reported-by: syzbot+7ade6c94abb2774c0fee@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>

Applied, thanks Alexei.