linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 195/254] net: ipv4: emulate READ_ONCE() on ->hdrincl bit-field in raw

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Message-ID: <lsq.1519831218.307656752@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:20:18 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Nicolai Stange" <nstange@...e.de>,
        "Stefano Brivio" <sbrivio@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 195/254] net: ipv4: emulate READ_ONCE() on ->hdrincl
 bit-field in raw_sendmsg()

3.16.55-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Nicolai Stange <nstange@...e.de>

commit 20b50d79974ea3192e8c3ab7faf4e536e5f14d8f upstream.

Commit 8f659a03a0ba ("net: ipv4: fix for a race condition in
raw_sendmsg") fixed the issue of possibly inconsistent ->hdrincl handling
due to concurrent updates by reading this bit-field member into a local
variable and using the thus stabilized value in subsequent tests.

However, aforementioned commit also adds the (correct) comment that

  /* hdrincl should be READ_ONCE(inet->hdrincl)
   * but READ_ONCE() doesn't work with bit fields
   */

because as it stands, the compiler is free to shortcut or even eliminate
the local variable at its will.

Note that I have not seen anything like this happening in reality and thus,
the concern is a theoretical one.

However, in order to be on the safe side, emulate a READ_ONCE() on the
bit-field by doing it on the local 'hdrincl' variable itself:

	int hdrincl = inet->hdrincl;
	hdrincl = READ_ONCE(hdrincl);

This breaks the chain in the sense that the compiler is not allowed
to replace subsequent reads from hdrincl with reloads from inet->hdrincl.

Fixes: 8f659a03a0ba ("net: ipv4: fix for a race condition in raw_sendmsg")
Signed-off-by: Nicolai Stange <nstange@...e.de>
Reviewed-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: use ACCESS_ONCE()]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 net/ipv4/raw.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/ipv4/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/raw.c
@@ -497,9 +497,11 @@ static int raw_sendmsg(struct kiocb *ioc
 		goto out;

 	/* hdrincl should be READ_ONCE(inet->hdrincl)
-	 * but READ_ONCE() doesn't work with bit fields
+	 * but READ_ONCE() doesn't work with bit fields.
+	 * Doing this indirectly yields the same result.
 	 */
 	hdrincl = inet->hdrincl;
+	hdrincl = ACCESS_ONCE(hdrincl);
 	/*
 	 *	Check the flags.
 	 */