linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] x86/MCE: Synchronize sysfs changes

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Message-Id: <20180306142143.19990-4-bp@alien8.de>
Date:   Tue,  6 Mar 2018 15:21:43 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Cc:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] x86/MCE: Synchronize sysfs changes

From: Seunghun Han <kkamagui@...il.com>

The check_interval file in

  /sys/devices/system/machinecheck/machinecheck<cpu number>

directory is a global timer value for MCE polling. If it is changed by
one CPU, mce_restart() broadcasts the event to other CPUs to delete
and restart the MCE polling timer and __mcheck_cpu_init_timer()
reinitializes the mce_timer variable.

If more than one CPU writes a specific value to the check_interval file
concurrently, mce_timer is not protected from such concurrent accesses
and all kinds of explosions happen.

Since only root can write to those sysfs variables, the issue is not a
big deal security-wise.

However, concurrent writes to these configuration variables is
void of reason so the proper thing to do is to "slow" accesses
down by synchronizing them with a mutex and thus take care of the
synchronization issue too.

Boris:

 - make store_int_with_restart() use device_store_ulong() to filter out
   negative intervals
 - limit min interval to 1 second
 - correct locking
 - massage commit message

Signed-off-by: Seunghun Han <kkamagui@...il.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc: linux-edac <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180302202706.9434-1-kkamagui@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index 181f6cf25895..21962c48dad7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(mce_log_mutex);
 
+/* sysfs synchronization */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(mce_sysfs_mutex);
+
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/mce.h>
 
@@ -2104,6 +2107,7 @@ static ssize_t set_ignore_ce(struct device *s,
 	if (kstrtou64(buf, 0, &new) < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	mutex_lock(&mce_sysfs_mutex);
 	if (mca_cfg.ignore_ce ^ !!new) {
 		if (new) {
 			/* disable ce features */
@@ -2116,6 +2120,8 @@ static ssize_t set_ignore_ce(struct device *s,
 			on_each_cpu(mce_enable_ce, (void *)1, 1);
 		}
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&mce_sysfs_mutex);
+
 	return size;
 }
 
@@ -2128,6 +2134,7 @@ static ssize_t set_cmci_disabled(struct device *s,
 	if (kstrtou64(buf, 0, &new) < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	mutex_lock(&mce_sysfs_mutex);
 	if (mca_cfg.cmci_disabled ^ !!new) {
 		if (new) {
 			/* disable cmci */
@@ -2139,6 +2146,8 @@ static ssize_t set_cmci_disabled(struct device *s,
 			on_each_cpu(mce_enable_ce, NULL, 1);
 		}
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&mce_sysfs_mutex);
+
 	return size;
 }
 
@@ -2146,8 +2155,19 @@ static ssize_t store_int_with_restart(struct device *s,
 				      struct device_attribute *attr,
 				      const char *buf, size_t size)
 {
-	ssize_t ret = device_store_int(s, attr, buf, size);
+	unsigned long old_check_interval = check_interval;
+	ssize_t ret = device_store_ulong(s, attr, buf, size);
+
+	if (check_interval == old_check_interval)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (check_interval < 1)
+		check_interval = 1;
+
+	mutex_lock(&mce_sysfs_mutex);
 	mce_restart();
+	mutex_unlock(&mce_sysfs_mutex);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
2.13.0