linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/5] ipc/msg.c: Update and document memory barriers.

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Sun, 20 Oct 2019 14:33:04 +0200
From:   Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Cc:     1vier1@....de, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] ipc/msg.c: Update and document memory barriers.

Transfer findings from ipc/mqueue.c:
- A control barrier was missing for the lockless receive case
  So in theory, not yet initialized data may have been copied
  to user space - obviously only for architectures where
  control barriers are not NOP.

- use smp_store_release(). In theory, the refount
  may have been decreased to 0 already when wake_q_add()
  tries to get a reference.

Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
---
 ipc/msg.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ipc/msg.c b/ipc/msg.c
index 8dec945fa030..192a9291a8ab 100644
--- a/ipc/msg.c
+++ b/ipc/msg.c
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ struct msg_queue {
 	struct list_head q_senders;
 } __randomize_layout;
 
+/*
+ * MSG_BARRIER Locking:
+ *
+ * Similar to the optimization used in ipc/mqueue.c, one syscall return path
+ * does not acquire any locks when it sees that a message exists in
+ * msg_receiver.r_msg. Therefore r_msg is set using smp_store_release()
+ * and accessed using READ_ONCE()+smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep(). In addition,
+ * wake_q_add_safe() is used. See ipc/mqueue.c for more details
+ */
+
 /* one msg_receiver structure for each sleeping receiver */
 struct msg_receiver {
 	struct list_head	r_list;
@@ -184,6 +194,10 @@ static inline void ss_add(struct msg_queue *msq,
 {
 	mss->tsk = current;
 	mss->msgsz = msgsz;
+	/*
+	 * No memory barrier required: we did ipc_lock_object(),
+	 * and the waker obtains that lock before calling wake_q_add().
+	 */
 	__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 	list_add_tail(&mss->list, &msq->q_senders);
 }
@@ -237,8 +251,11 @@ static void expunge_all(struct msg_queue *msq, int res,
 	struct msg_receiver *msr, *t;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(msr, t, &msq->q_receivers, r_list) {
-		wake_q_add(wake_q, msr->r_tsk);
-		WRITE_ONCE(msr->r_msg, ERR_PTR(res));
+		get_task_struct(msr->r_tsk);
+
+		/* see MSG_BARRIER for purpose/pairing */
+		smp_store_release(&msr->r_msg, ERR_PTR(res));
+		wake_q_add_safe(wake_q, msr->r_tsk);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -798,13 +815,17 @@ static inline int pipelined_send(struct msg_queue *msq, struct msg_msg *msg,
 			list_del(&msr->r_list);
 			if (msr->r_maxsize < msg->m_ts) {
 				wake_q_add(wake_q, msr->r_tsk);
-				WRITE_ONCE(msr->r_msg, ERR_PTR(-E2BIG));
+
+				/* See expunge_all regarding memory barrier */
+				smp_store_release(&msr->r_msg, ERR_PTR(-E2BIG));
 			} else {
 				ipc_update_pid(&msq->q_lrpid, task_pid(msr->r_tsk));
 				msq->q_rtime = ktime_get_real_seconds();
 
 				wake_q_add(wake_q, msr->r_tsk);
-				WRITE_ONCE(msr->r_msg, msg);
+
+				/* See expunge_all regarding memory barrier */
+				smp_store_release(&msr->r_msg, msg);
 				return 1;
 			}
 		}
@@ -1154,7 +1175,11 @@ static long do_msgrcv(int msqid, void __user *buf, size_t bufsz, long msgtyp, in
 			msr_d.r_maxsize = INT_MAX;
 		else
 			msr_d.r_maxsize = bufsz;
-		msr_d.r_msg = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+
+		/* memory barrier not require due to ipc_lock_object() */
+		WRITE_ONCE(msr_d.r_msg, ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN));
+
+		/* memory barrier not required, we own ipc_lock_object() */
 		__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
 		ipc_unlock_object(&msq->q_perm);
@@ -1183,8 +1208,12 @@ static long do_msgrcv(int msqid, void __user *buf, size_t bufsz, long msgtyp, in
 		 * signal) it will either see the message and continue ...
 		 */
 		msg = READ_ONCE(msr_d.r_msg);
-		if (msg != ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN))
+		if (msg != ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN)) {
+			/* see MSG_BARRIER for purpose/pairing */
+			smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep();
+
 			goto out_unlock1;
+		}
 
 		 /*
 		  * ... or see -EAGAIN, acquire the lock to check the message
@@ -1192,7 +1221,7 @@ static long do_msgrcv(int msqid, void __user *buf, size_t bufsz, long msgtyp, in
 		  */
 		ipc_lock_object(&msq->q_perm);
 
-		msg = msr_d.r_msg;
+		msg = READ_ONCE(msr_d.r_msg);
 		if (msg != ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN))
 			goto out_unlock0;
 
-- 
2.21.0