linux-kernel - [PATCH RESEND] random: use correct memory barriers for crng_node

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Date:   Sat, 18 Dec 2021 20:51:39 -0600
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        "Jason A . Donenfeld " <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH RESEND] random: use correct memory barriers for crng_node_pool

From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

When a CPU selects which CRNG to use, it accesses crng_node_pool without
a memory barrier.  That's wrong, because crng_node_pool can be set by
another CPU concurrently.  Without a memory barrier, the crng_state that
is used might not appear to be fully initialized.

There's an explicit mb() on the write side, but it's redundant with
cmpxchg() (or cmpxchg_release()) and does nothing to fix the read side.

Implement this correctly by using a cmpxchg_release() +
smp_load_acquire() pair.

Note: READ_ONCE() could be used instead of smp_load_acquire(), but it is
harder to verify that it is correct, so I'd prefer not to use it here.

Fixes: 1e7f583af67b ("random: make /dev/urandom scalable for silly userspace programs")
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # v4.8+
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
---

I sent this fix about a year ago
(https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200916233042.51634-1-ebiggers@kernel.org/T/#u),
and though it's a correct fix, it was derailed by a debate about whether
it's safe to use READ_ONCE() instead of smp_load_acquire() or not.
Therefore, the current code, which (AFAIK) everyone agrees is buggy, was
never actually fixed.  Since random.c has a new maintainer now, I think
it's worth sending this fix for reconsideration.

 drivers/char/random.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 605969ed0f96..349a6f235c61 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -843,8 +843,8 @@ static void do_numa_crng_init(struct work_struct *work)
 		crng_initialize_secondary(crng);
 		pool[i] = crng;
 	}
-	mb();
-	if (cmpxchg(&crng_node_pool, NULL, pool)) {
+	/* pairs with smp_load_acquire() in select_crng() */
+	if (cmpxchg_release(&crng_node_pool, NULL, pool) != NULL) {
 		for_each_node(i)
 			kfree(pool[i]);
 		kfree(pool);
@@ -857,8 +857,26 @@ static void numa_crng_init(void)
 {
 	schedule_work(&numa_crng_init_work);
 }
+
+static inline struct crng_state *select_crng(void)
+{
+	struct crng_state **pool;
+	int nid = numa_node_id();
+
+	/* pairs with cmpxchg_release() in do_numa_crng_init() */
+	pool = smp_load_acquire(&crng_node_pool);
+	if (pool && pool[nid])
+		return pool[nid];
+
+	return &primary_crng;
+}
 #else
 static void numa_crng_init(void) {}
+
+static inline struct crng_state *select_crng(void)
+{
+	return &primary_crng;
+}
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -1005,15 +1023,7 @@ static void _extract_crng(struct crng_state *crng,
 
 static void extract_crng(__u8 out[CHACHA_BLOCK_SIZE])
 {
-	struct crng_state *crng = NULL;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-	if (crng_node_pool)
-		crng = crng_node_pool[numa_node_id()];
-	if (crng == NULL)
-#endif
-		crng = &primary_crng;
-	_extract_crng(crng, out);
+	_extract_crng(select_crng(), out);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1042,15 +1052,7 @@ static void _crng_backtrack_protect(struct crng_state *crng,
 
 static void crng_backtrack_protect(__u8 tmp[CHACHA_BLOCK_SIZE], int used)
 {
-	struct crng_state *crng = NULL;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-	if (crng_node_pool)
-		crng = crng_node_pool[numa_node_id()];
-	if (crng == NULL)
-#endif
-		crng = &primary_crng;
-	_crng_backtrack_protect(crng, tmp, used);
+	_crng_backtrack_protect(select_crng(), tmp, used);
 }
 
 static ssize_t extract_crng_user(void __user *buf, size_t nbytes)
-- 
2.34.1