linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] cpufreq: fix race on cpufreq online

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Date:   Tue, 10 May 2022 23:43:50 +0800
From:   Schspa Shi <schspa@...il.com>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cpufreq: fix race on cpufreq online

Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@...nel.org> 于2022年5月10日周二 23:35写道：
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 5:28 PM Schspa Shi <schspa@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > When cpufreq online failed, policy->cpus are not empty while
> > cpufreq sysfs file available, we may access some data freed.
> >
> > Take policy->clk as an example:
> >
> > static int cpufreq_online(unsigned int cpu)
> > {
> >   ...
> >   // policy->cpus != 0 at this time
> >   down_write(&policy->rwsem);
> >   ret = cpufreq_add_dev_interface(policy);
> >   up_write(&policy->rwsem);
> >
> >   down_write(&policy->rwsem);
> >   ...
> >   /* cpufreq nitialization fails in some cases */
> >   if (cpufreq_driver->get && has_target()) {
> >     policy->cur = cpufreq_driver->get(policy->cpu);
> >     if (!policy->cur) {
> >       ret = -EIO;
> >       pr_err("%s: ->get() failed\n", __func__);
> >       goto out_destroy_policy;
> >     }
> >   }
> >   ...
> >   up_write(&policy->rwsem);
> >   ...
> >
> >   return 0;
> >
> > out_destroy_policy:
> >         for_each_cpu(j, policy->real_cpus)
> >                 remove_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, get_cpu_device(j));
> >     up_write(&policy->rwsem);
> > ...
> > out_exit_policy:
> >   if (cpufreq_driver->exit)
> >     cpufreq_driver->exit(policy);
> >       clk_put(policy->clk);
> >       // policy->clk is a wild pointer
> > ...
> >                                     ^
> >                                     |
> >                             Another process access
> >                             __cpufreq_get
> >                               cpufreq_verify_current_freq
> >                                 cpufreq_generic_get
> >                                   // acces wild pointer of policy->clk;
> >                                     |
> >                                     |
> > out_offline_policy:                 |
> >   cpufreq_policy_free(policy);      |
> >     // deleted here, and will wait for no body reference
> >     cpufreq_policy_put_kobj(policy);
> > }
> >
> > We can fix it by clear the policy->cpus mask.
> > Both show_scaling_cur_freq and show_cpuinfo_cur_freq will return an
> > error by checking this mask, thus avoiding UAF.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Schspa Shi <schspa@...il.com>
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Changelog:
> > v1 -> v2:
> >         - Fix bad critical region enlarge which causes uninitialized
> >           unlock.
> > ---
> >  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 5 +++--
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> > index 80f535cc8a75..8edfa840dd74 100644
> > --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> > +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> > @@ -1337,12 +1337,12 @@ static int cpufreq_online(unsigned int cpu)
> >                 down_write(&policy->rwsem);
> >                 policy->cpu = cpu;
> >                 policy->governor = NULL;
> > -               up_write(&policy->rwsem);
> >         } else {
> >                 new_policy = true;
> >                 policy = cpufreq_policy_alloc(cpu);
> >                 if (!policy)
> >                         return -ENOMEM;
> > +               down_write(&policy->rwsem);
> >         }
> >
> >         if (!new_policy && cpufreq_driver->online) {
>
> You seem to have missed the down_write() before the
>
> cpumask_and(policy->cpus, policy->cpus, cpu_online_mask);
>
> statement.
>
> It needs to be removed, because the semaphore is already being held
> for writing at that point after the changes above.
>

Sorry for that, I have upload a v3 patch to remove this.

> > @@ -1533,7 +1533,7 @@ static int cpufreq_online(unsigned int cpu)
> >         for_each_cpu(j, policy->real_cpus)
> >                 remove_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, get_cpu_device(j));
> >
> > -       up_write(&policy->rwsem);
> > +       cpumask_clear(policy->cpus);
> >
> >  out_offline_policy:
> >         if (cpufreq_driver->offline)
> > @@ -1542,6 +1542,7 @@ static int cpufreq_online(unsigned int cpu)
> >  out_exit_policy:
> >         if (cpufreq_driver->exit)
> >                 cpufreq_driver->exit(policy);
> > +       up_write(&policy->rwsem);
> >
> >  out_free_policy:
> >         cpufreq_policy_free(policy);
> > --
---
BRs
Schspa Shi