linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] kernel: bpf: syscall: fix a possible sleep-in-atomic bug in __bpf_prog

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Message-Id: <20230530070610.600063-1-starmiku1207184332@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 30 May 2023 07:06:10 +0000
From:   starmiku1207184332@...il.com
To:     ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, john.fastabend@...il.com,
        andrii@...nel.org, martin.lau@...ux.dev, song@...nel.org,
        yhs@...com, kpsingh@...nel.org, sdf@...gle.com, haoluo@...gle.com,
        jolsa@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        hawk@...nel.org
Cc:     bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, Teng Qi <starmiku1207184332@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] kernel: bpf: syscall: fix a possible sleep-in-atomic bug in __bpf_prog_put()

From: Teng Qi <starmiku1207184332@...il.com>

__bpf_prog_put() indirectly calls kvfree() through bpf_prog_put_deferred()
which is unsafe under atomic context. The current
condition ‘in_irq() || irqs_disabled()’ in __bpf_prog_put() to ensure safety
does not cover cases involving the spin lock region and rcu read lock region.
Since __bpf_prog_put() is called by various callers in kernel/, net/ and
drivers/, and potentially more in future, it is necessary to handle those
cases as well.

Although we haven`t found a proper way to identify the rcu read lock region,
we have noticed that vfree() calls vfree_atomic() with the
condition 'in_interrupt()' to ensure safety.

To make __bpf_prog_put() safe in practice, we propose calling
bpf_prog_put_deferred() with the condition 'in_interrupt()' and
using the work queue for any other context.

We also added a comment to indicate that the safety of  __bpf_prog_put()
relies implicitly on the implementation of vfree().

Signed-off-by: Teng Qi <starmiku1207184332@...il.com>
---
v2:
remove comments because of self explanatory of code.

Fixes: d809e134be7a ("bpf: Prepare bpf_prog_put() to be called from irq context.")
---
 kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 14f39c1e573e..96658e5874be 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -2099,7 +2099,7 @@ static void __bpf_prog_put(struct bpf_prog *prog)
 	struct bpf_prog_aux *aux = prog->aux;

 	if (atomic64_dec_and_test(&aux->refcnt)) {
-		if (in_irq() || irqs_disabled()) {
+		if (!in_interrupt()) {
 			INIT_WORK(&aux->work, bpf_prog_put_deferred);
 			schedule_work(&aux->work);
 		} else {
-- 
2.25.1