linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] modules: wait do_free

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Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2023 14:15:13 +0800
From: Changbin Du <changbin.du@...wei.com>
To: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, Andrew Morton
	<akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC: <linux-modules@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Hui Wang
	<hw.huiwang@...wei.com>, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, Changbin Du
	<changbin.du@...wei.com>, Xiaoyi Su <suxiaoyi@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] modules: wait do_free_init correctly

The commit 1a7b7d922081 ("modules: Use vmalloc special flag") moves
do_free_init() into a global workqueue instead of call_rcu(). So now
rcu_barrier() can not ensure that do_free_init has completed. We should
wait it via flush_work().

Without this fix, we still could encounter false positive reports in
W+X checking.

Fixes: 1a7b7d922081 ("modules: Use vmalloc special flag")
Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@...wei.com>
Cc: Xiaoyi Su <suxiaoyi@...wei.com>

---
v2: fix compilation issue for no CONFIG_MODULES found by 0-DAY.
---
 include/linux/moduleloader.h | 8 ++++++++
 init/main.c                  | 5 +++--
 kernel/module/main.c         | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/moduleloader.h b/include/linux/moduleloader.h
index 001b2ce83832..89b1e0ed9811 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleloader.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleloader.h
@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ int module_finalize(const Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
 		    const Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
 		    struct module *mod);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+void flush_module_init_free_work(void);
+#else
+static inline void flush_module_init_free_work(void)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
 /* Any cleanup needed when module leaves. */
 void module_arch_cleanup(struct module *mod);
 
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index e24b0780fdff..f0b7e21ac67f 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
 #include <linux/init_syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/stackdepot.h>
 #include <linux/randomize_kstack.h>
+#include <linux/moduleloader.h>
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
@@ -1402,11 +1403,11 @@ static void mark_readonly(void)
 	if (rodata_enabled) {
 		/*
 		 * load_module() results in W+X mappings, which are cleaned
-		 * up with call_rcu().  Let's make sure that queued work is
+		 * up with init_free_wq. Let's make sure that queued work is
 		 * flushed so that we don't hit false positives looking for
 		 * insecure pages which are W+X.
 		 */
-		rcu_barrier();
+		flush_module_init_free_work();
 		mark_rodata_ro();
 		rodata_test();
 	} else
diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index 98fedfdb8db5..1943ccb7414f 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -2486,6 +2486,11 @@ static void do_free_init(struct work_struct *w)
 	}
 }
 
+void flush_module_init_free_work(void)
+{
+	flush_work(&init_free_wq);
+}
+
 #undef MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX
 #define MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX "module."
 /* Default value for module->async_probe_requested */
-- 
2.25.1