linux-kernel - [tip: x86/urgent] x86/resctrl: Fix rdtgroup_mkdir()'s unlocked use of kernfs

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Message-ID: <174419347599.31282.1068342026111511089.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:11:15 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for James Morse" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@....com>, "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@...en8.de>,
 Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
 x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/urgent] x86/resctrl: Fix rdtgroup_mkdir()'s unlocked use of
 kernfs_node::name

The following commit has been merged into the x86/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     45c2e30bbd64d75559b99f3a5c455129a7a34b06
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/45c2e30bbd64d75559b99f3a5c455129a7a34b06
Author:        James Morse <james.morse@....com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:46:37 +01:00
Committer:     Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
CommitterDate: Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:35:08 +02:00

x86/resctrl: Fix rdtgroup_mkdir()'s unlocked use of kernfs_node::name

Since

  741c10b096bc ("kernfs: Use RCU to access kernfs_node::name.")

a helper rdt_kn_name() that checks that rdtgroup_mutex is held has been used
for all accesses to the kernfs node name.

rdtgroup_mkdir() uses the name to determine if a valid monitor group is being
created by checking the parent name is "mon_groups". This is done without
holding rdtgroup_mutex, and now triggers the following warning:

  | WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
  | 6.15.0-rc1 #4465 Tainted: G            E
  | -----------------------------
  | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h:408 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
  [...]
  | Call Trace:
  |  <TASK>
  |  dump_stack_lvl
  |  lockdep_rcu_suspicious.cold
  |  is_mon_groups
  |  rdtgroup_mkdir
  |  kernfs_iop_mkdir
  |  vfs_mkdir
  |  do_mkdirat
  |  __x64_sys_mkdir
  |  do_syscall_64
  |  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe

Creating a control or monitor group calls mkdir_rdt_prepare(), which uses
rdtgroup_kn_lock_live() to take the rdtgroup_mutex.

To avoid taking and dropping the lock, move the check for the monitor group
name and position into mkdir_rdt_prepare() so that it occurs under
rdtgroup_mutex. Hoist is_mon_groups() earlier in the file.

  [ bp: Massage. ]

Fixes: 741c10b096bc ("kernfs: Use RCU to access kernfs_node::name.")
Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250407124637.2433230-1-james.morse@arm.com
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c | 48 ++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
index 93ec829..cc4a541 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
@@ -3553,6 +3553,22 @@ static void mkdir_rdt_prepare_rmid_free(struct rdtgroup *rgrp)
 		free_rmid(rgrp->closid, rgrp->mon.rmid);
 }
 
+/*
+ * We allow creating mon groups only with in a directory called "mon_groups"
+ * which is present in every ctrl_mon group. Check if this is a valid
+ * "mon_groups" directory.
+ *
+ * 1. The directory should be named "mon_groups".
+ * 2. The mon group itself should "not" be named "mon_groups".
+ *   This makes sure "mon_groups" directory always has a ctrl_mon group
+ *   as parent.
+ */
+static bool is_mon_groups(struct kernfs_node *kn, const char *name)
+{
+	return (!strcmp(rdt_kn_name(kn), "mon_groups") &&
+		strcmp(name, "mon_groups"));
+}
+
 static int mkdir_rdt_prepare(struct kernfs_node *parent_kn,
 			     const char *name, umode_t mode,
 			     enum rdt_group_type rtype, struct rdtgroup **r)
@@ -3568,6 +3584,15 @@ static int mkdir_rdt_prepare(struct kernfs_node *parent_kn,
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Check that the parent directory for a monitor group is a "mon_groups"
+	 * directory.
+	 */
+	if (rtype == RDTMON_GROUP && !is_mon_groups(parent_kn, name)) {
+		ret = -EPERM;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
 	if (rtype == RDTMON_GROUP &&
 	    (prdtgrp->mode == RDT_MODE_PSEUDO_LOCKSETUP ||
 	     prdtgrp->mode == RDT_MODE_PSEUDO_LOCKED)) {
@@ -3751,22 +3776,6 @@ out_unlock:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * We allow creating mon groups only with in a directory called "mon_groups"
- * which is present in every ctrl_mon group. Check if this is a valid
- * "mon_groups" directory.
- *
- * 1. The directory should be named "mon_groups".
- * 2. The mon group itself should "not" be named "mon_groups".
- *   This makes sure "mon_groups" directory always has a ctrl_mon group
- *   as parent.
- */
-static bool is_mon_groups(struct kernfs_node *kn, const char *name)
-{
-	return (!strcmp(rdt_kn_name(kn), "mon_groups") &&
-		strcmp(name, "mon_groups"));
-}
-
 static int rdtgroup_mkdir(struct kernfs_node *parent_kn, const char *name,
 			  umode_t mode)
 {
@@ -3782,11 +3791,8 @@ static int rdtgroup_mkdir(struct kernfs_node *parent_kn, const char *name,
 	if (resctrl_arch_alloc_capable() && parent_kn == rdtgroup_default.kn)
 		return rdtgroup_mkdir_ctrl_mon(parent_kn, name, mode);
 
-	/*
-	 * If RDT monitoring is supported and the parent directory is a valid
-	 * "mon_groups" directory, add a monitoring subdirectory.
-	 */
-	if (resctrl_arch_mon_capable() && is_mon_groups(parent_kn, name))
+	/* Else, attempt to add a monitoring subdirectory. */
+	if (resctrl_arch_mon_capable())
 		return rdtgroup_mkdir_mon(parent_kn, name, mode);
 
 	return -EPERM;