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Message-ID: <8a6dbce8-a4ac-4871-aed0-8d3ae56f8c0a@oss.qualcomm.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:34:17 +1000
From: Amirreza Zarrabi <amirreza.zarrabi@....qualcomm.com>
To: Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@...aro.org>
Cc: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, op-tee@...ts.trustedfirmware.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tee: optee: prevent use-after-free when the client exits
 before the supplicant

Hi Jens,

On 6/9/2025 11:00 PM, Jens Wiklander wrote:
> Hi Amir,
> 
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM Amirreza Zarrabi
> <amirreza.zarrabi@....qualcomm.com> wrote:
>>
>> Commit 70b0d6b0a199 ("tee: optee: Fix supplicant wait loop") made the
>> client wait as killable so it can be interrupted during shutdown or
>> after a supplicant crash. This changes the original lifetime expectations:
>> the client task can now terminate while the supplicant is still processing
>> its request.
>>
>> If the client exits first it removes the request from its queue and
>> kfree()s it, while the request ID remains in supp->idr. A subsequent
>> lookup on the supplicant path then dereferences freed memory, leading to
>> a use-after-free.
>>
>> Serialise access to the request with supp->mutex:
>>
>>   * Hold supp->mutex in optee_supp_recv() and optee_supp_send() while
>>     looking up and touching the request.
>>   * Let optee_supp_thrd_req() notice that the client has terminated and
>>     signal optee_supp_send() accordingly.
>>
>> With these changes the request cannot be freed while the supplicant still
>> has a reference, eliminating the race.
>>
>> Fixes: 70b0d6b0a199 ("tee: optee: Fix supplicant wait loop")
>> Signed-off-by: Amirreza Zarrabi <amirreza.zarrabi@....qualcomm.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/tee/optee/supp.c | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>>  1 file changed, 77 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/tee/optee/supp.c b/drivers/tee/optee/supp.c
>> index d0f397c90242..62c9c75f48a6 100644
>> --- a/drivers/tee/optee/supp.c
>> +++ b/drivers/tee/optee/supp.c
>> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
>>
>>  struct optee_supp_req {
>>         struct list_head link;
>> +       int id;
>>
>>         bool in_queue;
>>         u32 func;
>> @@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ struct optee_supp_req {
>>         struct completion c;
>>  };
>>
>> +/* It is temporary request used for invalid pending request in supp->idr. */
>> +static struct optee_supp_req invalid_req;
> 
> Prefer avoiding global variables where possible.
> 

Ack.

>> +
>>  void optee_supp_init(struct optee_supp *supp)
>>  {
>>         memset(supp, 0, sizeof(*supp));
>> @@ -102,6 +106,7 @@ u32 optee_supp_thrd_req(struct tee_context *ctx, u32 func, size_t num_params,
>>         mutex_lock(&supp->mutex);
>>         list_add_tail(&req->link, &supp->reqs);
>>         req->in_queue = true;
>> +       req->id = -1;
>>         mutex_unlock(&supp->mutex);
>>
>>         /* Tell an eventual waiter there's a new request */
>> @@ -117,21 +122,40 @@ u32 optee_supp_thrd_req(struct tee_context *ctx, u32 func, size_t num_params,
>>         if (wait_for_completion_killable(&req->c)) {
>>                 mutex_lock(&supp->mutex);
>>                 if (req->in_queue) {
>> +                       /* Supplicant has not seen this request yet. */
>>                         list_del(&req->link);
>>                         req->in_queue = false;
>> +
>> +                       ret = TEEC_ERROR_COMMUNICATION;
>> +               } else if (req->id  == -1) {
>> +                       /*
>> +                        * Supplicant has processed this request. Ignore the
>> +                        * kill signal for now and submit the result.
>> +                        */
>> +                       ret = req->ret;
>> +               } else {
>> +                       /*
>> +                        * Supplicant is in the middle of processing this
>> +                        * request. Replace req with invalid_req so that the ID
>> +                        * remains busy, causing optee_supp_send() to fail on
>> +                        * the next call to supp_pop_req() with this ID.
>> +                        */
>> +                       idr_replace(&supp->idr, &invalid_req, req->id);
>> +                       ret = TEEC_ERROR_COMMUNICATION;
>>                 }
>> +
>> +               kfree(req);
>>                 mutex_unlock(&supp->mutex);
>> -               req->ret = TEEC_ERROR_COMMUNICATION;
>> +       } else {
>> +               ret = req->ret;
>> +               kfree(req);
>>         }
>>
>> -       ret = req->ret;
>> -       kfree(req);
>> -
>>         return ret;
>>  }
>>
>>  static struct optee_supp_req  *supp_pop_entry(struct optee_supp *supp,
>> -                                             int num_params, int *id)
>> +                                             int num_params)
>>  {
>>         struct optee_supp_req *req;
>>
>> @@ -153,8 +177,8 @@ static struct optee_supp_req  *supp_pop_entry(struct optee_supp *supp,
>>                 return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>>         }
>>
>> -       *id = idr_alloc(&supp->idr, req, 1, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
>> -       if (*id < 0)
>> +       req->id = idr_alloc(&supp->idr, req, 1, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
>> +       if (req->id < 0)
>>                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>>
>>         list_del(&req->link);
>> @@ -214,7 +238,6 @@ int optee_supp_recv(struct tee_context *ctx, u32 *func, u32 *num_params,
>>         struct optee *optee = tee_get_drvdata(teedev);
>>         struct optee_supp *supp = &optee->supp;
>>         struct optee_supp_req *req = NULL;
>> -       int id;
>>         size_t num_meta;
>>         int rc;
>>
>> @@ -223,16 +246,45 @@ int optee_supp_recv(struct tee_context *ctx, u32 *func, u32 *num_params,
>>                 return rc;
>>
>>         while (true) {
>> -               mutex_lock(&supp->mutex);
>> -               req = supp_pop_entry(supp, *num_params - num_meta, &id);
>> -               mutex_unlock(&supp->mutex);
>> +               scoped_guard(mutex, &supp->mutex) {
>> +                       req = supp_pop_entry(supp, *num_params - num_meta);
>> +                       if (!req)
>> +                               goto wait_for_request;
>>
>> -               if (req) {
>>                         if (IS_ERR(req))
>>                                 return PTR_ERR(req);
>> -                       break;
>> +
>> +                       /*
>> +                        * Popped a request: process it while holding the lock,
>> +                        * so that optee_supp_thrd_req() doesn't pull the
>> +                        * request out from under us.
>> +                        */
>> +
>> +                       if (num_meta) {
>> +                               /*
>> +                                * tee-supplicant support meta parameters ->
>> +                                * requests can be processed asynchronously.
>> +                                */
>> +                               param->attr =
>> +                                       TEE_IOCTL_PARAM_ATTR_TYPE_VALUE_INOUT |
>> +                                       TEE_IOCTL_PARAM_ATTR_META;
>> +                               param->u.value.a = req->id;
>> +                               param->u.value.b = 0;
>> +                               param->u.value.c = 0;
>> +                       } else {
>> +                               supp->req_id = req->id;
>> +                       }
>> +
>> +                       *func = req->func;
>> +                       *num_params = req->num_params + num_meta;
>> +                       memcpy(param + num_meta, req->param,
>> +                              sizeof(struct tee_param) * req->num_params);
> 
> This is the point at which this function must break out of the loop
> and return the request, or it will be lost.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jens
> 

Right. I'll update.

Regards,
Amir

>>                 }
>>
>> +               /* Check for the next request in the queue. */
>> +               continue;
>> +
>> +wait_for_request:
>>                 /*
>>                  * If we didn't get a request we'll block in
>>                  * wait_for_completion() to avoid needless spinning.
>> @@ -245,27 +297,6 @@ int optee_supp_recv(struct tee_context *ctx, u32 *func, u32 *num_params,
>>                         return -ERESTARTSYS;
>>         }
>>
>> -       if (num_meta) {
>> -               /*
>> -                * tee-supplicant support meta parameters -> requsts can be
>> -                * processed asynchronously.
>> -                */
>> -               param->attr = TEE_IOCTL_PARAM_ATTR_TYPE_VALUE_INOUT |
>> -                             TEE_IOCTL_PARAM_ATTR_META;
>> -               param->u.value.a = id;
>> -               param->u.value.b = 0;
>> -               param->u.value.c = 0;
>> -       } else {
>> -               mutex_lock(&supp->mutex);
>> -               supp->req_id = id;
>> -               mutex_unlock(&supp->mutex);
>> -       }
>> -
>> -       *func = req->func;
>> -       *num_params = req->num_params + num_meta;
>> -       memcpy(param + num_meta, req->param,
>> -              sizeof(struct tee_param) * req->num_params);
>> -
>>         return 0;
>>  }
>>
>> @@ -297,12 +328,21 @@ static struct optee_supp_req *supp_pop_req(struct optee_supp *supp,
>>         if (!req)
>>                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
>>
>> +       /* optee_supp_thrd_req() already returned to optee. */
>> +       if (req == &invalid_req) {
>> +               req = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
>> +               goto failed_req;
>> +       }
>> +
>>         if ((num_params - nm) != req->num_params)
>>                 return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>>
>> +       req->id = -1;
>> +       *num_meta = nm;
>> +failed_req:
>>         idr_remove(&supp->idr, id);
>>         supp->req_id = -1;
>> -       *num_meta = nm;
>> +
>>
>>         return req;
>>  }
>> @@ -328,9 +368,8 @@ int optee_supp_send(struct tee_context *ctx, u32 ret, u32 num_params,
>>
>>         mutex_lock(&supp->mutex);
>>         req = supp_pop_req(supp, num_params, param, &num_meta);
>> -       mutex_unlock(&supp->mutex);
>> -
>>         if (IS_ERR(req)) {
>> +               mutex_unlock(&supp->mutex);
>>                 /* Something is wrong, let supplicant restart. */
>>                 return PTR_ERR(req);
>>         }
>> @@ -358,6 +397,7 @@ int optee_supp_send(struct tee_context *ctx, u32 ret, u32 num_params,
>>
>>         /* Let the requesting thread continue */
>>         complete(&req->c);
>> +       mutex_unlock(&supp->mutex);
>>
>>         return 0;
>>  }
>>
>> ---
>> base-commit: 3be1a7a31fbda82f3604b6c31e4f390110de1b46
>> change-id: 20250604-fix-use-after-free-8ff1b5d5d774
>>
>> Best regards,
>> --
>> Amirreza Zarrabi <amirreza.zarrabi@....qualcomm.com>
>>


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