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Message-ID: <CADvbK_ekmHzvyakk-kXA_5thdjS1MVUtAhDKMN6QdeZsysDF-Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 3 Oct 2019 01:28:02 +0800
From:   Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
To:     Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
Cc:     network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org,
        davem <davem@...emloft.net>, Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] sctp: set newsk sk_socket before processing listening
 sk backlog

On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 1:26 AM Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 8:55 PM Marcelo Ricardo Leitner
> <marcelo.leitner@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 04:23:52PM +0800, Xin Long wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 9:04 AM Marcelo Ricardo Leitner
> > > <marcelo.leitner@...il.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 09:10:18PM +0800, Xin Long wrote:
> > > > > This patch is to fix a NULL-ptr deref crash in selinux_sctp_bind_connect:
> > > > >
> > > > >   [...] kasan: GPF could be caused by NULL-ptr deref or user memory access
> > > > >   [...] RIP: 0010:selinux_sctp_bind_connect+0x16a/0x230
> > > > >   [...] Call Trace:
> > > > >   [...]  security_sctp_bind_connect+0x58/0x90
> > > > >   [...]  sctp_process_asconf+0xa52/0xfd0 [sctp]
> > > > >   [...]  sctp_sf_do_asconf+0x782/0x980 [sctp]
> > > > >   [...]  sctp_do_sm+0x139/0x520 [sctp]
> > > > >   [...]  sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x284/0x5c0 [sctp]
> > > > >   [...]  sctp_backlog_rcv+0x45f/0x880 [sctp]
> > > > >   [...]  __release_sock+0x120/0x370
> > > > >   [...]  release_sock+0x4f/0x180
> > > > >   [...]  sctp_accept+0x3f9/0x5a0 [sctp]
> > > > >   [...]  inet_accept+0xe7/0x6f0
> > > > >
> > > > > It was caused by that the 'newsk' sk_socket was not set before going to
> > > > > security sctp hook when doing accept() on a tcp-type socket:
> > > > >
> > > > >   inet_accept()->
> > > > >     sctp_accept():
> > > > >       lock_sock():
> > > > >           lock listening 'sk'
> > > > >                                           do_softirq():
> > > > >                                             sctp_rcv():  <-- [1]
> > > > >                                                 asconf chunk arrived and
> > > > >                                                 enqueued in 'sk' backlog
> > > > >       sctp_sock_migrate():
> > > > >           set asoc's sk to 'newsk'
> > > > >       release_sock():
> > > > >           sctp_backlog_rcv():
> > > > >             lock 'newsk'
> > > > >             sctp_process_asconf()  <-- [2]
> > > > >             unlock 'newsk'
> > > > >     sock_graft():
> > > > >         set sk_socket  <-- [3]
> > > > >
> > > > > As it shows, at [1] the asconf chunk would be put into the listening 'sk'
> > > > > backlog, as accept() was holding its sock lock. Then at [2] asconf would
> > > > > get processed with 'newsk' as asoc's sk had been set to 'newsk'. However,
> > > > > 'newsk' sk_socket is not set until [3], while selinux_sctp_bind_connect()
> > > > > would deref it, then kernel crashed.
> > > >
> > > > Note that sctp will migrate such incoming chunks from sk to newsk in
> > > > sctp_rcv() if they arrived after the mass-migration performed at
> > > > sctp_sock_migrate().
> > > >
> > > > That said, did you explore changing inet_accept() so that
> > > > sk1->sk_prot->accept() would return sk2 still/already locked?
> > > > That would be enough to block [2] from happening as then it would be
> > > > queued on newsk backlog this time and avoid nearly duplicating
> > > > inet_accept(). (too bad for this chunk, hit 2 backlogs..)
> > > We don't have to bother inet_accept() for it. I had this one below,
> > > and I was just thinking the locks order doesn't look nice. Do you
> > > think this is more acceptable?
> > >
> > > @@ -4963,15 +4963,19 @@ static struct sock *sctp_accept(struct sock
> > > *sk, int flags, int *err, bool kern)
> > >          * asoc to the newsk.
> > >          */
> > >         error = sctp_sock_migrate(sk, newsk, asoc, SCTP_SOCKET_TCP);
> > > -       if (error) {
> > > -               sk_common_release(newsk);
> > > -               newsk = NULL;
> > > +       if (!error) {
> > > +               lock_sock_nested(newsk, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
> > > +               release_sock(sk);
> >
> > Interesting. It fixes the backlog processing, ok. Question:
> >
> > > +               release_sock(newsk);
> >
> > As newsk is hashed already and unlocked here to be locked again later
> > on inet_accept(), it could receive a packet in between (thus before
> > sock_graft() could have a chance to run), no?
>
> You're right, it explains another call trace happened once in our testing.
>
> The way to changing inet_accept() will also have to change all protocols'
> .accept(). Given that this issue is only triggered in a very small moment,
> can we just silently discard this asconf chunk if sk->sk_socket is NULL?
> and let peer's T4-timer retransmit it.
>
> @@ -3709,6 +3709,9 @@ enum sctp_disposition sctp_sf_do_asconf(struct net *net,
>         struct sctp_addiphdr *hdr;
>         __u32 serial;
>
> +       if (asoc->base.sk->sk_socket)
sorry, if (!asoc->base.sk->sk_socket) ^
> +               return sctp_sf_pdiscard(net, ep, asoc, type, arg, commands);
> +
>
> Note we can't do this in sctp_process_asconf_param(), as an asconf_ack
> will be sent back.
>
> >
> > > +               *err = error;
> > > +
> > > +               return newsk;
> > >         }
> > >
> > >  out:
> > >         release_sock(sk);
> > >         *err = error;
> > > -       return newsk;
> > > +       return NULL;
> > >  }
> > >
> > > >
> > > > AFAICT TCP code would be fine with such change. Didn't check other
> > > > protocols.
> > > >
> > >

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