netdev - Re: [PATCH net v4] net/mlx5e: Fix a race in command alloc flow

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Message-ID: <ZXDsyLyQYWW4OZN3@x130>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 13:51:04 -0800
From: Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>
To: Shifeng Li <lishifeng@...gfor.com.cn>
Cc: saeedm@...dia.com, leon@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
	eranbe@...lanox.com, moshe@...lanox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dinghui@...gfor.com.cn, lishifeng1992@....com,
	Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v4] net/mlx5e: Fix a race in command alloc flow

On 02 Dec 00:01, Shifeng Li wrote:
>Fix a cmd->ent use after free due to a race on command entry.
>Such race occurs when one of the commands releases its last refcount and
>frees its index and entry while another process running command flush
>flow takes refcount to this command entry. The process which handles
>commands flush may see this command as needed to be flushed if the other
>process allocated a ent->idx but didn't set ent to cmd->ent_arr in
>cmd_work_handler(). Fix it by moving the assignment of cmd->ent_arr into
>the spin lock.
>
>[70013.081955] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions+0x1e2/0x4c0 [mlx5_core]
>[70013.081967] Write of size 4 at addr ffff88880b1510b4 by task kworker/26:1/1433361
>[70013.081968]
>[70013.082028] Workqueue: events aer_isr
>[70013.082053] Call Trace:
>[70013.082067]  dump_stack+0x8b/0xbb
>[70013.082086]  print_address_description+0x6a/0x270
>[70013.082102]  kasan_report+0x179/0x2c0
>[70013.082173]  mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions+0x1e2/0x4c0 [mlx5_core]
>[70013.082267]  mlx5_cmd_flush+0x80/0x180 [mlx5_core]
>[70013.082304]  mlx5_enter_error_state+0x106/0x1d0 [mlx5_core]
>[70013.082338]  mlx5_try_fast_unload+0x2ea/0x4d0 [mlx5_core]
>[70013.082377]  remove_one+0x200/0x2b0 [mlx5_core]
>[70013.082409]  pci_device_remove+0xf3/0x280
>[70013.082439]  device_release_driver_internal+0x1c3/0x470
>[70013.082453]  pci_stop_bus_device+0x109/0x160
>[70013.082468]  pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0xe/0x20
>[70013.082485]  pcie_do_fatal_recovery+0x167/0x550
>[70013.082493]  aer_isr+0x7d2/0x960
>[70013.082543]  process_one_work+0x65f/0x12d0
>[70013.082556]  worker_thread+0x87/0xb50
>[70013.082571]  kthread+0x2e9/0x3a0
>[70013.082592]  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40
>
>The logical relationship of this error is as follows:
>
>             aer_recover_work              |          ent->work
>-------------------------------------------+------------------------------
>aer_recover_work_func                      |
>|- pcie_do_recovery                        |
>  |- report_error_detected                 |
>    |- mlx5_pci_err_detected               |cmd_work_handler
>      |- mlx5_enter_error_state            |  |- cmd_alloc_index
>        |- enter_error_state               |    |- lock cmd->alloc_lock
>          |- mlx5_cmd_flush                |    |- clear_bit
>            |- mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions|    |- unlock cmd->alloc_lock
>              |- lock cmd->alloc_lock      |
>              |- vector = ~dev->cmd.vars.bitmask
>              |- for_each_set_bit          |
>                |- cmd_ent_get(cmd->ent_arr[i]) (UAF)
>              |- unlock cmd->alloc_lock    |  |- cmd->ent_arr[ent->idx]=ent
>
>The cmd->ent_arr[ent->idx] assignment and the bit clearing are not
>protected by the cmd->alloc_lock in cmd_work_handler().
>
>Fixes: 50b2412b7e78 ("net/mlx5: Avoid possible free of command entry while timeout comp handler")
>Reviewed-by: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...dia.com>
>Signed-off-by: Shifeng Li <lishifeng@...gfor.com.cn>


LGTM,
Applied to net-mlx5.

Thanks,
Saeed.