Re: [PATCH v3] iommu: Fix potential use-after-free during probe

From: Vijayanand Jitta
Date: Sun Jan 23 2022 - 23:41:57 EST




On 1/22/2022 12:50 AM, Robin Murphy wrote:
> On 2022-01-21 07:16, Vijayanand Jitta wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 1/18/2022 9:27 PM, Vijayanand Jitta wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/18/2022 7:19 PM, Robin Murphy wrote:
>>>> On 2022-01-12 13:13, Vijayanand Jitta wrote:
>>>>> Kasan has reported the following use after free on dev->iommu.
>>>>> when a device probe fails and it is in process of freeing dev->iommu
>>>>> in dev_iommu_free function, a deferred_probe_work_func runs in
>>>>> parallel
>>>>> and tries to access dev->iommu->fwspec in of_iommu_configure path thus
>>>>> causing use after free.
>>>>>
>>>>> BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in of_iommu_configure+0xb4/0x4a4
>>>>> Read of size 8 at addr ffffff87a2f1acb8 by task kworker/u16:2/153
>>>>>
>>>>> Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func
>>>>> Call trace:
>>>>>    dump_backtrace+0x0/0x33c
>>>>>    show_stack+0x18/0x24
>>>>>    dump_stack_lvl+0x16c/0x1e0
>>>>>    print_address_description+0x84/0x39c
>>>>>    __kasan_report+0x184/0x308
>>>>>    kasan_report+0x50/0x78
>>>>>    __asan_load8+0xc0/0xc4
>>>>>    of_iommu_configure+0xb4/0x4a4
>>>>>    of_dma_configure_id+0x2fc/0x4d4
>>>>>    platform_dma_configure+0x40/0x5c
>>>>>    really_probe+0x1b4/0xb74
>>>>>    driver_probe_device+0x11c/0x228
>>>>>    __device_attach_driver+0x14c/0x304
>>>>>    bus_for_each_drv+0x124/0x1b0
>>>>>    __device_attach+0x25c/0x334
>>>>>    device_initial_probe+0x24/0x34
>>>>>    bus_probe_device+0x78/0x134
>>>>>    deferred_probe_work_func+0x130/0x1a8
>>>>>    process_one_work+0x4c8/0x970
>>>>>    worker_thread+0x5c8/0xaec
>>>>>    kthread+0x1f8/0x220
>>>>>    ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
>>>>>
>>>>> Allocated by task 1:
>>>>>    ____kasan_kmalloc+0xd4/0x114
>>>>>    __kasan_kmalloc+0x10/0x1c
>>>>>    kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0xe4/0x3d4
>>>>>    __iommu_probe_device+0x90/0x394
>>>>>    probe_iommu_group+0x70/0x9c
>>>>>    bus_for_each_dev+0x11c/0x19c
>>>>>    bus_iommu_probe+0xb8/0x7d4
>>>>>    bus_set_iommu+0xcc/0x13c
>>>>>    arm_smmu_bus_init+0x44/0x130 [arm_smmu]
>>>>>    arm_smmu_device_probe+0xb88/0xc54 [arm_smmu]
>>>>>    platform_drv_probe+0xe4/0x13c
>>>>>    really_probe+0x2c8/0xb74
>>>>>    driver_probe_device+0x11c/0x228
>>>>>    device_driver_attach+0xf0/0x16c
>>>>>    __driver_attach+0x80/0x320
>>>>>    bus_for_each_dev+0x11c/0x19c
>>>>>    driver_attach+0x38/0x48
>>>>>    bus_add_driver+0x1dc/0x3a4
>>>>>    driver_register+0x18c/0x244
>>>>>    __platform_driver_register+0x88/0x9c
>>>>>    init_module+0x64/0xff4 [arm_smmu]
>>>>>    do_one_initcall+0x17c/0x2f0
>>>>>    do_init_module+0xe8/0x378
>>>>>    load_module+0x3f80/0x4a40
>>>>>    __se_sys_finit_module+0x1a0/0x1e4
>>>>>    __arm64_sys_finit_module+0x44/0x58
>>>>>    el0_svc_common+0x100/0x264
>>>>>    do_el0_svc+0x38/0xa4
>>>>>    el0_svc+0x20/0x30
>>>>>    el0_sync_handler+0x68/0xac
>>>>>    el0_sync+0x160/0x180
>>>>>
>>>>> Freed by task 1:
>>>>>    kasan_set_track+0x4c/0x84
>>>>>    kasan_set_free_info+0x28/0x4c
>>>>>    ____kasan_slab_free+0x120/0x15c
>>>>>    __kasan_slab_free+0x18/0x28
>>>>>    slab_free_freelist_hook+0x204/0x2fc
>>>>>    kfree+0xfc/0x3a4
>>>>>    __iommu_probe_device+0x284/0x394
>>>>>    probe_iommu_group+0x70/0x9c
>>>>>    bus_for_each_dev+0x11c/0x19c
>>>>>    bus_iommu_probe+0xb8/0x7d4
>>>>>    bus_set_iommu+0xcc/0x13c
>>>>>    arm_smmu_bus_init+0x44/0x130 [arm_smmu]
>>>>>    arm_smmu_device_probe+0xb88/0xc54 [arm_smmu]
>>>>>    platform_drv_probe+0xe4/0x13c
>>>>>    really_probe+0x2c8/0xb74
>>>>>    driver_probe_device+0x11c/0x228
>>>>>    device_driver_attach+0xf0/0x16c
>>>>>    __driver_attach+0x80/0x320
>>>>>    bus_for_each_dev+0x11c/0x19c
>>>>>    driver_attach+0x38/0x48
>>>>>    bus_add_driver+0x1dc/0x3a4
>>>>>    driver_register+0x18c/0x244
>>>>>    __platform_driver_register+0x88/0x9c
>>>>>    init_module+0x64/0xff4 [arm_smmu]
>>>>>    do_one_initcall+0x17c/0x2f0
>>>>>    do_init_module+0xe8/0x378
>>>>>    load_module+0x3f80/0x4a40
>>>>>    __se_sys_finit_module+0x1a0/0x1e4
>>>>>    __arm64_sys_finit_module+0x44/0x58
>>>>>    el0_svc_common+0x100/0x264
>>>>>    do_el0_svc+0x38/0xa4
>>>>>    el0_svc+0x20/0x30
>>>>>    el0_sync_handler+0x68/0xac
>>>>>    el0_sync+0x160/0x180
>>>>>
>>>>> Fix this by taking device_lock during probe_iommu_group.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Vijayanand Jitta <quic_vjitta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>    drivers/iommu/iommu.c | 12 ++++++++----
>>>>>    1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
>>>>> index dd7863e..261792d 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
>>>>> @@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@ static int probe_iommu_group(struct device *dev,
>>>>> void *data)
>>>>>    {
>>>>>        struct list_head *group_list = data;
>>>>>        struct iommu_group *group;
>>>>> -    int ret;
>>>>> +    int ret = 0;
>>>>>          /* Device is probed already if in a group */
>>>>>        group = iommu_group_get(dev);
>>>>> @@ -1626,9 +1626,13 @@ static int probe_iommu_group(struct device
>>>>> *dev, void *data)
>>>>>            return 0;
>>>>>        }
>>>>>    -    ret = __iommu_probe_device(dev, group_list);
>>>>> -    if (ret == -ENODEV)
>>>>> -        ret = 0;
>>>>> +    ret = device_trylock(dev);
>>>>> +    if (ret) {
>>>>
>>>> This doesn't seem right - we can't have a non-deterministic situation
>>>> where __iommu_probe_device() may or may not be called depending on what
>>>> anyone else might be doing with the device at the same time.
>>>>
>>>> I don't fully understand how __iommu_probe_device() and
>>>> of_iommu_configure() can be running for the same device at the same
>>>> time, but if that's not a race which can be fixed in its own right,
>>>> then
>>>
>>> Thanks for the review comments.
>>>
>>> During arm_smmu probe, bus_for_each_dev is called which calls
>>> __iommu_probe_device for each all the devs on that bus.
>>>
>>>     __iommu_probe_device+0x90/0x394
>>>     probe_iommu_group+0x70/0x9c
>>>     bus_for_each_dev+0x11c/0x19c
>>>     bus_iommu_probe+0xb8/0x7d4
>>>     bus_set_iommu+0xcc/0x13c
>>>     arm_smmu_bus_init+0x44/0x130 [arm_smmu]
>>>     arm_smmu_device_probe+0xb88/0xc54 [arm_smmu]
>>>
>>> and the deferred probe function is calling of_iommu_configure on the
>>> same dev which is currently in __iommu_probe_device path in this case
>>> thus causing the race.
>>>
>>>> I think adding a refcount to dev_iommu would be a more sensible way to
>>>> mitigate it.
>>>
>>> Right, Adding refcount for dev_iommu should help , I'll post a new patch
>>> with it.
>>>
>>
>> I was seeing if refcount would help here, there is some issues if we add
>> a refcount within struct dev_iommu
>>
>> Here the race between below two functions
>>
>> process 1:
>> static void dev_iommu_free(struct device *dev)
>> {
>>           iommu_fwspec_free(dev);
>>           kfree(dev->iommu);
>>           dev->iommu = NULL;
>> }
>>
>> Process 2:
>> static inline struct iommu_fwspec *dev_iommu_fwspec_get(struct device
>> *dev)
>> {
>>           if (dev->iommu)
>>                   return dev->iommu->fwspec;
>>           else
>>                   return NULL;
>> }
>>
>>
>> when process1 is in kfree(dev->iommu) , process2 passes the check of
>> if(dev->iommu) and later get the use after free error when it accesses
>> dev->iomm->fwspec.
>>
>> Even if we add a refcount within dev_iommu and then call dev_iommu_free
>> when refcount reaches 0, we later can't check this refcount in
>> dev_iommu_fwspec_get since its already freed with kfree.
>> Another issue is iommu_fwspec_free which is called within dev_iommu_free
>> calls dev_iommu_fwspec_get , so this again causes issue with refcount.
>>
>> So, I was thinking of adding something like a bool var iommu_dev_set
>> with in struct device itself and we initialize during dev_iommu_get and
>> set it to zero in dev_iommu_free, rest of the places we just check it.
>>
>> Any thoughts on this ?
>
> Well, yeah... "adding a refcount to dev_iommu" doesn't mean literally
> just bodging an extra variable into code not designed for concurrency,
> it was meant to imply "thoroughly redesign the current dev_iommu
> interfaces to work in a reference-counted manner which actually
> acknowledges concurrent usage". The places that currently call
> dev_iommu_free() would still set dev->iommu to NULL, *then* drop the
> reference from iommu_probe_device(). There wouldn't even need to be an
> iommu_fwspec_free() any more, just an iommu_fwspec_put() that releases
> the reference from iommu_fwspec_get(), and so on. Having thought it
> through this far, though, there are some fiddly bits, and it worries me
> that it might be getting too complex for a quick fix, where the real
> problem is that the concurrency shouldn't exist in the first place.
>
> Is just bodging dev_iommu_free() into a more sensible order enough to
> hide the problem for now? Strictly it might want a memory barrier in
> there, but memory ordering is not what I want to be thinking about at
> dinnertime on a Friday :)
>

Thanks for the review comments.

I See the below reordering should fix this issue, I would keep
iommu_fwspec_free as is, as it is being exported and called from other
paths aswell. I have sent new patch with it.

Thanks,
Vijay

> Robin
>
> ----->8-----
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> index 8b86406b7162..9d58a515709e 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> @@ -207,9 +207,14 @@ static struct dev_iommu *dev_iommu_get(struct
> device *dev)
>
>  static void dev_iommu_free(struct device *dev)
>  {
> -    iommu_fwspec_free(dev);
> -    kfree(dev->iommu);
> +    struct dev_iommu *param = dev->iommu;
> +
>      dev->iommu = NULL;
> +    if (param->fwspec) {
> +        fwnode_handle_put(param->fwspec->iommu_fwnode);
> +        kfree(param->fwspec);
> +    }
> +    kfree(param);
>  }
>
>  static int __iommu_probe_device(struct device *dev, struct list_head
> *group_list)
> @@ -2901,13 +2906,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iommu_fwspec_init);
>
>  void iommu_fwspec_free(struct device *dev)
>  {
> -    struct iommu_fwspec *fwspec = dev_iommu_fwspec_get(dev);
> -
> -    if (fwspec) {
> -        fwnode_handle_put(fwspec->iommu_fwnode);
> -        kfree(fwspec);
> -        dev_iommu_fwspec_set(dev, NULL);
> -    }
> +    /*TODO: dev_iommu made this redundant */
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iommu_fwspec_free);
>

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