[RFC PATCH] do_exit(): panic() recursion detected

[Vladimir Kondratiev <vladimir.kondratiev@linux.intel.com>]

From: Vladimir Kondratiev <vladimir.kondratiev@intel.com>

Recursive do_exit() is symptom of compromised kernel integrity.
For safety critical systems, it may be better to
panic() in this case to minimize risk.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Kondratiev <vladimir.kondratiev@intel.com>
Change-Id: I42f45900a08c4282c511b05e9e6061360d07db60
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 ++++++
 include/linux/kernel.h                          | 1 +
 kernel/exit.c                                   | 7 +++++++
 kernel/sysctl.c                                 | 9 +++++++++
 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 44fde25bb221..6e12a6804557 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3508,6 +3508,12 @@
 			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
 			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
 
+	panic_on_exit_recursion
+			panic() when do_exit() recursion detected, rather then
+			try to stay running whenever possible.
+			Useful on safety critical systems; re-entry in do_exit
+			is a symptom of compromised kernel integrity.
+
 	panic_on_taint=	Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
 			Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
 			Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 2f05e9128201..5afb20534cb2 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ extern int sysctl_panic_on_rcu_stall;
 extern int sysctl_panic_on_stackoverflow;
 
 extern bool crash_kexec_post_notifiers;
+extern int panic_on_exit_recursion;
 
 /*
  * panic_cpu is used for synchronizing panic() and crash_kexec() execution. It
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 1f236ed375f8..162799a8b539 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 
+int panic_on_exit_recursion __read_mostly;
+core_param(panic_on_exit_recursion, panic_on_exit_recursion, int, 0644);
+
 static void __unhash_process(struct task_struct *p, bool group_dead)
 {
 	nr_threads--;
@@ -757,6 +760,10 @@ void __noreturn do_exit(long code)
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(tsk->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
 		pr_alert("Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed!\n");
+		if (panic_on_exit_recursion)
+			panic("Recursive do_exit() detected in %s[%d]\n",
+			      current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
+
 		futex_exit_recursive(tsk);
 		set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		schedule();
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index afad085960b8..bb397fba2c42 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2600,6 +2600,15 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.extra2		= &one_thousand,
 	},
 #endif
+	{
+		.procname	= "panic_on_exit_recursion",
+		.data		= &panic_on_exit_recursion,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
+	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "panic_on_warn",
 		.data		= &panic_on_warn,
-- 
2.27.0