From: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
To: Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@gmx.de>,
peterhuewe@gmx.de, jarkko@kernel.org
Cc: jgg@ziepe.ca, stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com, stable@vger.kernel.org,
linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Lino Sanfilippo <l.sanfilippo@kunbus.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] tpm: fix reference counting for struct tpm_chip
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2021 19:46:52 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b36db793-9b40-92a8-19ef-4853ea10f775@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1612482643-11796-2-git-send-email-LinoSanfilippo@gmx.de>
On 2/4/21 6:50 PM, Lino Sanfilippo wrote:
> From: Lino Sanfilippo <l.sanfilippo@kunbus.com>
>
> The following sequence of operations results in a refcount warning:
>
> 1. Open device /dev/tpmrm
> 2. Remove module tpm_tis_spi
> 3. Write a TPM command to the file descriptor opened at step 1.
>
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1161 at lib/refcount.c:25 kobject_get+0xa0/0xa4
> refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.
> Modules linked in: tpm_tis_spi tpm_tis_core tpm mdio_bcm_unimac brcmfmac
> sha256_generic libsha256 sha256_arm hci_uart btbcm bluetooth cfg80211 vc4
> brcmutil ecdh_generic ecc snd_soc_core crc32_arm_ce libaes
> raspberrypi_hwmon ac97_bus snd_pcm_dmaengine bcm2711_thermal snd_pcm
> snd_timer genet snd phy_generic soundcore [last unloaded: spi_bcm2835]
> CPU: 3 PID: 1161 Comm: hold_open Not tainted 5.10.0ls-main-dirty #2
> Hardware name: BCM2711
> [<c0410c3c>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c040b580>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
> [<c040b580>] (show_stack) from [<c1092174>] (dump_stack+0xc4/0xd8)
> [<c1092174>] (dump_stack) from [<c0445a30>] (__warn+0x104/0x108)
> [<c0445a30>] (__warn) from [<c0445aa8>] (warn_slowpath_fmt+0x74/0xb8)
> [<c0445aa8>] (warn_slowpath_fmt) from [<c08435d0>] (kobject_get+0xa0/0xa4)
> [<c08435d0>] (kobject_get) from [<bf0a715c>] (tpm_try_get_ops+0x14/0x54 [tpm])
> [<bf0a715c>] (tpm_try_get_ops [tpm]) from [<bf0a7d6c>] (tpm_common_write+0x38/0x60 [tpm])
> [<bf0a7d6c>] (tpm_common_write [tpm]) from [<c05a7ac0>] (vfs_write+0xc4/0x3c0)
> [<c05a7ac0>] (vfs_write) from [<c05a7ee4>] (ksys_write+0x58/0xcc)
> [<c05a7ee4>] (ksys_write) from [<c04001a0>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x4c)
> Exception stack(0xc226bfa8 to 0xc226bff0)
> bfa0: 00000000 000105b4 00000003 beafe664 00000014 00000000
> bfc0: 00000000 000105b4 000103f8 00000004 00000000 00000000 b6f9c000 beafe684
> bfe0: 0000006c beafe648 0001056c b6eb6944
> ---[ end trace d4b8409def9b8b1f ]---
>
> The reason for this warning is the attempt to get the chip->dev reference
> in tpm_common_write() although the reference counter is already zero.
>
> Since commit 8979b02aaf1d ("tpm: Fix reference count to main device") the
> extra reference used to prevent a premature zero counter is never taken,
> because the required TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2 flag is never set.
>
> Fix this by removing the flag condition.
>
> Commit fdc915f7f719 ("tpm: expose spaces via a device link /dev/tpmrm<n>")
> already introduced function tpm_devs_release() to release the extra
> reference but did not implement the required put on chip->devs that results
> in the call of this function.
>
> Fix this also by installing an action handler that puts chip->devs as soon
> as the chip is unregistered.
>
> Fixes: fdc915f7f719 ("tpm: expose spaces via a device link /dev/tpmrm<n>")
> Fixes: 8979b02aaf1d ("tpm: Fix reference count to main device")
> Signed-off-by: Lino Sanfilippo <l.sanfilippo@kunbus.com>
Tested-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
Steps:
modprobe tpm_vtpm_proxy
swtpm chardev --vtpm-proxy --tpm2 --tpmstate dir=./ &
exec 100<>/dev/tpmrm1
kill -9 <swtpm pid>
rmmod tpm_vtpm_proxy
exec 100>&- # fails before, works after --> great job! :-)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-05 0:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-04 23:50 [PATCH v3 0/2] TPM fixes Lino Sanfilippo
2021-02-04 23:50 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] tpm: fix reference counting for struct tpm_chip Lino Sanfilippo
2021-02-05 0:46 ` Stefan Berger [this message]
2021-02-05 1:44 ` Stefan Berger
2021-02-05 2:01 ` James Bottomley
2021-02-05 10:52 ` Lino Sanfilippo
2021-02-05 13:29 ` Stefan Berger
2021-02-05 10:34 ` Lino Sanfilippo
2021-02-05 6:50 ` Greg KH
2021-02-05 13:05 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-02-05 14:55 ` Lino Sanfilippo
2021-02-05 15:15 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-02-05 15:50 ` Lino Sanfilippo
2021-02-05 15:58 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-02-05 21:50 ` Lino Sanfilippo
2021-02-06 0:39 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-02-04 23:50 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] tpm: in tpm2_del_space check if ops pointer is still valid Lino Sanfilippo
2021-02-05 0:34 ` James Bottomley
2021-02-05 2:18 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-02-05 16:48 ` James Bottomley
2021-02-05 17:25 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-02-05 17:54 ` James Bottomley
2021-02-06 1:02 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-02-06 1:08 ` James Bottomley
2021-02-06 1:34 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-02-09 11:52 ` Lino Sanfilippo
2021-02-09 13:36 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-02-09 13:39 ` Lino Sanfilippo
2021-02-12 11:02 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-02-12 10:59 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-02-14 17:22 ` Lino Sanfilippo
2021-02-05 10:30 ` Lino Sanfilippo
2021-03-06 16:07 ` Lino Sanfilippo
2021-02-05 6:51 ` Greg KH
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