From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
syzkaller <syzkaller@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: perf: use-after-free in perf_release
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 16:07:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170314150739.GD32474@worktop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170314150241.GO5680@worktop>
On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 04:02:41PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 03:30:11PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> > But. perf_event_init_task() adds child_event to parent_event->child_list.
> >
> > If perf_event_release_kernel(parent_event) is called before copy_process()
> > does perf_event_free_task() which (in particular) removes it from child_list,
> > perf_event_release_kernel() can find this child_event and do get_ctx(ctx)
> > (under the list_for_each_entry(child, &event->child_list, child_list) loop).
>
> Right; the child_list is the only thing that is exposed. And yes, it
> looks like that can interleave just right.
>
> > Then it does put_ctx(ctx), but ctx->task can be already freed by
> > copy_process()->free_task() in this case.
>
>
> Task1 Task2
>
> fork()
> perf_event_init_task()
> /* ... */
> goto bad_fork_$foo;
> /* ... */
> perf_event_free_task()
> mutex_lock(ctx->lock)
> perf_free_event(B)
>
> perf_event_release_kernel(A)
> mutex_lock(A->child_mutex)
> list_for_each_entry(child, ...) {
> /* child == B */
> ctx = B->ctx;
> get_ctx(ctx);
> mutex_unlock(A->child_mutex);
>
> mutex_lock(A->child_mutex)
> list_del_init(B->child_list)
> mutex_unlock(A->child_mutex)
>
> /* ... */
>
> mutex_unlock(ctx->lock);
> put_ctx() /* >0 */
> free_task();
> mutex_lock(ctx->lock);
> mutex_lock(A->child_mutex);
> /* ... */
> mutex_unlock(A->child_mutex);
> mutex_unlock(ctx->lock)
> put_ctx() /* 0 */
> ctx->task && !TOMBSTONE
> put_task_struct() /* UAF */
>
>
> Something like that, right?
>
>
> Let me see if it makes sense to retain perf_event_free_task() at all;
> maybe we should always do perf_event_exit_task().
Do we want a WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&tsk->usage)); in free_task()?
Because in the above scenario we're freeing it with references on.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-03-14 15:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-06 9:57 perf: use-after-free in perf_release Dmitry Vyukov
2017-03-06 12:13 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-06 12:17 ` Dmitry Vyukov
2017-03-06 12:23 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-06 12:27 ` Dmitry Vyukov
2017-03-06 12:47 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-06 13:14 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-06 13:34 ` Dmitry Vyukov
2017-03-07 9:08 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-07 9:26 ` Dmitry Vyukov
2017-03-07 9:37 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-07 9:43 ` Dmitry Vyukov
2017-03-07 10:00 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-07 13:16 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-07 13:27 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-07 14:04 ` Oleg Nesterov
2017-03-07 14:17 ` Dmitry Vyukov
2017-03-07 16:51 ` Oleg Nesterov
2017-03-07 17:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-14 12:55 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-14 13:24 ` Oleg Nesterov
2017-03-14 13:47 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-14 14:03 ` Oleg Nesterov
2017-03-14 14:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-14 14:30 ` Oleg Nesterov
2017-03-14 15:02 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-14 15:07 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2017-03-14 15:37 ` Oleg Nesterov
2017-03-14 15:46 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-14 15:19 ` Oleg Nesterov
2017-03-14 15:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-14 15:59 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-15 16:43 ` Oleg Nesterov
2017-03-16 12:05 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-16 13:57 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-16 16:41 ` Oleg Nesterov
2017-03-16 12:47 [PATCH 0/4] perf patches Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-16 12:47 ` [PATCH 1/4] perf: Fix use-after-free in perf_release() Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-16 15:19 ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf/core: " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-16 12:47 ` [PATCH 2/4] perf: Fix event inheritance on fork() Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-16 15:19 ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf/core: " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-16 12:47 ` [PATCH 3/4] perf: Simplify perf_event_free_task() Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-16 15:20 ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf/core: " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-16 12:47 ` [PATCH 4/4] perf: Better explain the inherit magic Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-16 15:21 ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf/core: " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-16 13:20 ` [PATCH 0/4] perf patches Ingo Molnar
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