From: madhuparnabhowmik10@gmail.com
To: zohar@linux.ibm.com, jmorris@namei.org, serge@hallyn.com,
paulmck@kernel.org
Cc: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, joel@joelfernandes.org,
frextrite@gmail.com,
linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org,
Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] integrity: evm: Fix RCU list related warnings.
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 21:32:05 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200430160205.17798-1-madhuparnabhowmik10@gmail.com> (raw)
From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@gmail.com>
This patch fixes the following warning and few other
instances of traversal of evm_config_xattrnames list:
[ 32.848432] =============================
[ 32.848707] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
[ 32.848966] 5.7.0-rc1-00006-ga8d5875ce5f0b #1 Not tainted
[ 32.849308] -----------------------------
[ 32.849567] security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c:231 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!!
Since entries are only added to the list and never deleted,
use list_For_each_entry_lockless() instead of
list_for_each_entry_rcu() for traversing the list.
Also, add a relevant comment in evm_secfs.c to indicate this fact.
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@gmail.com>
---
security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c | 2 +-
security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c | 4 ++--
security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c | 9 ++++++++-
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
index 35682852ddea..b2dc87da5f50 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static int evm_calc_hmac_or_hash(struct dentry *dentry,
data->hdr.length = crypto_shash_digestsize(desc->tfm);
error = -ENODATA;
- list_for_each_entry_rcu(xattr, &evm_config_xattrnames, list) {
+ list_for_each_entry_lockless(xattr, &evm_config_xattrnames, list) {
bool is_ima = false;
if (strcmp(xattr->name, XATTR_NAME_IMA) == 0)
diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index d361d7fdafc4..0d36259b690d 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static int evm_find_protected_xattrs(struct dentry *dentry)
if (!(inode->i_opflags & IOP_XATTR))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- list_for_each_entry_rcu(xattr, &evm_config_xattrnames, list) {
+ list_for_each_entry_lockless(xattr, &evm_config_xattrnames, list) {
error = __vfs_getxattr(dentry, inode, xattr->name, NULL, 0);
if (error < 0) {
if (error == -ENODATA)
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static int evm_protected_xattr(const char *req_xattr_name)
struct xattr_list *xattr;
namelen = strlen(req_xattr_name);
- list_for_each_entry_rcu(xattr, &evm_config_xattrnames, list) {
+ list_for_each_entry_lockless(xattr, &evm_config_xattrnames, list) {
if ((strlen(xattr->name) == namelen)
&& (strncmp(req_xattr_name, xattr->name, namelen) == 0)) {
found = 1;
diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c
index 39ad1038d45d..cfc3075769bb 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c
@@ -232,7 +232,14 @@ static ssize_t evm_write_xattrs(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
goto out;
}
- /* Guard against races in evm_read_xattrs */
+ /*
+ * xattr_list_mutex guards against races in evm_read_xattrs().
+ * Entries are only added to the evm_config_xattrnames list
+ * and never deleted. Therefore, the list is traversed
+ * using list_for_each_entry_lockless() without holding
+ * the mutex in evm_calc_hmac_or_hash(), evm_find_protected_xattrs()
+ * and evm_protected_xattr().
+ */
mutex_lock(&xattr_list_mutex);
list_for_each_entry(tmp, &evm_config_xattrnames, list) {
if (strcmp(xattr->name, tmp->name) == 0) {
--
2.17.1
next reply other threads:[~2020-04-30 16:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-30 16:02 madhuparnabhowmik10 [this message]
2020-04-30 16:25 ` [PATCH] integrity: evm: Fix RCU list related warnings Paul E. McKenney
2020-05-08 0:14 ` Stephen Rothwell
2020-05-08 0:23 ` Mimi Zohar
2020-05-08 1:21 ` Stephen Rothwell
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