When client on the host tries to connect(SOCK_STREAM, O_NONBLOCK) to the
server on the guest, there will be a panic on a ThunderX2 (armv8a server):
[ 463.718844] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
[ 463.718848] Mem abort info:
[ 463.718849] ESR = 0x96000044
[ 463.718852] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 463.718853] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 463.718854] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 463.718855] Data abort info:
[ 463.718856] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000044
[ 463.718857] CM = 0, WnR = 1
[ 463.718859] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000008f6f6e9000
[ 463.718861] [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000
[ 463.718866] Internal error: Oops: 96000044 [#1] SMP
[...]
[ 463.718977] CPU: 213 PID: 5040 Comm: vhost-5032 Tainted: G O 5.7.0-rc7+ #139
[ 463.718980] Hardware name: GIGABYTE R281-T91-00/MT91-FS1-00, BIOS F06 09/25/2018
[ 463.718982] pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO)
[ 463.718995] pc : virtio_transport_recv_pkt+0x4c8/0xd40 [vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common]
[ 463.718999] lr : virtio_transport_recv_pkt+0x1fc/0xd40 [vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common]
[ 463.719000] sp : ffff80002dbe3c40
[...]
[ 463.719025] Call trace:
[ 463.719030] virtio_transport_recv_pkt+0x4c8/0xd40 [vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common]
[ 463.719034] vhost_vsock_handle_tx_kick+0x360/0x408 [vhost_vsock]
[ 463.719041] vhost_worker+0x100/0x1a0 [vhost]
[ 463.719048] kthread+0x128/0x130
[ 463.719052] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
The race condition is as follows:
Task1 Task2
===== =====
__sock_release virtio_transport_recv_pkt
__vsock_release vsock_find_bound_socket (found sk)
lock_sock_nested
vsock_remove_sock
sock_orphan
sk_set_socket(sk, NULL)
sk->sk_shutdown = SHUTDOWN_MASK
...
release_sock
lock_sock
virtio_transport_recv_connecting
sk->sk_socket->state (panic!)
The root cause is that vsock_find_bound_socket can't hold the lock_sock,
so there is a small race window between vsock_find_bound_socket() and
lock_sock(). If __vsock_release() is running in another task,
sk->sk_socket will be set to NULL inadvertently.
This fixes it by checking sk->sk_shutdown(suggested by Stefano) after
lock_sock since sk->sk_shutdown is set to SHUTDOWN_MASK under the
protection of lock_sock_nested.
Signed-off-by: Jia He <justin.he@xxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3: - describe the fix of race condition more clearly
- refine the commit log
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index 69efc891885f..0edda1edf988 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -1132,6 +1132,14 @@ void virtio_transport_recv_pkt(struct virtio_transport *t,
lock_sock(sk);
+ /* Check if sk has been released before lock_sock */
+ if (sk->sk_shutdown == SHUTDOWN_MASK) {
+ (void)virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, pkt);
+ release_sock(sk);
+ sock_put(sk);
+ goto free_pkt;
+ }
+
/* Update CID in case it has changed after a transport reset event */
vsk->local_addr.svm_cid = dst.svm_cid;
--
2.17.1
