Re: [Linux kernel bug] general protection fault in disable_store

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On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 09:08:12PM +0800, Sam Sun wrote:
> Sorry for the mistake I made when debugging this bug. Now I have more
> information about it. Disassembly of function disable_store() in the
> latest upstream kernel is listed below.
> ```
> Dump of assembler code for function disable_store:
>    ...
>    0xffffffff86e907eb <+187>:   lea    -0x8(%r14),%r12
>    0xffffffff86e907ef <+191>:   mov    (%rbx),%rax
>    0xffffffff86e907f2 <+194>:   mov    %rax,0x20(%rsp)
>    0xffffffff86e907f7 <+199>:   lea    -0xa8(%rax),%rdi
>    0xffffffff86e907fe <+206>:   mov    %rdi,0x18(%rsp)
>    0xffffffff86e90803 <+211>:   call   0xffffffff86e20220
> <usb_hub_to_struct_hub>
>    0xffffffff86e90808 <+216>:   mov    %rax,%rbx
>    0xffffffff86e9080b <+219>:   shr    $0x3,%rax
>    0xffffffff86e9080f <+223>:   movabs $0xdffffc0000000000,%rcx
>    0xffffffff86e90819 <+233>:   cmpb   $0x0,(%rax,%rcx,1)
>    0xffffffff86e9081d <+237>:   je     0xffffffff86e90827 <disable_store+247>
>    0xffffffff86e9081f <+239>:   mov    %rbx,%rdi
>    0xffffffff86e90822 <+242>:   call   0xffffffff81eeb0b0
> <__asan_report_load8_noabort>
>    0xffffffff86e90827 <+247>:   lea    0x60(%rsp),%rsi
>    ...
> ```
> The cmpb in disable_store()<+233> is generated by KASAN to check the
> shadow memory status. If equals 0, which means the load 8 is valid,
> pass the KASAN check. However, this time rax is 0, so it first
> triggers general protection fault, since 0xdffffc0000000000 is not a
> valid address. rax contains the return address of function
> usb_hub_to_struct_hub(), in this case is a NULL.
> 
> In function usb_hub_to_struct_hub(), I checked hdev and its sub
> domains, and they are not NULL. Is it possible that
> usb_deauthorized_device() set
> hdev->actconfig->interface[0]->dev.driver_data to NULL? I cannot
> confirm that since every time I try to breakpoint the code it crashes
> differently.

I suspect the usb_hub_to_struct_hub() call is racing with the 
spinlock-protected region in hub_disconnect() (in hub.c).

> If there is any other thing I could help, please let me know.

Try the patch below.  It should eliminate that race, which hopefully 
will fix the problem.

Alan Stern



Index: usb-devel/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
===================================================================
--- usb-devel.orig/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ usb-devel/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
  * change to USB_STATE_NOTATTACHED even when the semaphore isn't held. */
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(device_state_lock);
 
+/* Protect hdev->maxchild and hub's intfdata */
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(hub_state_lock);
+
 /* workqueue to process hub events */
 static struct workqueue_struct *hub_wq;
 static void hub_event(struct work_struct *work);
@@ -152,9 +155,13 @@ static inline char *portspeed(struct usb
 /* Note that hdev or one of its children must be locked! */
 struct usb_hub *usb_hub_to_struct_hub(struct usb_device *hdev)
 {
-	if (!hdev || !hdev->actconfig || !hdev->maxchild)
-		return NULL;
-	return usb_get_intfdata(hdev->actconfig->interface[0]);
+	struct usb_hub *hub = NULL;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&hub_state_lock);
+	if (hdev && hdev->actconfig && hdev->maxchild)
+		hub = usb_get_intfdata(hdev->actconfig->interface[0]);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&hub_state_lock);
+	return hub;
 }
 
 int usb_device_supports_lpm(struct usb_device *udev)
@@ -1714,7 +1721,9 @@ static int hub_configure(struct usb_hub
 			break;
 		}
 	}
+	spin_lock_irq(&hub_state_lock);
 	hdev->maxchild = i;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&hub_state_lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < hdev->maxchild; i++) {
 		struct usb_port *port_dev = hub->ports[i];
 
@@ -1790,9 +1799,11 @@ static void hub_disconnect(struct usb_in
 
 	/* Avoid races with recursively_mark_NOTATTACHED() */
 	spin_lock_irq(&device_state_lock);
+	spin_lock(&hub_state_lock);
 	port1 = hdev->maxchild;
 	hdev->maxchild = 0;
 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
+	spin_unlock(&hub_state_lock);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&device_state_lock);
 
 	for (; port1 > 0; --port1)





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