The patch titled Subject: ipc/mqueue.c: update/document memory barriers has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ipc-mqueuec-update-document-memory-barriers.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/ipc-mqueuec-update-document-memory-barriers.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/ipc-mqueuec-update-document-memory-barriers.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ipc/mqueue.c: update/document memory barriers Update and document memory barriers for mqueue.c: - ewp->state is read without any locks, thus READ_ONCE is required. - add smp_aquire__after_ctrl_dep() after the READ_ONCE, we need acquire semantics if the value is STATE_READY. - use wake_q_add_safe() - document why __set_current_state() may be used: Reading task->state cannot happen before the wake_q_add() call, which happens while holding info->lock. Thus the spin_unlock() is the RELEASE, and the spin_lock() is the ACQUIRE. For completeness: there is also a 3 CPU scenario, if the to be woken up task is already on another wake_q. Then: - CPU1: spin_unlock() of the task that goes to sleep is the RELEASE - CPU2: the spin_lock() of the waker is the ACQUIRE - CPU2: smp_mb__before_atomic inside wake_q_add() is the RELEASE - CPU3: smp_mb__after_spinlock() inside try_to_wake_up() is the ACQUIRE Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191020123305.14715-4-manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@xxxxxxx> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <1vier1@xxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- ipc/mqueue.c | 92 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) --- a/ipc/mqueue.c~ipc-mqueuec-update-document-memory-barriers +++ a/ipc/mqueue.c @@ -63,6 +63,66 @@ struct posix_msg_tree_node { int priority; }; +/* + * Locking: + * + * Accesses to a message queue are synchronized by acquiring info->lock. + * + * There are two notable exceptions: + * - The actual wakeup of a sleeping task is performed using the wake_q + * framework. info->lock is already released when wake_up_q is called. + * - The exit codepaths after sleeping check ext_wait_queue->state without + * any locks. If it is STATE_READY, then the syscall is completed without + * acquiring info->lock. + * + * MQ_BARRIER: + * To achieve proper release/acquire memory barrier pairing, the state is set to + * STATE_READY with smp_store_release(), and it is read with READ_ONCE followed + * by smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep(). In addition, wake_q_add_safe() is used. + * + * This prevents the following races: + * + * 1) With the simple wake_q_add(), the task could be gone already before + * the increase of the reference happens + * Thread A + * Thread B + * WRITE_ONCE(wait.state, STATE_NONE); + * schedule_hrtimeout() + * wake_q_add(A) + * if (cmpxchg()) // success + * ->state = STATE_READY (reordered) + * <timeout returns> + * if (wait.state == STATE_READY) return; + * sysret to user space + * sys_exit() + * get_task_struct() // UaF + * + * Solution: Use wake_q_add_safe() and perform the get_task_struct() before + * the smp_store_release() that does ->state = STATE_READY. + * + * 2) Without proper _release/_acquire barriers, the woken up task + * could read stale data + * + * Thread A + * Thread B + * do_mq_timedreceive + * WRITE_ONCE(wait.state, STATE_NONE); + * schedule_hrtimeout() + * state = STATE_READY; + * <timeout returns> + * if (wait.state == STATE_READY) return; + * msg_ptr = wait.msg; // Access to stale data! + * receiver->msg = message; (reordered) + * + * Solution: use _release and _acquire barriers. + * + * 3) There is intentionally no barrier when setting current->state + * to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE: spin_unlock(&info->lock) provides the + * release memory barrier, and the wakeup is triggered when holding + * info->lock, i.e. spin_lock(&info->lock) provided a pairing + * acquire memory barrier. + */ + struct ext_wait_queue { /* queue of sleeping tasks */ struct task_struct *task; struct list_head list; @@ -646,18 +706,23 @@ static int wq_sleep(struct mqueue_inode_ wq_add(info, sr, ewp); for (;;) { + /* memory barrier not required, we hold info->lock */ __set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); spin_unlock(&info->lock); time = schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock(timeout, 0, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS, CLOCK_REALTIME); - if (ewp->state == STATE_READY) { + if (READ_ONCE(ewp->state) == STATE_READY) { + /* see MQ_BARRIER for purpose/pairing */ + smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep(); retval = 0; goto out; } spin_lock(&info->lock); - if (ewp->state == STATE_READY) { + + /* we hold info->lock, so no memory barrier required */ + if (READ_ONCE(ewp->state) == STATE_READY) { retval = 0; goto out_unlock; } @@ -923,16 +988,11 @@ static inline void __pipelined_op(struct struct ext_wait_queue *this) { list_del(&this->list); - wake_q_add(wake_q, this->task); - /* - * Rely on the implicit cmpxchg barrier from wake_q_add such - * that we can ensure that updating receiver->state is the last - * write operation: As once set, the receiver can continue, - * and if we don't have the reference count from the wake_q, - * yet, at that point we can later have a use-after-free - * condition and bogus wakeup. - */ - this->state = STATE_READY; + get_task_struct(this->task); + + /* see MQ_BARRIER for purpose/pairing */ + smp_store_release(&this->state, STATE_READY); + wake_q_add_safe(wake_q, this->task); } /* pipelined_send() - send a message directly to the task waiting in @@ -1049,7 +1109,9 @@ static int do_mq_timedsend(mqd_t mqdes, } else { wait.task = current; wait.msg = (void *) msg_ptr; - wait.state = STATE_NONE; + + /* memory barrier not required, we hold info->lock */ + WRITE_ONCE(wait.state, STATE_NONE); ret = wq_sleep(info, SEND, timeout, &wait); /* * wq_sleep must be called with info->lock held, and @@ -1152,7 +1214,9 @@ static int do_mq_timedreceive(mqd_t mqde ret = -EAGAIN; } else { wait.task = current; - wait.state = STATE_NONE; + + /* memory barrier not required, we hold info->lock */ + WRITE_ONCE(wait.state, STATE_NONE); ret = wq_sleep(info, RECV, timeout, &wait); msg_ptr = wait.msg; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are smp_mb__beforeafter_atomic-update-documentation.patch ipc-mqueuec-update-document-memory-barriers.patch ipc-msgc-update-and-document-memory-barriers.patch ipc-semc-document-and-update-memory-barriers.patch