This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
bpf: Skip task with pid=1 in send_signal_common()
to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
bpf-skip-task-with-pid-1-in-send_signal_common.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 0523b7437f907e8db76e22fd5264a1fe0acdd3f1
Author: Hao Sun <sunhao.th@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Jan 6 16:48:38 2023 +0800
bpf: Skip task with pid=1 in send_signal_common()
[ Upstream commit a3d81bc1eaef48e34dd0b9b48eefed9e02a06451 ]
The following kernel panic can be triggered when a task with pid=1 attaches
a prog that attempts to send killing signal to itself, also see [1] for more
details:
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b
CPU: 3 PID: 1 Comm: systemd Not tainted 6.1.0-09652-g59fe41b5255f #148
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x178 lib/dump_stack.c:106
panic+0x2c4/0x60f kernel/panic.c:275
do_exit.cold+0x63/0xe4 kernel/exit.c:789
do_group_exit+0xd4/0x2a0 kernel/exit.c:950
get_signal+0x2460/0x2600 kernel/signal.c:2858
arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x78/0x5d0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:306
exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:168 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x15f/0x250 kernel/entry/common.c:203
__syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:285 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x50 kernel/entry/common.c:296
do_syscall_64+0x44/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
So skip task with pid=1 in bpf_send_signal_common() to avoid the panic.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20221222043507.33037-1-sunhao.th@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Hao Sun <sunhao.th@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230106084838.12690-1-sunhao.th@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
index c289010b0964..4daf1e044556 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
@@ -793,6 +793,9 @@ static int bpf_send_signal_common(u32 sig, enum pid_type type)
return -EPERM;
if (unlikely(!nmi_uaccess_okay()))
return -EPERM;
+ /* Task should not be pid=1 to avoid kernel panic. */
+ if (unlikely(is_global_init(current)))
+ return -EPERM;
if (irqs_disabled()) {
/* Do an early check on signal validity. Otherwise,
