Re: [PATCH] ima: fix deadlock when traversing "ima_default_rules".

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On 2024/5/7 19:54, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> On Tue, 2024-05-07 at 09:37 +0000, GUO Zihua wrote:
>> From: liqiong <liqiong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> [ Upstream commit eb0782bbdfd0d7c4786216659277c3fd585afc0e ]
>>
>> The current IMA ruleset is identified by the variable "ima_rules"
>> that default to "&ima_default_rules". When loading a custom policy
>> for the first time, the variable is updated to "&ima_policy_rules"
>> instead. That update isn't RCU-safe, and deadlocks are possible.
>> Indeed, some functions like ima_match_policy() may loop indefinitely
>> when traversing "ima_default_rules" with list_for_each_entry_rcu().
>>
>> When iterating over the default ruleset back to head, if the list
>> head is "ima_default_rules", and "ima_rules" have been updated to
>> "&ima_policy_rules", the loop condition (&entry->list != ima_rules)
>> stays always true, traversing won't terminate, causing a soft lockup
>> and RCU stalls.
>>
>> Introduce a temporary value for "ima_rules" when iterating over
>> the ruleset to avoid the deadlocks.
>>
>> Addition:
>>
>> A rcu_read_lock pair is added within ima_update_policy_flag to avoid
>> suspicious RCU usage warning. This pair of RCU lock was added with
>> commit 4f2946aa0c45 ("IMA: introduce a new policy option
>> func=SETXATTR_CHECK") on mainstream.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: liqiong <liqiong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: THOBY Simon <Simon.THOBY@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Fixes: 38d859f991f3 ("IMA: policy can now be updated multiple times")
>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> (Fix sparse: incompatible types in comparison expression.)
>> Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sig=ned-off-by: GUO Zihua <guozihua@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Hi Scott,
> 
> I'm confused by this patch.  Is it meant for upstream?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Mimi
> 
It's a backport from upstream.

-- 
Best
GUO Zihua





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