uevent_show() wants to de-reference dev->driver->name. There is no clean
way for a device attribute to de-reference dev->driver unless that
attribute is defined via (struct device_driver).dev_groups. Instead, the
anti-pattern of taking the device_lock() in the attribute handler risks
deadlocks with code paths that remove device attributes while holding
the lock.
This deadlock is typically invisible to lockdep given the device_lock()
is marked lockdep_set_novalidate_class(), but some subsystems allocate a
local lockdep key for @dev->mutex to reveal reports of the form:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.10.0-rc7+ #275 Tainted: G OE N
------------------------------------------------------
modprobe/2374 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff8c2270070de0 (kn->active#6){++++}-{0:0}, at: __kernfs_remove+0xde/0x220
but task is already holding lock:
ffff8c22016e88f8 (&cxl_root_key){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: device_release_driver_internal+0x39/0x210
which lock already depends on the new lock.
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
-> #1 (&cxl_root_key){+.+.}-{3:3}:
__mutex_lock+0x99/0xc30
uevent_show+0xac/0x130
dev_attr_show+0x18/0x40
sysfs_kf_seq_show+0xac/0xf0
seq_read_iter+0x110/0x450
vfs_read+0x25b/0x340
ksys_read+0x67/0xf0
do_syscall_64+0x75/0x190
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
-> #0 (kn->active#6){++++}-{0:0}:
__lock_acquire+0x121a/0x1fa0
lock_acquire+0xd6/0x2e0
kernfs_drain+0x1e9/0x200
__kernfs_remove+0xde/0x220
kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x5e/0xa0
device_del+0x168/0x410
device_unregister+0x13/0x60
devres_release_all+0xb8/0x110
device_unbind_cleanup+0xe/0x70
device_release_driver_internal+0x1c7/0x210
driver_detach+0x47/0x90
bus_remove_driver+0x6c/0xf0
cxl_acpi_exit+0xc/0x11 [cxl_acpi]
__do_sys_delete_module.isra.0+0x181/0x260
do_syscall_64+0x75/0x190
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
The observation though is that driver objects are typically much longer
lived than device objects. It is reasonable to perform lockless
de-reference of a @driver pointer even if it is racing detach from a
device. Given the infrequency of driver unregistration, use
synchronize_rcu() in module_remove_driver() to close any potential
races. It is potentially overkill to suffer synchronize_rcu() just to
handle the rare module removal racing uevent_show() event.
Thanks to Tetsuo Handa for the debug analysis of the syzbot report [1].
Fixes: c0a40097f0bc ("drivers: core: synchronize really_probe() and dev_uevent()")
Reported-by: syzbot+4762dd74e32532cda5ff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: http://lore.kernel.org/5aa5558f-90a4-4864-b1b1-5d6784c5607d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [1]
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/669073b8ea479_5fffa294c1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.notmuch
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Ashish Sangwan <a.sangwan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/core.c | 13 ++++++++-----
drivers/base/module.c | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 2b4c0624b704..b5399262198a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include <linux/sched/signal.h>
#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
#include <linux/string_helpers.h>
@@ -2640,6 +2641,7 @@ static const char *dev_uevent_name(const struct kobject *kobj)
static int dev_uevent(const struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
{
const struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
+ struct device_driver *driver;
int retval = 0;
/* add device node properties if present */
@@ -2668,8 +2670,12 @@ static int dev_uevent(const struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
if (dev->type && dev->type->name)
add_uevent_var(env, "DEVTYPE=%s", dev->type->name);
- if (dev->driver)
- add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);
+ /* Synchronize with module_remove_driver() */
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ driver = READ_ONCE(dev->driver);
+ if (driver)
+ add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVER=%s", driver->name);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
/* Add common DT information about the device */
of_device_uevent(dev, env);
@@ -2739,11 +2745,8 @@ static ssize_t uevent_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
if (!env)
return -ENOMEM;
- /* Synchronize with really_probe() */
- device_lock(dev);
/* let the kset specific function add its keys */
retval = kset->uevent_ops->uevent(&dev->kobj, env);
- device_unlock(dev);
if (retval)
goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/base/module.c b/drivers/base/module.c
index a1b55da07127..b0b79b9c189d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/module.c
+++ b/drivers/base/module.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include "base.h"
static char *make_driver_name(struct device_driver *drv)
@@ -97,6 +98,9 @@ void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
if (!drv)
return;
+ /* Synchronize with dev_uevent() */
+ synchronize_rcu();
+
sysfs_remove_link(&drv->p->kobj, "module");
if (drv->owner)
