6.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi memxor@gmail.com
[ Upstream commit a6fcd19d7eac1335eb76bc16b6a66b7f574d1d69 ]
Currently, the same case as previous patch (two timer callbacks trying to cancel each other) can be invoked through bpf_map_update_elem as well, or more precisely, freeing map elements containing timers. Since this relies on hrtimer_cancel as well, it is prone to the same deadlock situation as the previous patch.
It would be sufficient to use hrtimer_try_to_cancel to fix this problem, as the timer cannot be enqueued after async_cancel_and_free. Once async_cancel_and_free has been done, the timer must be reinitialized before it can be armed again. The callback running in parallel trying to arm the timer will fail, and freeing bpf_hrtimer without waiting is sufficient (given kfree_rcu), and bpf_timer_cb will return HRTIMER_NORESTART, preventing the timer from being rearmed again.
However, there exists a UAF scenario where the callback arms the timer before entering this function, such that if cancellation fails (due to timer callback invoking this routine, or the target timer callback running concurrently). In such a case, if the timer expiration is significantly far in the future, the RCU grace period expiration happening before it will free the bpf_hrtimer state and along with it the struct hrtimer, that is enqueued.
Hence, it is clear cancellation needs to occur after async_cancel_and_free, and yet it cannot be done inline due to deadlock issues. We thus modify bpf_timer_cancel_and_free to defer work to the global workqueue, adding a work_struct alongside rcu_head (both used at _different_ points of time, so can share space).
Update existing code comments to reflect the new state of affairs.
Fixes: b00628b1c7d5 ("bpf: Introduce bpf timers.") Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi memxor@gmail.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240709185440.1104957-3-memxor@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov ast@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin sashal@kernel.org --- kernel/bpf/helpers.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c index 79cb5681cf136..6ad7a61c7617f 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c @@ -1084,7 +1084,10 @@ struct bpf_async_cb { struct bpf_prog *prog; void __rcu *callback_fn; void *value; - struct rcu_head rcu; + union { + struct rcu_head rcu; + struct work_struct delete_work; + }; u64 flags; };
@@ -1168,6 +1171,21 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart bpf_timer_cb(struct hrtimer *hrtimer) return HRTIMER_NORESTART; }
+static void bpf_timer_delete_work(struct work_struct *work) +{ + struct bpf_hrtimer *t = container_of(work, struct bpf_hrtimer, cb.delete_work); + + /* Cancel the timer and wait for callback to complete if it was running. + * If hrtimer_cancel() can be safely called it's safe to call + * kfree_rcu(t) right after for both preallocated and non-preallocated + * maps. The async->cb = NULL was already done and no code path can see + * address 't' anymore. Timer if armed for existing bpf_hrtimer before + * bpf_timer_cancel_and_free will have been cancelled. + */ + hrtimer_cancel(&t->timer); + kfree_rcu(t, cb.rcu); +} + static int __bpf_async_init(struct bpf_async_kern *async, struct bpf_map *map, u64 flags, enum bpf_async_type type) { @@ -1207,6 +1225,7 @@ static int __bpf_async_init(struct bpf_async_kern *async, struct bpf_map *map, u t = (struct bpf_hrtimer *)cb;
atomic_set(&t->cancelling, 0); + INIT_WORK(&t->cb.delete_work, bpf_timer_delete_work); hrtimer_init(&t->timer, clockid, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_SOFT); t->timer.function = bpf_timer_cb; cb->value = (void *)async - map->record->timer_off; @@ -1464,25 +1483,39 @@ void bpf_timer_cancel_and_free(void *val) __bpf_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&timer->lock); if (!t) return; - /* Cancel the timer and wait for callback to complete if it was running. - * If hrtimer_cancel() can be safely called it's safe to call kfree(t) - * right after for both preallocated and non-preallocated maps. - * The timer->timer = NULL was already done and no code path can - * see address 't' anymore. - * - * Check that bpf_map_delete/update_elem() wasn't called from timer - * callback_fn. In such case don't call hrtimer_cancel() (since it will - * deadlock) and don't call hrtimer_try_to_cancel() (since it will just - * return -1). Though callback_fn is still running on this cpu it's + /* We check that bpf_map_delete/update_elem() was called from timer + * callback_fn. In such case we don't call hrtimer_cancel() (since it + * will deadlock) and don't call hrtimer_try_to_cancel() (since it will + * just return -1). Though callback_fn is still running on this cpu it's * safe to do kfree(t) because bpf_timer_cb() read everything it needed * from 't'. The bpf subprog callback_fn won't be able to access 't', * since timer->timer = NULL was already done. The timer will be * effectively cancelled because bpf_timer_cb() will return * HRTIMER_NORESTART. + * + * However, it is possible the timer callback_fn calling us armed the + * timer _before_ calling us, such that failing to cancel it here will + * cause it to possibly use struct hrtimer after freeing bpf_hrtimer. + * Therefore, we _need_ to cancel any outstanding timers before we do + * kfree_rcu, even though no more timers can be armed. + * + * Moreover, we need to schedule work even if timer does not belong to + * the calling callback_fn, as on two different CPUs, we can end up in a + * situation where both sides run in parallel, try to cancel one + * another, and we end up waiting on both sides in hrtimer_cancel + * without making forward progress, since timer1 depends on time2 + * callback to finish, and vice versa. + * + * CPU 1 (timer1_cb) CPU 2 (timer2_cb) + * bpf_timer_cancel_and_free(timer2) bpf_timer_cancel_and_free(timer1) + * + * To avoid these issues, punt to workqueue context when we are in a + * timer callback. */ - if (this_cpu_read(hrtimer_running) != t) - hrtimer_cancel(&t->timer); - kfree_rcu(t, cb.rcu); + if (this_cpu_read(hrtimer_running)) + queue_work(system_unbound_wq, &t->cb.delete_work); + else + bpf_timer_delete_work(&t->cb.delete_work); }
BPF_CALL_2(bpf_kptr_xchg, void *, map_value, void *, ptr)