[PATCH 1/5] jump label: fix module __init section race

From: Jason Baron
Date: Fri Oct 01 2010 - 17:24:24 EST


Jump label uses is_module_text_address() to ensure that the module
__init sections are valid before updating them. However, between the
check for a valid module __init section and the subsequent jump
label update, the module's __init section could be freed out from under
us.

We fix this potential race by adding a notifier callback to the
MODULE_STATE_LIVE state. This notifier is called *after* the __init
section has been run but before it is going to be freed. In the
callback, the jump label code zeros the key value for any __init jump
code within the module, and we add a check for a non-zero key value when
we update jump labels. In this way we require no additional data
structures.

Thanks to Mathieu Desnoyers for pointing out this race condition.

Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/jump_label.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/jump_label.c b/kernel/jump_label.c
index 7be868b..e2fad92 100644
--- a/kernel/jump_label.c
+++ b/kernel/jump_label.c
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ void jump_label_update(unsigned long key, enum jump_label_type type)
count = e_module->nr_entries;
iter = e_module->table;
while (count--) {
- if (kernel_text_address(iter->code))
+ if (iter->key &&
+ kernel_text_address(iter->code))
arch_jump_label_transform(iter, type);
iter++;
}
@@ -366,6 +367,39 @@ static void remove_jump_label_module(struct module *mod)
}
}

+static void remove_module_init(struct module *mod)
+{
+ struct hlist_head *head;
+ struct hlist_node *node, *node_next, *module_node, *module_node_next;
+ struct jump_label_entry *e;
+ struct jump_label_module_entry *e_module;
+ struct jump_entry *iter;
+ int i, count;
+
+ /* if the module doesn't have jump label entries, just return */
+ if (!mod->num_jump_entries)
+ return;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < JUMP_LABEL_TABLE_SIZE; i++) {
+ head = &jump_label_table[i];
+ hlist_for_each_entry_safe(e, node, node_next, head, hlist) {
+ hlist_for_each_entry_safe(e_module, module_node,
+ module_node_next,
+ &(e->modules), hlist) {
+ if (e_module->mod != mod)
+ continue;
+ count = e_module->nr_entries;
+ iter = e_module->table;
+ while (count--) {
+ if (within_module_init(iter->code, mod))
+ iter->key = 0;
+ iter++;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+}
+
static int
jump_label_module_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long val,
void *data)
@@ -386,6 +420,11 @@ jump_label_module_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long val,
remove_jump_label_module(mod);
mutex_unlock(&jump_label_mutex);
break;
+ case MODULE_STATE_LIVE:
+ mutex_lock(&jump_label_mutex);
+ remove_module_init(mod);
+ mutex_unlock(&jump_label_mutex);
+ break;
}
return ret;
}
--
1.7.1

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