[PATCH -tip ] [BUGFIX] kprobes: Fix a double lock bug of kprobe_mutex

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Thu Apr 18 2013 - 05:35:16 EST


Fix a double locking bug caused when debug.kprobe-optimization=0.
While the proc_kprobes_optimization_handler locks kprobe_mutex,
wait_for_kprobe_optimizer locks it again and that causes a double lock.
To fix the bug, this introduces different mutex for protecting
sysctl parameter and locks it in proc_kprobes_optimization_handler.
Of course, since we need to lock kprobe_mutex when touching kprobes
resources, that is done in *optimize_all_kprobes().

This bug was from ad72b3bea744b4db01c89af0f86f3e8920d354df

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/kprobes.c | 19 +++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index e35be53..3fed7f0 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -794,16 +794,16 @@ out:
}

#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-/* This should be called with kprobe_mutex locked */
static void __kprobes optimize_all_kprobes(void)
{
struct hlist_head *head;
struct kprobe *p;
unsigned int i;

+ mutex_lock(&kprobe_mutex);
/* If optimization is already allowed, just return */
if (kprobes_allow_optimization)
- return;
+ goto out;

kprobes_allow_optimization = true;
for (i = 0; i < KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE; i++) {
@@ -813,18 +813,22 @@ static void __kprobes optimize_all_kprobes(void)
optimize_kprobe(p);
}
printk(KERN_INFO "Kprobes globally optimized\n");
+out:
+ mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex);
}

-/* This should be called with kprobe_mutex locked */
static void __kprobes unoptimize_all_kprobes(void)
{
struct hlist_head *head;
struct kprobe *p;
unsigned int i;

+ mutex_lock(&kprobe_mutex);
/* If optimization is already prohibited, just return */
- if (!kprobes_allow_optimization)
+ if (!kprobes_allow_optimization) {
+ mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex);
return;
+ }

kprobes_allow_optimization = false;
for (i = 0; i < KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE; i++) {
@@ -834,11 +838,14 @@ static void __kprobes unoptimize_all_kprobes(void)
unoptimize_kprobe(p, false);
}
}
+ mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex);
+
/* Wait for unoptimizing completion */
wait_for_kprobe_optimizer();
printk(KERN_INFO "Kprobes globally unoptimized\n");
}

+static DEFINE_MUTEX(kprobe_sysctl_mutex);
int sysctl_kprobes_optimization;
int proc_kprobes_optimization_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void __user *buffer, size_t *length,
@@ -846,7 +853,7 @@ int proc_kprobes_optimization_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
{
int ret;

- mutex_lock(&kprobe_mutex);
+ mutex_lock(&kprobe_sysctl_mutex);
sysctl_kprobes_optimization = kprobes_allow_optimization ? 1 : 0;
ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);

@@ -854,7 +861,7 @@ int proc_kprobes_optimization_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
optimize_all_kprobes();
else
unoptimize_all_kprobes();
- mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex);
+ mutex_unlock(&kprobe_sysctl_mutex);

return ret;
}

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