[PATCH 3.16 191/202] perf/core: Fix perf_event_open() vs. execve() race

[Ben Hutchings]

3.16.66-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 79c9ce57eb2d5f1497546a3946b4ae21b6fdc438 upstream.

Jann reported that the ptrace_may_access() check in
find_lively_task_by_vpid() is racy against exec().

Specifically:

  perf_event_open()		execve()

  ptrace_may_access()
				commit_creds()
  ...				if (get_dumpable() != SUID_DUMP_USER)
				  perf_event_exit_task();
  perf_install_in_context()

would result in installing a counter across the creds boundary.

Fix this by wrapping lots of perf_event_open() in cred_guard_mutex.
This should be fine as perf_event_exit_task() is already called with
cred_guard_mutex held, so all perf locks already nest inside it.

Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16:
 - Update another failure path in perf_event_open()
 - Adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -936,6 +936,7 @@ static void put_ctx(struct perf_event_co
  * function.
  *
  * Lock order:
+ *    cred_guard_mutex
  *	task_struct::perf_event_mutex
  *	  perf_event_context::mutex
  *	    perf_event_context::lock
@@ -3231,7 +3232,6 @@ static struct task_struct *
 find_lively_task_by_vpid(pid_t vpid)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task;
-	int err;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (!vpid)
@@ -3245,16 +3245,7 @@ find_lively_task_by_vpid(pid_t vpid)
 	if (!task)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
 
-	/* Reuse ptrace permission checks for now. */
-	err = -EACCES;
-	if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS))
-		goto errout;
-
 	return task;
-errout:
-	put_task_struct(task);
-	return ERR_PTR(err);
-
 }
 
 /*
@@ -7491,18 +7482,36 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 
 	get_online_cpus();
 
+	if (task) {
+		err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
+		if (err)
+			goto err_cpus;
+
+		/*
+		 * Reuse ptrace permission checks for now.
+		 *
+		 * We must hold cred_guard_mutex across this and any potential
+		 * perf_install_in_context() call for this new event to
+		 * serialize against exec() altering our credentials (and the
+		 * perf_event_exit_task() that could imply).
+		 */
+		err = -EACCES;
+		if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS))
+			goto err_cred;
+	}
+
 	event = perf_event_alloc(&attr, cpu, task, group_leader, NULL,
 				 NULL, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(event)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(event);
-		goto err_cpus;
+		goto err_cred;
 	}
 
 	if (flags & PERF_FLAG_PID_CGROUP) {
 		err = perf_cgroup_connect(pid, event, &attr, group_leader);
 		if (err) {
 			__free_event(event);
-			goto err_cpus;
+			goto err_cred;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -7552,11 +7561,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 		goto err_alloc;
 	}
 
-	if (task) {
-		put_task_struct(task);
-		task = NULL;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Look up the group leader (we will attach this event to it):
 	 */
@@ -7658,6 +7662,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->parent_ctx);
 
+	/*
+	 * This is the point on no return; we cannot fail hereafter. This is
+	 * where we start modifying current state.
+	 */
+
 	if (move_group) {
 		/*
 		 * Wait for everybody to stop referencing the events through
@@ -7683,6 +7692,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
 
+	if (task) {
+		mutex_unlock(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
+		put_task_struct(task);
+	}
+
 	put_online_cpus();
 
 	event->owner = current;
@@ -7722,6 +7736,9 @@ err_alloc:
 	 */
 	if (!event_file)
 		free_event(event);
+err_cred:
+	if (task)
+		mutex_unlock(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
 err_cpus:
 	put_online_cpus();
 err_task:
@@ -7956,6 +7973,9 @@ static void perf_event_exit_task_context
 
 /*
  * When a child task exits, feed back event values to parent events.
+ *
+ * Can be called with cred_guard_mutex held when called from
+ * install_exec_creds().
  */
 void perf_event_exit_task(struct task_struct *child)
 {