Re: [PATCH] bpf: Fix sk_psock refcnt leak when receiving message

From: John Fastabend
Date: Sat Apr 25 2020 - 17:17:42 EST


Jakub Sitnicki wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 02:50 PM CEST, Xiyu Yang wrote:
> > tcp_bpf_recvmsg() invokes sk_psock_get(), which returns a reference of
> > the specified sk_psock object to "psock" with increased refcnt.
> >
> > When tcp_bpf_recvmsg() returns, local variable "psock" becomes invalid,
> > so the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced.
> >
> > The reference counting issue happens in several exception handling paths
> > of tcp_bpf_recvmsg(). When those error scenarios occur such as "flags"
> > includes MSG_ERRQUEUE, the function forgets to decrease the refcnt
> > increased by sk_psock_get(), causing a refcnt leak.
> >
> > Fix this issue by calling sk_psock_put() when those error scenarios
> > occur.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---

Thanks Xiyu and Xin. Please add a Fixes tag,

Fixes: e7a5f1f1cd000 ("bpf/sockmap: Read psock ingress_msg before sk_receive_queue")

> > net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c | 8 ++++++--
> > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
> > index 5a05327f97c1..feb6b90672c1 100644
> > --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
> > +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
> > @@ -265,11 +265,15 @@ static int tcp_bpf_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
> > psock = sk_psock_get(sk);
> > if (unlikely(!psock))
> > return tcp_recvmsg(sk, msg, len, nonblock, flags, addr_len);
> > - if (unlikely(flags & MSG_ERRQUEUE))
> > + if (unlikely(flags & MSG_ERRQUEUE)) {
> > + sk_psock_put(sk, psock);
> > return inet_recv_error(sk, msg, len, addr_len);
> > + }
> > if (!skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_receive_queue) &&
> > - sk_psock_queue_empty(psock))
> > + sk_psock_queue_empty(psock)) {
> > + sk_psock_put(sk, psock);
> > return tcp_recvmsg(sk, msg, len, nonblock, flags, addr_len);
> > + }
> > lock_sock(sk);
> > msg_bytes_ready:
> > copied = __tcp_bpf_recvmsg(sk, psock, msg, len, flags);
>
> Thanks for the fix.
>
> We can pull up the error queue read handling, that is the `flags &
> MSG_ERRQUEUE` branch, so that it happens before we grab a psock ref.
>
> The effect is the same because now, if we hit the !psock branch,
> tcp_recvmsg will first check if user wants to read the error queue
> anyway.
>
> That would translate to something like below, in addition to your
> changes.
>
> WDYT?

Sure that seems slightly nicer to me. Xiyu do you mind sending a
v2 with that change.

Thanks again,
John

>
> ---8<---
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
> index 5a05327f97c1..99aa57bd1901 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
> @@ -262,14 +262,17 @@ static int tcp_bpf_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
> struct sk_psock *psock;
> int copied, ret;
>
> + if (unlikely(flags & MSG_ERRQUEUE))
> + return inet_recv_error(sk, msg, len, addr_len);
> +
> psock = sk_psock_get(sk);
> if (unlikely(!psock))
> return tcp_recvmsg(sk, msg, len, nonblock, flags, addr_len);
> - if (unlikely(flags & MSG_ERRQUEUE))
> - return inet_recv_error(sk, msg, len, addr_len);
> if (!skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_receive_queue) &&
> sk_psock_queue_empty(psock))
> return tcp_recvmsg(sk, msg, len, nonblock, flags, addr_len);