Re: [PATCH] tty: hvc: Fix data abort due to race in hvc_open

[Jiri Slaby]

On 11. 05. 20, 9:39, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 12:23:58AM -0700, rananta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> On 2020-05-09 23:48, Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 06:30:56PM -0700, rananta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>> On 2020-05-06 02:48, Greg KH wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 08:26:01PM -0700, Raghavendra Rao Ananta wrote:
>>>>>> Potentially, hvc_open() can be called in parallel when two tasks calls
>>>>>> open() on /dev/hvcX. In such a scenario, if the
>>>>>> hp->ops->notifier_add()
>>>>>> callback in the function fails, where it sets the tty->driver_data to
>>>>>> NULL, the parallel hvc_open() can see this NULL and cause a memory
>>>>>> abort.
>>>>>> Hence, serialize hvc_open and check if tty->private_data is NULL
>>>>>> before
>>>>>> proceeding ahead.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The issue can be easily reproduced by launching two tasks
>>>>>> simultaneously
>>>>>> that does nothing but open() and close() on /dev/hvcX.
>>>>>> For example:
>>>>>> $ ./simple_open_close /dev/hvc0 & ./simple_open_close /dev/hvc0 &
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>  drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
>>>>>>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
>>>>>> b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
>>>>>> index 436cc51c92c3..ebe26fe5ac09 100644
>>>>>> --- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
>>>>>> @@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ static LIST_HEAD(hvc_structs);
>>>>>>   */
>>>>>>  static DEFINE_MUTEX(hvc_structs_mutex);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +/* Mutex to serialize hvc_open */
>>>>>> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(hvc_open_mutex);
>>>>>>  /*
>>>>>>   * This value is used to assign a tty->index value to a hvc_struct
>>>>>> based
>>>>>>   * upon order of exposure via hvc_probe(), when we can not match it
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> @@ -346,16 +348,24 @@ static int hvc_install(struct tty_driver
>>>>>> *driver, struct tty_struct *tty)
>>>>>>   */
>>>>>>  static int hvc_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * filp)
>>>>>>  {
>>>>>> -	struct hvc_struct *hp = tty->driver_data;
>>>>>> +	struct hvc_struct *hp;
>>>>>>  	unsigned long flags;
>>>>>>  	int rc = 0;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +	mutex_lock(&hvc_open_mutex);
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +	hp = tty->driver_data;
>>>>>> +	if (!hp) {
>>>>>> +		rc = -EIO;
>>>>>> +		goto out;
>>>>>> +	}
>>>>>> +
>>>>>>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&hp->port.lock, flags);
>>>>>>  	/* Check and then increment for fast path open. */
>>>>>>  	if (hp->port.count++ > 0) {
>>>>>>  		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hp->port.lock, flags);
>>>>>>  		hvc_kick();
>>>>>> -		return 0;
>>>>>> +		goto out;
>>>>>>  	} /* else count == 0 */
>>>>>>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hp->port.lock, flags);
>>>>>
>>>>> Wait, why isn't this driver just calling tty_port_open() instead of
>>>>> trying to open-code all of this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Keeping a single mutext for open will not protect it from close, it will
>>>>> just slow things down a bit.  There should already be a tty lock held by
>>>>> the tty core for open() to keep it from racing things, right?
>>>> The tty lock should have been held, but not likely across
>>>> ->install() and
>>>> ->open() callbacks, thus resulting in a race between hvc_install() and
>>>> hvc_open(),
>>>
>>> How?  The tty lock is held in install, and should not conflict with
>>> open(), otherwise, we would be seeing this happen in all tty drivers,
>>> right?
>>>
>> Well, I was expecting the same, but IIRC, I see that the open() was being
>> called in parallel for the same device node.
> 
> So open and install are happening at the same time?  And the tty_lock()
> does not protect the needed fields from being protected properly?  If
> not, what fields are being touched without the lock?
> 
>> Is it expected that the tty core would allow only one thread to
>> access the dev-node, while blocking the other, or is it the client
>> driver's responsibility to handle the exclusiveness?
> 
> The tty core should handle this correctly, for things that can mess
> stuff up (like install and open at the same time).  A driver should not
> have to worry about that.
> 
>>>> where hvc_install() sets a data and the hvc_open() clears it.
>>>> hvc_open()
>>>> doesn't
>>>> check if the data was set to NULL and proceeds.
>>>
>>> What data is being set that hvc_open is checking?
>> hvc_install sets tty->private_data to hp, while hvc_open sets it to NULL (in
>> one of the paths).
> 
> I see no use of private_data in drivers/tty/hvc/ so what exactly are you
> referring to?

He likely means tty->driver_data. And there exactly lays the issue.

commit bdb498c20040616e94b05c31a0ceb3e134b7e829
Author: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
Date:   Tue Aug 7 21:48:04 2012 +0200

    TTY: hvc_console, add tty install

added hvc_install but did not move 'tty->driver_data = NULL;' from
hvc_open's fail path to hvc_cleanup.

IOW hvc_open now NULLs tty->driver_data even for another task which
opened the tty earlier. The same holds for "tty_port_tty_set(&hp->port,
NULL);" there. And actually "tty_port_put(&hp->port);" is also incorrect
for the 2nd task opening the tty.

So, a mutex with tty->driver_data check in open is not definitely the
way to go. This mess needs to be sorted out properly. Sure, a good start
would be a conversion to tty_port_open. Right after dropping "tty: hvc:
Fix data abort due to race in hvc_open" from tty/tty-next :).

What I *don't* understand is why hp->ops->notifier_add fails, given the
open does not allow multiple opens anyway?

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs