[PATCH AUTOSEL 5.4 072/330] kernel/notifier.c: intercept duplicate registrations to avoid infinite loops

[Sasha Levin]

From: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 1a50cb80f219c44adb6265f5071b81fc3c1deced ]

Registering the same notifier to a hook repeatedly can cause the hook
list to form a ring or lose other members of the list.

  case1: An infinite loop in notifier_chain_register() can cause soft lockup
          atomic_notifier_chain_register(&test_notifier_list, &test1);
          atomic_notifier_chain_register(&test_notifier_list, &test1);
          atomic_notifier_chain_register(&test_notifier_list, &test2);

  case2: An infinite loop in notifier_chain_register() can cause soft lockup
          atomic_notifier_chain_register(&test_notifier_list, &test1);
          atomic_notifier_chain_register(&test_notifier_list, &test1);
          atomic_notifier_call_chain(&test_notifier_list, 0, NULL);

  case3: lose other hook test2
          atomic_notifier_chain_register(&test_notifier_list, &test1);
          atomic_notifier_chain_register(&test_notifier_list, &test2);
          atomic_notifier_chain_register(&test_notifier_list, &test1);

  case4: Unregister returns 0, but the hook is still in the linked list,
         and it is not really registered. If you call
         notifier_call_chain after ko is unloaded, it will trigger oops.

If the system is configured with softlockup_panic and the same hook is
repeatedly registered on the panic_notifier_list, it will cause a loop
panic.

Add a check in notifier_chain_register(), intercepting duplicate
registrations to avoid infinite loops

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1568861888-34045-2-git-send-email-nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/notifier.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/notifier.c b/kernel/notifier.c
index 157d7c29f7207..f6d5ffe4e72ec 100644
--- a/kernel/notifier.c
+++ b/kernel/notifier.c
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ static int notifier_chain_register(struct notifier_block **nl,
 		struct notifier_block *n)
 {
 	while ((*nl) != NULL) {
-		WARN_ONCE(((*nl) == n), "double register detected");
+		if (unlikely((*nl) == n)) {
+			WARN(1, "double register detected");
+			return 0;
+		}
 		if (n->priority > (*nl)->priority)
 			break;
 		nl = &((*nl)->next);
-- 
2.25.1