Re: [PATCH 1/1] iscsi_ibft: KASAN false positive failure occurs in ibft_init()
From: Dmitry Vyukov
Date: Wed Feb 03 2021 - 14:37:05 EST
On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 8:29 PM Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hey Dmitry, Rafael, George, please see below..
>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 10:10:07PM +0100, Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 9:01 PM George Kennedy
> > <george.kennedy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Dmitry,
> > >
> > > On 1/27/2021 1:48 PM, Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 7:44 PM Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> > > <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 01:03:21PM -0500, George Kennedy wrote:
> > >
> > > During boot of kernel with CONFIG_KASAN the following KASAN false
> > > positive failure will occur when ibft_init() reads the
> > > ACPI iBFT table: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ibft_init
> > >
> > > The ACPI iBFT table is not allocated, and the iscsi driver uses
> > > a pointer to it to calculate checksum, etc. KASAN complains
> > > about this pointer with use-after-free, which this is not.
> > >
> > > Andrey, Alexander, Dmitry,
> > >
> > > I think this is the right way for this, but was wondering if you have
> > > other suggestions?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Hi George, Konrad,
> > >
> > > Please provide a sample KASAN report and kernel version to match line numbers.
> > >
> > > 5.4.17-2102.200.0.0.20210106_0000
> > >
> > > [ 24.413536] iBFT detected.
> > > [ 24.414074]
> > > ==================================================================
> > > [ 24.407342] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ibft_init+0x134/0xb8b
> > > [ 24.407342] Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880be452004 by task swapper/0/1
> > > [ 24.407342]
> > > [ 24.407342] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.4.17-2102.200.0.0.20210106_0000.syzk #1
> > > [ 24.407342] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
> > > [ 24.407342] Call Trace:
> > > [ 24.407342] dump_stack+0xd4/0x119
> > > [ 24.407342] ? ibft_init+0x134/0xb8b
> > > [ 24.407342] print_address_description.constprop.6+0x20/0x220
> > > [ 24.407342] ? ibft_init+0x134/0xb8b
> > > [ 24.407342] ? ibft_init+0x134/0xb8b
> > > [ 24.407342] __kasan_report.cold.9+0x37/0x77
> > > [ 24.407342] ? ibft_init+0x134/0xb8b
> > > [ 24.407342] kasan_report+0x14/0x1b
> > > [ 24.407342] __asan_report_load_n_noabort+0xf/0x11
> > > [ 24.407342] ibft_init+0x134/0xb8b
> > > [ 24.407342] ? dmi_sysfs_init+0x1a5/0x1a5
> > > [ 24.407342] ? dmi_walk+0x72/0x89
> > > [ 24.407342] ? ibft_check_initiator_for+0x159/0x159
> > > [ 24.407342] ? rvt_init_port+0x110/0x101
> > > [ 24.407342] ? ibft_check_initiator_for+0x159/0x159
> > > [ 24.407342] do_one_initcall+0xc3/0x44d
> > > [ 24.407342] ? perf_trace_initcall_level+0x410/0x405
> > > [ 24.407342] kernel_init_freeable+0x551/0x673
> > > [ 24.407342] ? start_kernel+0x94b/0x94b
> > > [ 24.407342] ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp1+0x1a/0x1c
> > > [ 24.407342] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x16
> > > [ 24.407342] ? rest_init+0xe6/0xe6
> > > [ 24.407342] kernel_init+0x16/0x1bd
> > > [ 24.407342] ? rest_init+0xe6/0xe6
> > > [ 24.407342] ret_from_fork+0x2b/0x36
> > > [ 24.407342]
> > > [ 24.407342] The buggy address belongs to the page:
> > > [ 24.407342] page:ffffea0002f91480 refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x1
> > > [ 24.407342] flags: 0xfffffc0000000()
> > > [ 24.407342] raw: 000fffffc0000000 ffffea0002fca588 ffffea0002fb1a88 0000000000000000
> > > [ 24.407342] raw: 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
> > > [ 24.407342] page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
> > > [ 24.407342]
> > > [ 24.407342] Memory state around the buggy address:
> > > [ 24.407342] ffff8880be451f00: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
> > > [ 24.407342] ffff8880be451f80: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
> > > [ 24.407342] >ffff8880be452000: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
> > > [ 24.407342] ^
> > > [ 24.407342] ffff8880be452080: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
> > > [ 24.407342] ffff8880be452100: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
> > > [ 24.407342]
> > > ==================================================================
> > > [ 24.407342] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
> > > [ 24.451021] Kernel panic - not syncing: panic_on_warn set ...
> > > [ 24.452002] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G B 5.4.17-2102.200.0.0.20210106_0000.syzk #1
> > > [ 24.452002] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
> > > [ 24.452002] Call Trace:
> > > [ 24.452002] dump_stack+0xd4/0x119
> > > [ 24.452002] ? ibft_init+0x102/0xb8b
> > > [ 24.452002] panic+0x28f/0x6e0
> > > [ 24.452002] ? __warn_printk+0xe0/0xe0
> > > [ 24.452002] ? ibft_init+0x134/0xb8b
> > > [ 24.452002] ? add_taint+0x68/0xb3
> > > [ 24.452002] ? add_taint+0x68/0xb3
> > > [ 24.452002] ? ibft_init+0x134/0xb8b
> > > [ 24.452002] ? ibft_init+0x134/0xb8b
> > > [ 24.452002] end_report+0x4c/0x54
> > > [ 24.452002] __kasan_report.cold.9+0x55/0x77
> > > [ 24.452002] ? ibft_init+0x134/0xb8b
> > > [ 24.452002] kasan_report+0x14/0x1b
> > > [ 24.452002] __asan_report_load_n_noabort+0xf/0x11
> > > [ 24.452002] ibft_init+0x134/0xb8b
> > > [ 24.452002] ? dmi_sysfs_init+0x1a5/0x1a5
> > > [ 24.452002] ? dmi_walk+0x72/0x89
> > > [ 24.452002] ? ibft_check_initiator_for+0x159/0x159
> > > [ 24.452002] ? rvt_init_port+0x110/0x101
> > > [ 24.452002] ? ibft_check_initiator_for+0x159/0x159
> > > [ 24.452002] do_one_initcall+0xc3/0x44d
> > > [ 24.452002] ? perf_trace_initcall_level+0x410/0x405
> > > [ 24.452002] kernel_init_freeable+0x551/0x673
> > > [ 24.452002] ? start_kernel+0x94b/0x94b
> > > [ 24.452002] ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp1+0x1a/0x1c
> > > [ 24.452002] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x16
> > > [ 24.452002] ? rest_init+0xe6/0xe6
> > > [ 24.452002] kernel_init+0x16/0x1bd
> > > [ 24.452002] ? rest_init+0xe6/0xe6
> > > [ 24.452002] ret_from_fork+0x2b/0x36
> > > [ 24.452002] Dumping ftrace buffer:
> > > [ 24.452002] ---------------------------------
> > > [ 24.452002] swapper/-1 1.... 24564337us : rdmaip_init: 2924: rdmaip_init: Active Bonding is DISABLED
> > > [ 24.452002] ---------------------------------
> > > [ 24.452002] Kernel Offset: disabled
> > > [ 24.452002] Rebooting in 1 seconds..
> > >
> > > Why does KASAN think the address is freed? For that to happen that
> > > memory should have been freed. I don't remember any similar false
> > > positives from KASAN, so this looks a bit suspicious.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure why KASAN thinks the address is freed. There are other modules where KASAN/KCOV is disabled on boot.
> > > Could this be for a similar reason?
> >
> > Most of these files are disabled because they cause recursion in
> > instrumentation, or execute too early in bootstrap process (before
> > kasan_init).
> >
> > Somehow the table pointer in ibft_init points to a freed page. I
> > tracked it down to here:
> > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.4.17/source/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c#L399
> > but I can't find where this table_desc->pointer comes from. Perhaps it
>
> It is what the BIOS generated. It usually points to some memory
> location in right under 4GB and the BIOS stashes the DSDT, iBFT, and
> other tables in there.
>
> > uses some allocation method that's not supported by KASAN? However,
> > it's the only such case that I've seen, so it's a bit weird. Could it
> > use something like memblock_alloc? Or maybe that page was in fact
> > freed?... Too bad KASAN does not print free stack for pages, maybe
> > it's not too hard to do if CONFIG_PAGE_OWNER is enabled...
>
> Hm, there is a comment in the acpi_get_table speaking about the
> requirement of having a acpi_put_table and:
>
>
> * DESCRIPTION: Finds and verifies an ACPI table. Table must be in the
> * RSDT/XSDT.
> * Note that an early stage acpi_get_table() call must be paired
> * with an early stage acpi_put_table() call. otherwise the table
> * pointer mapped by the early stage mapping implementation may be
> * erroneously unmapped by the late stage unmapping implementation
> * in an acpi_put_table() invoked during the late stage.
> *
>
> Which would imply that I should use acpi_put_table in the error path
> (see below a patch), but also copy the structure instead of depending
> on ACPI keeping it mapped for me. I think.
Hi Konrad,
Thanks for looking into this.
If ACPI unmaps this page, that would perfectly explain the KASAN report.
George, does this patch eliminate the KASAN report for you?
> CC-ing Rafeal.
>
>
> From c37da50fdfc62cd4f7b23562b55661478c90a17d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 17:28:28 +0000
> Subject: [PATCH] ibft: Put ibft_addr back
>
> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft.c | 19 +++++++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft.c b/drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft.c
> index 7127a04..2a1a033 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft.c
> @@ -811,6 +811,10 @@ static void ibft_cleanup(void)
> ibft_unregister();
> iscsi_boot_destroy_kset(boot_kset);
> }
> + if (ibft_addr) {
> + acpi_put_table((struct acpi_table_header *)ibft_addr);
> + ibft_addr = NULL;
> + }
> }
>
> static void __exit ibft_exit(void)
> @@ -835,13 +839,15 @@ static void __init acpi_find_ibft_region(void)
> {
> int i;
> struct acpi_table_header *table = NULL;
> + acpi_status status;
>
> if (acpi_disabled)
> return;
>
> for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ibft_signs) && !ibft_addr; i++) {
> - acpi_get_table(ibft_signs[i].sign, 0, &table);
> - ibft_addr = (struct acpi_table_ibft *)table;
> + status = acpi_get_table(ibft_signs[i].sign, 0, &table);
> + if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status))
> + ibft_addr = (struct acpi_table_ibft *)table;
> }
> }
> #else
> @@ -870,12 +876,13 @@ static int __init ibft_init(void)
>
> rc = ibft_check_device();
> if (rc)
> - return rc;
> + goto out_free;
>
> boot_kset = iscsi_boot_create_kset("ibft");
> - if (!boot_kset)
> - return -ENOMEM;
> -
> + if (!boot_kset) {
> + rc = -ENOMEM;
> + goto out_free;
> + }
> /* Scan the IBFT for data and register the kobjects. */
> rc = ibft_register_kobjects(ibft_addr);
> if (rc)
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>