Re: [PATCH v2 05/11] iommu/sva: Assign a PASID to mm on PASID allocation and free it on mm exit

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Wed Jan 26 2022 - 09:23:47 EST


On Tue, Jan 25 2022 at 07:18, Fenghua Yu wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 09:55:56PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> /**
> * ioasid_put - Release a reference to an ioasid
> * @ioasid: the ID to remove

which in turn makes ioasid_put() a misnomer and the whole refcounting of
the ioasid a pointless exercise.

While looking at ioasid_put() usage I tripped over the following UAF
issue:

--- a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
@@ -4817,8 +4817,10 @@ static int aux_domain_add_dev(struct dma
auxiliary_unlink_device(domain, dev);
link_failed:
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&device_domain_lock, flags);
- if (list_empty(&domain->subdevices) && domain->default_pasid > 0)
+ if (list_empty(&domain->subdevices) && domain->default_pasid > 0) {
ioasid_put(domain->default_pasid);
+ domain->default_pasid = INVALID_IOASID;
+ }

return ret;
}
@@ -4847,8 +4849,10 @@ static void aux_domain_remove_dev(struct

spin_unlock_irqrestore(&device_domain_lock, flags);

- if (list_empty(&domain->subdevices) && domain->default_pasid > 0)
+ if (list_empty(&domain->subdevices) && domain->default_pasid > 0) {
ioasid_put(domain->default_pasid);
+ domain->default_pasid = INVALID_IOASID;
+ }
}

static int prepare_domain_attach_device(struct iommu_domain *domain,

Vs. ioasid_put() I think we should fold the following:

--- a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
@@ -4818,7 +4818,7 @@ static int aux_domain_add_dev(struct dma
link_failed:
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&device_domain_lock, flags);
if (list_empty(&domain->subdevices) && domain->default_pasid > 0) {
- ioasid_put(domain->default_pasid);
+ ioasid_free(domain->default_pasid);
domain->default_pasid = INVALID_IOASID;
}

@@ -4850,7 +4850,7 @@ static void aux_domain_remove_dev(struct
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&device_domain_lock, flags);

if (list_empty(&domain->subdevices) && domain->default_pasid > 0) {
- ioasid_put(domain->default_pasid);
+ ioasid_free(domain->default_pasid);
domain->default_pasid = INVALID_IOASID;
}
}
--- a/drivers/iommu/ioasid.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/ioasid.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
/*
* I/O Address Space ID allocator. There is one global IOASID space, split into
* subsets. Users create a subset with DECLARE_IOASID_SET, then allocate and
- * free IOASIDs with ioasid_alloc and ioasid_put.
+ * free IOASIDs with ioasid_alloc() and ioasid_free().
*/
#include <linux/ioasid.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ struct ioasid_data {
struct ioasid_set *set;
void *private;
struct rcu_head rcu;
- refcount_t refs;
};

/*
@@ -315,7 +314,6 @@ ioasid_t ioasid_alloc(struct ioasid_set

data->set = set;
data->private = private;
- refcount_set(&data->refs, 1);

/*
* Custom allocator needs allocator data to perform platform specific
@@ -348,17 +346,11 @@ ioasid_t ioasid_alloc(struct ioasid_set
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ioasid_alloc);

/**
- * ioasid_put - Release a reference to an ioasid
+ * ioasid_free - Free an ioasid
* @ioasid: the ID to remove
- *
- * Put a reference to the IOASID, free it when the number of references drops to
- * zero.
- *
- * Return: %true if the IOASID was freed, %false otherwise.
*/
-bool ioasid_put(ioasid_t ioasid)
+void ioasid_free(ioasid_t ioasid)
{
- bool free = false;
struct ioasid_data *ioasid_data;

spin_lock(&ioasid_allocator_lock);
@@ -368,10 +360,6 @@ bool ioasid_put(ioasid_t ioasid)
goto exit_unlock;
}

- free = refcount_dec_and_test(&ioasid_data->refs);
- if (!free)
- goto exit_unlock;
-
active_allocator->ops->free(ioasid, active_allocator->ops->pdata);
/* Custom allocator needs additional steps to free the xa element */
if (active_allocator->flags & IOASID_ALLOCATOR_CUSTOM) {
@@ -381,9 +369,8 @@ bool ioasid_put(ioasid_t ioasid)

exit_unlock:
spin_unlock(&ioasid_allocator_lock);
- return free;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ioasid_put);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ioasid_free);

/**
* ioasid_find - Find IOASID data
--- a/include/linux/ioasid.h
+++ b/include/linux/ioasid.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct ioasid_allocator_ops {
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IOASID)
ioasid_t ioasid_alloc(struct ioasid_set *set, ioasid_t min, ioasid_t max,
void *private);
-bool ioasid_put(ioasid_t ioasid);
+void ioasid_free(ioasid_t ioasid);
void *ioasid_find(struct ioasid_set *set, ioasid_t ioasid,
bool (*getter)(void *));
int ioasid_register_allocator(struct ioasid_allocator_ops *allocator);
@@ -52,10 +52,7 @@ static inline ioasid_t ioasid_alloc(stru
return INVALID_IOASID;
}

-static inline bool ioasid_put(ioasid_t ioasid)
-{
- return false;
-}
+static inline void ioasid_free(ioasid_t ioasid) { }

static inline void *ioasid_find(struct ioasid_set *set, ioasid_t ioasid,
bool (*getter)(void *))
--- a/include/linux/sched/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ static inline void mm_pasid_set(struct m
static inline void mm_pasid_drop(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
if (pasid_valid(mm->pasid)) {
- ioasid_put(mm->pasid);
+ ioasid_free(mm->pasid);
mm->pasid = INVALID_IOASID;
}
}