Re: [PATCH 3/3] usercopy: Add find_vmap_area_try() to avoid deadlocks

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 06:59:57AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> The check_object_size() checks under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY need to be
> more defensive against running from interrupt context. Use a best-effort
> check for VMAP areas when running in interrupt context

I had something more like this in mind:

diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
index 096d48aa3437..2b7c52e76856 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ extern struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_caller(unsigned long size,
 void free_vm_area(struct vm_struct *area);
 extern struct vm_struct *remove_vm_area(const void *addr);
 extern struct vm_struct *find_vm_area(const void *addr);
-struct vmap_area *find_vmap_area(unsigned long addr);
+struct vmap_area *find_vmap_area_try(unsigned long addr);
 
 static inline bool is_vm_area_hugepages(const void *addr)
 {
diff --git a/mm/usercopy.c b/mm/usercopy.c
index c1ee15a98633..e0fb605c1b38 100644
--- a/mm/usercopy.c
+++ b/mm/usercopy.c
@@ -173,7 +173,11 @@ static inline void check_heap_object(const void *ptr, unsigned long n,
 	}
 
 	if (is_vmalloc_addr(ptr)) {
-		struct vmap_area *area = find_vmap_area(addr);
+		struct vmap_area *area = find_vmap_area_try(addr);
+
+		/* We may be in NMI context */
+		if (area == ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN))
+			return;
 
 		if (!area)
 			usercopy_abort("vmalloc", "no area", to_user, 0, n);
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index dd6cdb201195..2ea76cb56d4b 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1829,7 +1829,7 @@ static void free_unmap_vmap_area(struct vmap_area *va)
 	free_vmap_area_noflush(va);
 }
 
-struct vmap_area *find_vmap_area(unsigned long addr)
+static struct vmap_area *find_vmap_area(unsigned long addr)
 {
 	struct vmap_area *va;
 
@@ -1840,6 +1840,18 @@ struct vmap_area *find_vmap_area(unsigned long addr)
 	return va;
 }
 
+struct vmap_area *find_vmap_area_try(unsigned long addr)
+{
+	struct vmap_area *va;
+
+	if (!spin_lock(&vmap_area_lock))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+	va = __find_vmap_area(addr, &vmap_area_root);
+	spin_unlock(&vmap_area_lock);
+
+	return va;
+}
+
 /*** Per cpu kva allocator ***/
 
 /*