Re: [PATCH 0/3] x86/dumpstack: Inline copy_from_user_nmi()

[Yu Zhao]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 8:01 AM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This fixes a find_vmap_area() deadlock. The main fix is patch 2, repeated here:
>
>     The check_object_size() helper under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY is
>     designed to skip any checks where the length is known at compile time as
>     a reasonable heuristic to avoid "likely known-good" cases. However, it can
>     only do this when the copy_*_user() helpers are, themselves, inline too.
>
>     Using find_vmap_area() requires taking a spinlock. The check_object_size()
>     helper can call find_vmap_area() when the destination is in vmap memory.
>     If show_regs() is called in interrupt context, it will attempt a call to
>     copy_from_user_nmi(), which may call check_object_size() and then
>     find_vmap_area(). If something in normal context happens to be in the
>     middle of calling find_vmap_area() (with the spinlock held), the interrupt
>     handler will hang forever.
>
>     The copy_from_user_nmi() call is actually being called with a fixed-size
>     length, so check_object_size() should never have been called in the
>     first place. In order for check_object_size() to see that the length is
>     a fixed size, inline copy_from_user_nmi(), as already done with all the
>     other uaccess helpers.
>
>     Reported-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
>     Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAOUHufaPshtKrTWOz7T7QFYUNVGFm0JBjvM700Nhf9qEL9b3EQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     Reported-by: dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Patch 1 is a refactor for patch 2, and patch 3 should make sure we avoid
> future deadlocks.

Thanks!

Tested-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx>

The same test has been holding up well for a few hours now. It used to
throw that warning in less than half an hour.