[PATCH v2] kernel: bpf: syscall: fix a possible sleep-in-atomic bug in __bpf_prog_put()

From: starmiku1207184332
Date: Tue May 30 2023 - 03:06:30 EST


From: Teng Qi <starmiku1207184332@xxxxxxxxx>

__bpf_prog_put() indirectly calls kvfree() through bpf_prog_put_deferred()
which is unsafe under atomic context. The current
condition ‘in_irq() || irqs_disabled()’ in __bpf_prog_put() to ensure safety
does not cover cases involving the spin lock region and rcu read lock region.
Since __bpf_prog_put() is called by various callers in kernel/, net/ and
drivers/, and potentially more in future, it is necessary to handle those
cases as well.

Although we haven`t found a proper way to identify the rcu read lock region,
we have noticed that vfree() calls vfree_atomic() with the
condition 'in_interrupt()' to ensure safety.

To make __bpf_prog_put() safe in practice, we propose calling
bpf_prog_put_deferred() with the condition 'in_interrupt()' and
using the work queue for any other context.

We also added a comment to indicate that the safety of __bpf_prog_put()
relies implicitly on the implementation of vfree().

Signed-off-by: Teng Qi <starmiku1207184332@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
remove comments because of self explanatory of code.

Fixes: d809e134be7a ("bpf: Prepare bpf_prog_put() to be called from irq context.")
---
kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 14f39c1e573e..96658e5874be 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -2099,7 +2099,7 @@ static void __bpf_prog_put(struct bpf_prog *prog)
struct bpf_prog_aux *aux = prog->aux;

if (atomic64_dec_and_test(&aux->refcnt)) {
- if (in_irq() || irqs_disabled()) {
+ if (!in_interrupt()) {
INIT_WORK(&aux->work, bpf_prog_put_deferred);
schedule_work(&aux->work);
} else {
--
2.25.1