Re: [PATCH v2] poll: Fix use-after-free in poll_freewait()

From: Suren Baghdasaryan
Date: Tue Jun 20 2023 - 20:10:18 EST


On Sun, Jun 18, 2023 at 6:28 AM lujialin (A) <lujialin4@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Suren:
>
> kernel config:
> x86_64_defconfig
> CONFIG_PSI=y
> CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y
> CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON=y
> CONFIG_KASAN=y
> CONFIG_KASAN_INLINE=y
>
> I make some change in code, in order to increase the recurrence probability.
> diff --git a/fs/select.c b/fs/select.c
> index 5edffee1162c..5ee5b74a8386 100644
> --- a/fs/select.c
> +++ b/fs/select.c
> @@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ void poll_freewait(struct poll_wqueues *pwq)
> {
> struct poll_table_page * p = pwq->table;
> int i;
> + mdelay(50);
> for (i = 0; i < pwq->inline_index; i++)
> free_poll_entry(pwq->inline_entries + i);
> while (p) {
>
> Here is the simple repo test.sh:
> #!/bin/bash
>
> RESOURCE_TYPES=("cpu" "memory" "io" "irq")
> #RESOURCE_TYPES=("cpu")
> cgroup_num=50
> test_dir=/sys/fs/cgroup/test
>
> function restart_cgroup() {
> num=$(expr $RANDOM % $cgroup_num + 1)
> rmdir $test_dir/test_$num
> mkdir $test_dir/test_$num
> }
>
> function create_triggers() {
> num=$(expr $RANDOM % $cgroup_num + 1)
> random=$(expr $RANDOM % "${#RESOURCE_TYPES[@]}")
> psi_type="${RESOURCE_TYPES[${random}]}"
> ./psi_monitor $test_dir/test_$num $psi_type &
> }
>
> mkdir $test_dir
> for i in $(seq 1 $cgroup_num)
> do
> mkdir $test_dir/test_$i
> done
> for j in $(seq 1 100)
> do
> restart_cgroup &
> create_triggers &
> done
>
> psi_monitor.c:
> #include <errno.h>
> #include <fcntl.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <poll.h>
> #include <string.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
>
> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
> const char trig[] = "full 1000000 1000000";
> struct pollfd fds;
> char filename[100];
>
> sprintf(filename, "%s/%s.pressure", argv[1], argv[2]);
>
> fds.fd = open(filename, O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK);
> if (fds.fd < 0) {
> printf("%s open error: %s\n", filename,strerror(errno));
> return 1;
> }
> fds.events = POLLPRI;
> if (write(fds.fd, trig, strlen(trig) + 1) < 0) {
> printf("%s write error: %s\n",filename,strerror(errno));
> return 1;
> }
> while (1) {
> poll(&fds, 1, -1);
> }
> close(fds.fd);
> return 0;
> }

Thanks a lot!
I'll try to get this reproduced and fixed by the end of this week.
Suren.

> Thanks,
> Lu
> 在 2023/6/16 7:13, Suren Baghdasaryan 写道:
> > On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 11:19 AM Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 10:40 AM Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 03:07:33PM +0800, Lu Jialin wrote:
> >>>> We found a UAF bug in remove_wait_queue as follows:
> >>>>
> >>>> ==================================================================
> >>>> BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x71/0xe0
> >>>> Write of size 4 at addr ffff8881150d7b28 by task psi_trigger/15306
> >>>> Call Trace:
> >>>> dump_stack+0x9c/0xd3
> >>>> print_address_description.constprop.0+0x19/0x170
> >>>> __kasan_report.cold+0x6c/0x84
> >>>> kasan_report+0x3a/0x50
> >>>> check_memory_region+0xfd/0x1f0
> >>>> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x71/0xe0
> >>>> remove_wait_queue+0x26/0xc0
> >>>> poll_freewait+0x6b/0x120
> >>>> do_sys_poll+0x305/0x400
> >>>> do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40
> >>>> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xc6
> >>>>
> >>>> Allocated by task 15306:
> >>>> kasan_save_stack+0x1b/0x40
> >>>> __kasan_kmalloc.constprop.0+0xb5/0xe0
> >>>> psi_trigger_create.part.0+0xfc/0x450
> >>>> cgroup_pressure_write+0xfc/0x3b0
> >>>> cgroup_file_write+0x1b3/0x390
> >>>> kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x224/0x2e0
> >>>> new_sync_write+0x2ac/0x3a0
> >>>> vfs_write+0x365/0x430
> >>>> ksys_write+0xd5/0x1b0
> >>>> do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40
> >>>> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xc6
> >>>>
> >>>> Freed by task 15850:
> >>>> kasan_save_stack+0x1b/0x40
> >>>> kasan_set_track+0x1c/0x30
> >>>> kasan_set_free_info+0x20/0x40
> >>>> __kasan_slab_free+0x151/0x180
> >>>> kfree+0xba/0x680
> >>>> cgroup_file_release+0x5c/0xe0
> >>>> kernfs_drain_open_files+0x122/0x1e0
> >>>> kernfs_drain+0xff/0x1e0
> >>>> __kernfs_remove.part.0+0x1d1/0x3b0
> >>>> kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x89/0xf0
> >>>> cgroup_addrm_files+0x393/0x3d0
> >>>> css_clear_dir+0x8f/0x120
> >>>> kill_css+0x41/0xd0
> >>>> cgroup_destroy_locked+0x166/0x300
> >>>> cgroup_rmdir+0x37/0x140
> >>>> kernfs_iop_rmdir+0xbb/0xf0
> >>>> vfs_rmdir.part.0+0xa5/0x230
> >>>> do_rmdir+0x2e0/0x320
> >>>> __x64_sys_unlinkat+0x99/0xc0
> >>>> do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40
> >>>> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xc6
> >>>> ==================================================================
> >>>>
> >>>> If using epoll(), wake_up_pollfree will empty waitqueue and set
> >>>> wait_queue_head is NULL before free waitqueue of psi trigger. But is
> >>>> doesn't work when using poll(), which will lead a UAF problem in
> >>>> poll_freewait coms as following:
> >>>>
> >>>> (cgroup_rmdir) |
> >>>> psi_trigger_destroy |
> >>>> wake_up_pollfree(&t->event_wait) |
> >>>> synchronize_rcu(); |
> >>>> kfree(t) |
> >>>> | (poll_freewait)
> >>>> | free_poll_entry(pwq->inline_entries + i)
> >>>> | remove_wait_queue(entry->wait_address)
> >>>> | spin_lock_irqsave(&wq_head->lock)
> >>>>
> >>>> entry->wait_address in poll_freewait() is t->event_wait in cgroup_rmdir().
> >>>> t->event_wait is free in psi_trigger_destroy before call poll_freewait(),
> >>>> therefore wq_head in poll_freewait() has been already freed, which would
> >>>> lead to a UAF.
> >
> > Hi Lu,
> > Could you please share your reproducer along with the kernel config
> > you used? I'm trying to reproduce this UAF but every time I delete the
> > cgroup being polled, poll() simply returns POLLERR.
> > Thanks,
> > Suren.
> >
> >>>>
> >>>> similar problem for epoll() has been fixed commit c2dbe32d5db5
> >>>> ("sched/psi: Fix use-after-free in ep_remove_wait_queue()").
> >>>> epoll wakeup function ep_poll_callback() will empty waitqueue and set
> >>>> wait_queue_head is NULL when pollflags is POLLFREE and judge pwq->whead
> >>>> is NULL or not before remove_wait_queue in ep_remove_wait_queue(),
> >>>> which will fix the UAF bug in ep_remove_wait_queue.
> >>>>
> >>>> But poll wakeup function pollwake() doesn't do that. To fix the
> >>>> problem, we empty waitqueue and set wait_address is NULL in pollwake() when
> >>>> key is POLLFREE. otherwise in remove_wait_queue, which is similar to
> >>>> epoll().
> >>>>
> >>>> Fixes: 0e94682b73bf ("psi: introduce psi monitor")
> >>>> Suggested-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAJuCfpEoCRHkJF-=1Go9E94wchB4BzwQ1E3vHGWxNe+tEmSJoA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/#t
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Lu Jialin <lujialin4@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> v2: correct commit msg and title suggested by Suren Baghdasaryan
> >>>> ---
> >>>> fs/select.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
> >>>> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/fs/select.c b/fs/select.c
> >>>> index 0ee55af1a55c..e64c7b4e9959 100644
> >>>> --- a/fs/select.c
> >>>> +++ b/fs/select.c
> >>>> @@ -132,7 +132,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(poll_initwait);
> >>>>
> >>>> static void free_poll_entry(struct poll_table_entry *entry)
> >>>> {
> >>>> - remove_wait_queue(entry->wait_address, &entry->wait);
> >>>> + wait_queue_head_t *whead;
> >>>> +
> >>>> + rcu_read_lock();
> >>>> + /* If it is cleared by POLLFREE, it should be rcu-safe.
> >>>> + * If we read NULL we need a barrier paired with smp_store_release()
> >>>> + * in pollwake().
> >>>> + */
> >>>> + whead = smp_load_acquire(&entry->wait_address);
> >>>> + if (whead)
> >>>> + remove_wait_queue(whead, &entry->wait);
> >>>> + rcu_read_unlock();
> >>>> fput(entry->filp);
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> @@ -215,6 +225,14 @@ static int pollwake(wait_queue_entry_t *wait, unsigned mode, int sync, void *key
> >>>> entry = container_of(wait, struct poll_table_entry, wait);
> >>>> if (key && !(key_to_poll(key) & entry->key))
> >>>> return 0;
> >>>> + if (key_to_poll(key) & POLLFREE) {
> >>>> + list_del_init(&wait->entry);
> >>>> + /* wait_address !=NULL protects us from the race with
> >>>> + * poll_freewait().
> >>>> + */
> >>>> + smp_store_release(&entry->wait_address, NULL);
> >>>> + return 0;
> >>>> + }
> >>>> return __pollwake(wait, mode, sync, key);
> >>>
> >>> I don't understand why this patch is needed.
> >>>
> >>> The last time I looked at POLLFREE, it is only needed because of asynchronous
> >>> polls. See my explanation in the commit message of commit 50252e4b5e989ce6.
> >>
> >> Ah, I missed that. Thanks for the correction.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> In summary, POLLFREE solves the problem of polled waitqueues whose lifetime is
> >>> tied to the current task rather than to the file being polled. Also refer to
> >>> the comment above wake_up_pollfree(), which mentions this.
> >>>
> >>> fs/select.c is synchronous polling, not asynchronous. Therefore, it should not
> >>> need to handle POLLFREE.
> >>>
> >>> If there's actually a bug here, most likely it's a bug in psi_trigger_poll()
> >>> where it is using a waitqueue whose lifetime is tied to neither the current task
> >>> nor the file being polled. That needs to be fixed.
> >>
> >> Yeah. We discussed this issue in
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAJuCfpFb0J5ZwO6kncjRG0_4jQLXUy-_dicpH5uGiWP8aKYEJQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> and the root cause is that cgroup_file_release() where
> >> psi_trigger_destroy() is called is not tied to the cgroup file's real
> >> lifetime (see my analysis here:
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAJuCfpFZ3B4530TgsSHqp5F_gwfrDujwRYewKReJru==MdEHQg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/#t).
> >> I guess it's time to do a deeper surgery and figure out a way to call
> >> psi_trigger_destroy() when the polled cgroup file is actually being
> >> destroyed. I'll take a closer look into this later today.
> >> A fix will likely require some cgroup or kernfs code changes, so
> >> CC'ing Tejun for visibility.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Suren.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> - Eric
> > .
> >