[PATCH 2/4] seccomp: release task filters when the task exits

From: Andrei Vagin
Date: Thu Jun 27 2024 - 22:10:40 EST


Previously, seccomp filters were released in release_task(), which
required the process to exit and its zombie to be collected. However,
exited threads/processes can't trigger any seccomp events, making it
more logical to release filters upon task exits.

This adjustment simplifies scenarios where a parent is tracing its child
process. The parent process can now handle all events from a seccomp
listening descriptor and then call wait to collect a child zombie.

seccomp_filter_release takes the siglock to avoid races with
seccomp_sync_threads. There was an idea to bypass taking the lock by
checking PF_EXITING, but it can be set without holding siglock if
threads have SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT. This means it can happen concurently
with seccomp_filter_release.

This change also fixes another minor problem. Suppose that a group
leader installs the new filter without SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_TSYNC, exits,
and becomes a zombie. Without this change, SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_TSYNC
from any other thread can never succeed, seccomp_can_sync_threads() will
check a zombie leader and is_ancestor() will fail.

Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/exit.c | 3 ++-
kernel/seccomp.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index f95a2c1338a8..b945ab81eb92 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ void release_task(struct task_struct *p)
}

write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
- seccomp_filter_release(p);
proc_flush_pid(thread_pid);
put_pid(thread_pid);
release_thread(p);
@@ -832,6 +831,8 @@ void __noreturn do_exit(long code)
io_uring_files_cancel();
exit_signals(tsk); /* sets PF_EXITING */

+ seccomp_filter_release(tsk);
+
acct_update_integrals(tsk);
group_dead = atomic_dec_and_test(&tsk->signal->live);
if (group_dead) {
diff --git a/kernel/seccomp.c b/kernel/seccomp.c
index 60990264fef0..dc51e521bc1d 100644
--- a/kernel/seccomp.c
+++ b/kernel/seccomp.c
@@ -502,6 +502,9 @@ static inline pid_t seccomp_can_sync_threads(void)
/* Skip current, since it is initiating the sync. */
if (thread == caller)
continue;
+ /* Skip exited threads. */
+ if (thread->flags & PF_EXITING)
+ continue;

if (thread->seccomp.mode == SECCOMP_MODE_DISABLED ||
(thread->seccomp.mode == SECCOMP_MODE_FILTER &&
@@ -563,18 +566,21 @@ static void __seccomp_filter_release(struct seccomp_filter *orig)
* @tsk: task the filter should be released from.
*
* This function should only be called when the task is exiting as
- * it detaches it from its filter tree. As such, READ_ONCE() and
- * barriers are not needed here, as would normally be needed.
+ * it detaches it from its filter tree. PF_EXITING has to be set
+ * for the task.
*/
void seccomp_filter_release(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
- struct seccomp_filter *orig = tsk->seccomp.filter;
+ struct seccomp_filter *orig;

- /* We are effectively holding the siglock by not having any sighand. */
- WARN_ON(tsk->sighand != NULL);
+ if (WARN_ON((tsk->flags & PF_EXITING) == 0))
+ return;

+ spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+ orig = tsk->seccomp.filter;
/* Detach task from its filter tree. */
tsk->seccomp.filter = NULL;
+ spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
__seccomp_filter_release(orig);
}

@@ -602,6 +608,13 @@ static inline void seccomp_sync_threads(unsigned long flags)
if (thread == caller)
continue;

+ /*
+ * Skip exited threads. seccomp_filter_release could have
+ * been already called for this task.
+ */
+ if (thread->flags & PF_EXITING)
+ continue;
+
/* Get a task reference for the new leaf node. */
get_seccomp_filter(caller);

--
2.45.2.803.g4e1b14247a-goog