Re: [syzbot] [perf?] KCSAN: data-race in _free_event / perf_pending_task (2)

[Marco Elver]

On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 at 10:30, Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 at 08:09, syzbot
> <syzbot+e75157f5b04f8ff40e17@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > syzbot found the following issue on:
> >
> > HEAD commit:    87d6aab2389e Merge tag 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org..
> > git tree:       upstream
> > console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=10104f9f980000
> > kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=a2f7ae2f221e9eae
> > dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e75157f5b04f8ff40e17
> > compiler:       Debian clang version 15.0.6, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40
> >
> > Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this issue yet.
> >
> > Downloadable assets:
> > disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/cce40536bdc3/disk-87d6aab2.raw.xz
> > vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/479edc06c8d8/vmlinux-87d6aab2.xz
> > kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/9d377c65ffca/bzImage-87d6aab2.xz
> >
> > IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
> > Reported-by: syzbot+e75157f5b04f8ff40e17@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > ==================================================================
> > BUG: KCSAN: data-race in _free_event / perf_pending_task
> >
> > write to 0xffff8881155361e8 of 4 bytes by task 9574 on cpu 1:
> >  perf_pending_task+0xe8/0x220 kernel/events/core.c:6976
> >  task_work_run+0x13a/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:228
> >  resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
> >  exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:114 [inline]
> >  exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/entry-common.h:328 [inline]
> >  __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:207 [inline]
> >  syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0xbe/0x130 kernel/entry/common.c:218
> >  do_syscall_64+0xd6/0x1c0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:89
> >  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
> >
> > read to 0xffff8881155361e8 of 4 bytes by task 9573 on cpu 0:
> >  perf_pending_task_sync kernel/events/core.c:5302 [inline]
>
> +Marco, IIRC we assumed event->pending_work should only be accessed by
> the owner task.
> Here it's concurrently modified/changed. The other task calls
> task_work_cancel on current based on the valus of this field, this
> looks bad.

On freeing an event it can be any other task, AFAIK. There's this comment:

> * All accesses related to the event are within the same RCU section in
> * perf_pending_task(). The RCU grace period before the event is freed
> * will make sure all those accesses are complete by then.

So there is no risk of UAF.

All that may happen is that on concurrent free of an event with a
pending SIGTRAP, it's possible the SIGTRAP may or may not be
delivered. But I think that's perfectly reasonable if the event is in
the process of being closed.

Did I miss something?

Thanks,
-- Marco