[PATCH] rseq: fix segfault on registration when rseq_cs is non-zero
From: Michael Jeanson
Date: Thu Mar 06 2025 - 16:13:10 EST
The rseq_cs field is documented as being set to 0 by user-space prior to
registration, however this is not currently enforced by the kernel. This
can result in a segfault on return to user-space if the value stored in
the rseq_cs field doesn't point to a valid struct rseq_cs.
The correct solution to this would be to fail the rseq registration when
the rseq_cs field is non-zero. However, some older versions of glibc
will reuse the rseq area of previous threads without clearing the
rseq_cs field and will also terminate the process if the rseq
registration fails in a secondary thread. This wasn't caught in testing
because in this case the leftover rseq_cs does point to a valid struct
rseq_cs.
What we can do is clear the rseq_cs field on registration when it's
non-zero which will prevent segfaults on registration and won't break
the glibc versions that reuse rseq areas on thread creation.
Signed-off-by: Michael Jeanson <mjeanson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rseq.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/rseq.c b/kernel/rseq.c
index a7d81229eda0..b7a1ec327e81 100644
--- a/kernel/rseq.c
+++ b/kernel/rseq.c
@@ -236,6 +236,29 @@ static int rseq_reset_rseq_cpu_node_id(struct task_struct *t)
return -EFAULT;
}
+/*
+ * Get the user-space pointer value stored in the 'rseq_cs' field.
+ */
+static int rseq_get_rseq_cs_ptr_val(struct rseq __user *rseq, u64 *rseq_cs)
+{
+ if (!rseq_cs)
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+ if (get_user(*rseq_cs, &rseq->rseq_cs))
+ return -EFAULT;
+#else
+ if (copy_from_user(rseq_cs, &rseq->rseq_cs, sizeof(*rseq_cs)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+#endif
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * If the rseq_cs field of 'struct rseq' contains a valid pointer to
+ * user-space, copy 'struct rseq_cs' from user-space and validate its fields.
+ */
static int rseq_get_rseq_cs(struct task_struct *t, struct rseq_cs *rseq_cs)
{
struct rseq_cs __user *urseq_cs;
@@ -244,17 +267,16 @@ static int rseq_get_rseq_cs(struct task_struct *t, struct rseq_cs *rseq_cs)
u32 sig;
int ret;
-#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
- if (get_user(ptr, &t->rseq->rseq_cs))
- return -EFAULT;
-#else
- if (copy_from_user(&ptr, &t->rseq->rseq_cs, sizeof(ptr)))
- return -EFAULT;
-#endif
+ ret = rseq_get_rseq_cs_ptr_val(t->rseq, &ptr);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ /* If the rseq_cs pointer is NULL, return a cleared struct rseq_cs. */
if (!ptr) {
memset(rseq_cs, 0, sizeof(*rseq_cs));
return 0;
}
+ /* Check that the pointer value fits in the user-space process space. */
if (ptr >= TASK_SIZE)
return -EINVAL;
urseq_cs = (struct rseq_cs __user *)(unsigned long)ptr;
@@ -330,7 +352,7 @@ static int rseq_need_restart(struct task_struct *t, u32 cs_flags)
return !!event_mask;
}
-static int clear_rseq_cs(struct task_struct *t)
+static int clear_rseq_cs(struct rseq __user *rseq)
{
/*
* The rseq_cs field is set to NULL on preemption or signal
@@ -341,9 +363,9 @@ static int clear_rseq_cs(struct task_struct *t)
* Set rseq_cs to NULL.
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
- return put_user(0UL, &t->rseq->rseq_cs);
+ return put_user(0UL, &rseq->rseq_cs);
#else
- if (clear_user(&t->rseq->rseq_cs, sizeof(t->rseq->rseq_cs)))
+ if (clear_user(&rseq->rseq_cs, sizeof(rseq->rseq_cs)))
return -EFAULT;
return 0;
#endif
@@ -375,11 +397,11 @@ static int rseq_ip_fixup(struct pt_regs *regs)
* Clear the rseq_cs pointer and return.
*/
if (!in_rseq_cs(ip, &rseq_cs))
- return clear_rseq_cs(t);
+ return clear_rseq_cs(t->rseq);
ret = rseq_need_restart(t, rseq_cs.flags);
if (ret <= 0)
return ret;
- ret = clear_rseq_cs(t);
+ ret = clear_rseq_cs(t->rseq);
if (ret)
return ret;
trace_rseq_ip_fixup(ip, rseq_cs.start_ip, rseq_cs.post_commit_offset,
@@ -453,6 +475,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rseq, struct rseq __user *, rseq, u32, rseq_len,
int, flags, u32, sig)
{
int ret;
+ u64 rseq_cs;
if (flags & RSEQ_FLAG_UNREGISTER) {
if (flags & ~RSEQ_FLAG_UNREGISTER)
@@ -507,6 +530,19 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rseq, struct rseq __user *, rseq, u32, rseq_len,
return -EINVAL;
if (!access_ok(rseq, rseq_len))
return -EFAULT;
+
+ /*
+ * If the rseq_cs pointer is non-NULL on registration, clear it to
+ * avoid a potential segfault on return to user-space. The proper thing
+ * to do would have been to fail the registration but this would break
+ * older libcs that reuse the rseq area for new threads without
+ * clearing the fields.
+ */
+ if (rseq_get_rseq_cs_ptr_val(rseq, &rseq_cs))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ if (rseq_cs && clear_rseq_cs(rseq))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RSEQ
/*
* Initialize the in-kernel rseq fields copy for validation of
--
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