[PATCH 05/14] audit: Make hash table insertion safe against concurrent lookups

Jan Kara
2018-10-17T10:14:56Z

Currently, the audit tree code does not make sure that when a chunk is
inserted into the hash table, it is fully initialized. So in theory a
user of RCU lookup could see uninitialized structure in the hash table
and crash. Add appropriate barriers between initialization of the
structure and its insertion into hash table.

Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
---
kernel/audit_tree.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit_tree.c b/kernel/audit_tree.c
index bac5dd90c629..307749d6773c 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_tree.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_tree.c
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ static void insert_hash(struct audit_chunk *chunk)

if (!(chunk->mark.flags & FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ATTACHED))
return;
+ /*
+ * Make sure chunk is fully initialized before making it visible in the
+ * hash. Pairs with a data dependency barrier in READ_ONCE() in
+ * audit_tree_lookup().
+ */
+ smp_wmb();
WARN_ON_ONCE(!chunk->key);
list = chunk_hash(chunk->key);
list_add_rcu(&chunk->hash, list);
@@ -199,7 +205,11 @@ struct audit_chunk *audit_tree_lookup(const struct inode *inode)
struct audit_chunk *p;

list_for_each_entry_rcu(p, list, hash) {
- if (p->key == key) {
+ /*
+ * We use a data dependency barrier in READ_ONCE() to make sure
+ * the chunk we see is fully initialized.
+ */
+ if (READ_ONCE(p->key) == key) {
atomic_long_inc(&p->refs);
return p;
}
@@ -304,9 +314,15 @@ static void untag_chunk(struct node *p)
list_replace_init(&chunk->owners[j].list, &new->owners[i].list);
}

- list_replace_rcu(&chunk->hash, &new->hash);
list_for_each_entry(owner, &new->trees, same_root)
owner->root = new;
+ /*
+ * Make sure chunk is fully initialized before making it visible in the
+ * hash. Pairs with a data dependency barrier in READ_ONCE() in
+ * audit_tree_lookup().
+ */
+ smp_wmb();
+ list_replace_rcu(&chunk->hash, &new->hash);
spin_unlock(&hash_lock);
fsnotify_detach_mark(entry);
mutex_unlock(&entry->group->mark_mutex);
@@ -368,6 +384,10 @@ static int create_chunk(struct inode *inode, struct audit_tree *tree)
list_add(&tree->same_root, &chunk->trees);
}
chunk->key = inode_to_key(inode);
+ /*
+ * Inserting into the hash table has to go last as once we do that RCU
+ * readers can see the chunk.
+ */
insert_hash(chunk);
spin_unlock(&hash_lock);
mutex_unlock(&audit_tree_group->mark_mutex);
@@ -459,7 +479,6 @@ static int tag_chunk(struct inode *inode, struct audit_tree *tree)
p->owner = tree;
get_tree(tree);
list_add(&p->list, &tree->chunks);
- list_replace_rcu(&old->hash, &chunk->hash);
list_for_each_entry(owner, &chunk->trees, same_root)
owner->root = chunk;
old->dead = 1;
@@ -467,6 +486,13 @@ static int tag_chunk(struct inode *inode, struct audit_tree *tree)
tree->root = chunk;
list_add(&tree->same_root, &chunk->trees);
}
+ /*
+ * Make sure chunk is fully initialized before making it visible in the
+ * hash. Pairs with a data dependency barrier in READ_ONCE() in
+ * audit_tree_lookup().
+ */
+ smp_wmb();
+ list_replace_rcu(&old->hash, &chunk->hash);
spin_unlock(&hash_lock);
fsnotify_detach_mark(old_entry);
mutex_unlock(&audit_tree_group->mark_mutex);
--
2.16.4