Re: [PATCH 2/2] random: spread out jitter callback to different CPUs

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>]

On 2022-10-06 06:26:04 [-0600], Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> e) del_timer_sync() on line 5 is called, and its `base->running_timer !=
>    timer` check is false, because of step (c).

If `base->running_timer != timer` then the timer ('s callback) is not
currently active/ running. Therefore it can be removed from the timer
bucket (in case it is pending in the future).
If `base->running_timer == timer` then the timer ('s callback) is
currently active. del_timer_sync() will loop in cpu_relax() until the
callback finished. And then try again.

> f) `stack.timer` gets freed / goes out of scope.
> 
> g) The callback scheduled from step (b) runs, and we have a UaF.
> 
> That's, anyway, what I understand Sultan to have pointed out to me. In
> looking at this closely, though, to write this email, I noticed that
> add_timer_on() does set TIMER_MIGRATING, which lock_timer_base() spins
> on. So actually, maybe this scenario should be accounted for? Sultan, do
> you care to comment here?

During TIMER_MIGRATING the del_timer_sync() caller will spin until the
condition is over. So it can remove the timer from the right bucket and
check if it is active vs the right bucket.

> Jason

Sebastian