[PATCH] ima: fix deadlock within "ima_match_policy" function.

liqiong
2021-08-24T08:59:41Z

When "ima_match_policy" is looping while "ima_update_policy" changs
the variable "ima_rules", then "ima_match_policy" may can't exit
loop, Finally cause RCU CPU Stall Warnings: "rcu_sched detected
stall on CPU ...".

The problem is limited to transitioning from the builtin policy to
the custom policy. Eg. At boot time, systemd-services are being
checked within "ima_match_policy", at the same time, the variable
"ima_rules" is changed by another service.

Signed-off-by: liqiong <liqiong@nfschina.com>
---
security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
index fd5d46e511f1..e92b197bfd3c 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
@@ -662,12 +662,14 @@ int ima_match_policy(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *inode,
{
struct ima_rule_entry *entry;
int action = 0, actmask = flags | (flags << 1);
+ struct list_head *ima_rules_tmp;

if (template_desc && !*template_desc)
*template_desc = ima_template_desc_current();

rcu_read_lock();
- list_for_each_entry_rcu(entry, ima_rules, list) {
+ ima_rules_tmp = rcu_dereference(ima_rules);
+ list_for_each_entry_rcu(entry, ima_rules_tmp, list) {

if (!(entry->action & actmask))
continue;
@@ -919,8 +921,8 @@ void ima_update_policy(void)

if (ima_rules != policy) {
ima_policy_flag = 0;
- ima_rules = policy;

+ rcu_assign_pointer(ima_rules, policy);
/*
* IMA architecture specific policy rules are specified
* as strings and converted to an array of ima_entry_rules
@@ -1649,9 +1651,11 @@ void *ima_policy_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
{
loff_t l = *pos;
struct ima_rule_entry *entry;
+ struct list_head *ima_rules_tmp;

rcu_read_lock();
- list_for_each_entry_rcu(entry, ima_rules, list) {
+ ima_rules_tmp = rcu_dereference(ima_rules);
+ list_for_each_entry_rcu(entry, ima_rules_tmp, list) {
if (!l--) {
rcu_read_unlock();
return entry;
@@ -1670,7 +1674,8 @@ void *ima_policy_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
rcu_read_unlock();
(*pos)++;

- return (&entry->list == ima_rules) ? NULL : entry;
+ return (&entry->list == &ima_default_rules ||
+ &entry->list == &ima_policy_rules) ? NULL : entry;
}

void ima_policy_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
@@ -1872,6 +1877,7 @@ bool ima_appraise_signature(enum kernel_read_file_id id)
struct ima_rule_entry *entry;
bool found = false;
enum ima_hooks func;
+ struct list_head *ima_rules_tmp;

if (id >= READING_MAX_ID)
return false;
@@ -1879,7 +1885,8 @@ bool ima_appraise_signature(enum kernel_read_file_id id)
func = read_idmap[id] ?: FILE_CHECK;

rcu_read_lock();
- list_for_each_entry_rcu(entry, ima_rules, list) {
+ ima_rules_tmp = rcu_dereference(ima_rules);
+ list_for_each_entry_rcu(entry, ima_rules_tmp, list) {
if (entry->action != APPRAISE)
continue;

--
2.11.0