[PATCH 5.1 80/96] ftrace/x86: Remove possible deadlock between register_kprobe() and ftrace_run_update_code()

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-07-08T15:36:10Z

From: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>

commit d5b844a2cf507fc7642c9ae80a9d585db3065c28 upstream.

The commit 9f255b632bf12c4dd7 ("module: Fix livepatch/ftrace module text
permissions race") causes a possible deadlock between register_kprobe()
and ftrace_run_update_code() when ftrace is using stop_machine().

The existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (text_mutex){+.+.}:
validate_chain.isra.21+0xb32/0xd70
__lock_acquire+0x4b8/0x928
lock_acquire+0x102/0x230
__mutex_lock+0x88/0x908
mutex_lock_nested+0x32/0x40
register_kprobe+0x254/0x658
init_kprobes+0x11a/0x168
do_one_initcall+0x70/0x318
kernel_init_freeable+0x456/0x508
kernel_init+0x22/0x150
ret_from_fork+0x30/0x34
kernel_thread_starter+0x0/0xc

-> #0 (cpu_hotplug_lock.rw_sem){++++}:
check_prev_add+0x90c/0xde0
validate_chain.isra.21+0xb32/0xd70
__lock_acquire+0x4b8/0x928
lock_acquire+0x102/0x230
cpus_read_lock+0x62/0xd0
stop_machine+0x2e/0x60
arch_ftrace_update_code+0x2e/0x40
ftrace_run_update_code+0x40/0xa0
ftrace_startup+0xb2/0x168
register_ftrace_function+0x64/0x88
klp_patch_object+0x1a2/0x290
klp_enable_patch+0x554/0x980
do_one_initcall+0x70/0x318
do_init_module+0x6e/0x250
load_module+0x1782/0x1990
__s390x_sys_finit_module+0xaa/0xf0
system_call+0xd8/0x2d0

Possible unsafe locking scenario:

CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
lock(text_mutex);
lock(cpu_hotplug_lock.rw_sem);
lock(text_mutex);
lock(cpu_hotplug_lock.rw_sem);

It is similar problem that has been solved by the commit 2d1e38f56622b9b
("kprobes: Cure hotplug lock ordering issues"). Many locks are involved.
To be on the safe side, text_mutex must become a low level lock taken
after cpu_hotplug_lock.rw_sem.

This can't be achieved easily with the current ftrace design.
For example, arm calls set_all_modules_text_rw() already in
ftrace_arch_code_modify_prepare(), see arch/arm/kernel/ftrace.c.
This functions is called:

+ outside stop_machine() from ftrace_run_update_code()
+ without stop_machine() from ftrace_module_enable()

Fortunately, the problematic fix is needed only on x86_64. It is
the only architecture that calls set_all_modules_text_rw()
in ftrace path and supports livepatching at the same time.

Therefore it is enough to move text_mutex handling from the generic
kernel/trace/ftrace.c into arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c:

ftrace_arch_code_modify_prepare()
ftrace_arch_code_modify_post_process()

This patch basically reverts the ftrace part of the problematic
commit 9f255b632bf12c4dd7 ("module: Fix livepatch/ftrace module
text permissions race"). And provides x86_64 specific-fix.

Some refactoring of the ftrace code will be needed when livepatching
is implemented for arm or nds32. These architectures call
set_all_modules_text_rw() and use stop_machine() at the same time.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190627081334.12793-1-pmladek@suse.com

Fixes: 9f255b632bf12c4dd7 ("module: Fix livepatch/ftrace module text permissions race")
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reported-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
[
As reviewed by Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>, removed return value of
ftrace_run_update_code() as it is a void function.
]
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c | 3 +++
kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 10 +---------
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/memory.h>

#include <trace/syscall.h>

@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@

int ftrace_arch_code_modify_prepare(void)
{
+ mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
set_kernel_text_rw();
set_all_modules_text_rw();
return 0;
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ int ftrace_arch_code_modify_post_process
{
set_all_modules_text_ro();
set_kernel_text_ro();
+ mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
return 0;
}

--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
#include <linux/hash.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include <linux/kprobes.h>
-#include <linux/memory.h>

#include <trace/events/sched.h>

@@ -2615,12 +2614,10 @@ static void ftrace_run_update_code(int c
{
int ret;

- mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
-
ret = ftrace_arch_code_modify_prepare();
FTRACE_WARN_ON(ret);
if (ret)
- goto out_unlock;
+ return;

/*
* By default we use stop_machine() to modify the code.
@@ -2632,9 +2629,6 @@ static void ftrace_run_update_code(int c

ret = ftrace_arch_code_modify_post_process();
FTRACE_WARN_ON(ret);
-
-out_unlock:
- mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
}

static void ftrace_run_modify_code(struct ftrace_ops *ops, int command,
@@ -5788,7 +5782,6 @@ void ftrace_module_enable(struct module
struct ftrace_page *pg;

mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
- mutex_lock(&text_mutex);

if (ftrace_disabled)
goto out_unlock;
@@ -5850,7 +5843,6 @@ void ftrace_module_enable(struct module
ftrace_arch_code_modify_post_process();

out_unlock:
- mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
mutex_unlock(&ftrace_lock);

process_cached_mods(mod->name);