Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] exec: Add a exec_update_mutex to replace cred_guard_mutex

Kirill Tkhai
2020-03-12T10:28:24Z

On 09.03.2020 00:38, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
> The cred_guard_mutex is problematic. The cred_guard_mutex is held
> over the userspace accesses as the arguments from userspace are read.
> The cred_guard_mutex is held of PTRACE_EVENT_EXIT as the the other
> threads are killed. The cred_guard_mutex is held over
> "put_user(0, tsk->clear_child_tid)" in exit_mm().
>
> Any of those can result in deadlock, as the cred_guard_mutex is held
> over a possible indefinite userspace waits for userspace.
>
> Add exec_update_mutex that is only held over exec updating process
> with the new contents of exec, so that code that needs not to be
> confused by exec changing the mm and the cred in ways that can not
> happen during ordinary execution of a process.
>
> The plan is to switch the users of cred_guard_mutex to
> exec_udpate_mutex one by one. This lets us move forward while still
> being careful and not introducing any regressions.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20160921152946.GA24210@dhcp22.suse.cz/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/AM6PR03MB5170B06F3A2B75EFB98D071AE4E60@AM6PR03MB5170.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20161102181806.GB1112@redhat.com/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20160923095031.GA14923@redhat.com/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20170213141452.GA30203@redhat.com/
> Ref: 45c1a159b85b ("Add PTRACE_O_TRACEVFORKDONE and PTRACE_O_TRACEEXIT facilities.")
> Ref: 456f17cd1a28 ("[PATCH] user-vm-unlock-2.5.31-A2")
> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
> ---
> fs/exec.c | 9 +++++++++
> include/linux/sched/signal.h | 9 ++++++++-
> init/init_task.c | 1 +
> kernel/fork.c | 1 +
> 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
> index d820a7272a76..ffeebb1f167b 100644
> --- a/fs/exec.c
> +++ b/fs/exec.c
> @@ -1014,6 +1014,7 @@ static int exec_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
> {
> struct task_struct *tsk;
> struct mm_struct *old_mm, *active_mm;
> + int ret;
>
> /* Notify parent that we're no longer interested in the old VM */
> tsk = current;
> @@ -1034,6 +1035,11 @@ static int exec_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
> return -EINTR;
> }
> }
> +
> + ret = mutex_lock_killable(&tsk->signal->exec_update_mutex);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;

You missed old_mm->mmap_sem unlock. See here:

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 47582cd97f86..d557bac3e862 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1063,8 +1063,11 @@ static int exec_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
}

ret = mutex_lock_killable(&tsk->signal->exec_update_mutex);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ if (old_mm)
+ up_read(&old_mm->mmap_sem);
return ret;
+ }

task_lock(tsk);
active_mm = tsk->active_mm;