Re: [RFC PATCH v1] powerpc: Enable KFENCE for PPC32

Christophe Leroy
2021-03-03T15:19:05Z

Le 02/03/2021 à 12:40, Michael Ellerman a écrit :
> Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu> writes:
>> Le 02/03/2021 à 10:53, Marco Elver a écrit :
>>> On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 at 10:27, Christophe Leroy
>>> <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu> wrote:
>>>> Le 02/03/2021 à 10:21, Alexander Potapenko a écrit :
>>>>>> [ 14.998426] BUG: KFENCE: invalid read in finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x54/0x23c
>>>>>> [ 14.998426]
>>>>>> [ 15.007061] Invalid read at 0x(ptrval):
>>>>>> [ 15.010906] finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x54/0x23c
>>>>>> [ 15.015633] kunit_try_run_case+0x5c/0xd0
>>>>>> [ 15.019682] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x24/0x30
>>>>>> [ 15.025099] kthread+0x15c/0x174
>>>>>> [ 15.028359] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x14/0x1c
>>>>>> [ 15.032747]
>>>>>> [ 15.034251] CPU: 0 PID: 111 Comm: kunit_try_catch Tainted: G B
>>>>>> 5.12.0-rc1-s3k-dev-01534-g4f14ae75edf0-dirty #4674
>>>>>> [ 15.045811] ==================================================================
>>>>>> [ 15.053324] # test_invalid_access: EXPECTATION FAILED at mm/kfence/kfence_test.c:636
>>>>>> [ 15.053324] Expected report_matches(&expect) to be true, but is false
>>>>>> [ 15.068359] not ok 21 - test_invalid_access
>>>>>
>>>>> The test expects the function name to be test_invalid_access, i. e.
>>>>> the first line should be "BUG: KFENCE: invalid read in
>>>>> test_invalid_access".
>>>>> The error reporting function unwinds the stack, skips a couple of
>>>>> "uninteresting" frames
>>>>> (https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.12-rc1/source/mm/kfence/report.c#L43)
>>>>> and uses the first "interesting" one frame to print the report header
>>>>> (https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.12-rc1/source/mm/kfence/report.c#L226).
>>>>>
>>>>> It's strange that test_invalid_access is missing altogether from the
>>>>> stack trace - is that expected?
>>>>> Can you try printing the whole stacktrace without skipping any frames
>>>>> to see if that function is there?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Booting with 'no_hash_pointers" I get the following. Does it helps ?
>>>>
>>>> [ 16.837198] ==================================================================
>>>> [ 16.848521] BUG: KFENCE: invalid read in finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x54/0x23c
>>>> [ 16.848521]
>>>> [ 16.857158] Invalid read at 0xdf98800a:
>>>> [ 16.861004] finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x54/0x23c
>>>> [ 16.865731] kunit_try_run_case+0x5c/0xd0
>>>> [ 16.869780] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x24/0x30
>>>> [ 16.875199] kthread+0x15c/0x174
>>>> [ 16.878460] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x14/0x1c
>>>> [ 16.882847]
>>>> [ 16.884351] CPU: 0 PID: 111 Comm: kunit_try_catch Tainted: G B
>>>> 5.12.0-rc1-s3k-dev-01534-g4f14ae75edf0-dirty #4674
>>>> [ 16.895908] NIP: c016eb8c LR: c02f50dc CTR: c016eb38
>>>> [ 16.900963] REGS: e2449d90 TRAP: 0301 Tainted: G B
>>>> (5.12.0-rc1-s3k-dev-01534-g4f14ae75edf0-dirty)
>>>> [ 16.911386] MSR: 00009032 <EE,ME,IR,DR,RI> CR: 22000004 XER: 00000000
>>>> [ 16.918153] DAR: df98800a DSISR: 20000000
>>>> [ 16.918153] GPR00: c02f50dc e2449e50 c1140d00 e100dd24 c084b13c 00000008 c084b32b c016eb38
>>>> [ 16.918153] GPR08: c0850000 df988000 c0d10000 e2449eb0 22000288
>>>> [ 16.936695] NIP [c016eb8c] test_invalid_access+0x54/0x108
>>>> [ 16.942125] LR [c02f50dc] kunit_try_run_case+0x5c/0xd0
>>>> [ 16.947292] Call Trace:
>>>> [ 16.949746] [e2449e50] [c005a5ec] finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x54/0x23c (unreliable)
>>>
>>> The "(unreliable)" might be a clue that it's related to ppc32 stack
>>> unwinding. Any ppc expert know what this is about?
>>>
>>>> [ 16.957443] [e2449eb0] [c02f50dc] kunit_try_run_case+0x5c/0xd0
>>>> [ 16.963319] [e2449ed0] [c02f63ec] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x24/0x30
>>>> [ 16.970574] [e2449ef0] [c004e710] kthread+0x15c/0x174
>>>> [ 16.975670] [e2449f30] [c001317c] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x14/0x1c
>>>> [ 16.981896] Instruction dump:
>>>> [ 16.984879] 8129d608 38e7eb38 81020280 911f004c 39000000 995f0024 907f0028 90ff001c
>>>> [ 16.992710] 3949000a 915f0020 3d40c0d1 3d00c085 <8929000a> 3908adb0 812a4b98 3d40c02f
>>>> [ 17.000711] ==================================================================
>>>> [ 17.008223] # test_invalid_access: EXPECTATION FAILED at mm/kfence/kfence_test.c:636
>>>> [ 17.008223] Expected report_matches(&expect) to be true, but is false
>>>> [ 17.023243] not ok 21 - test_invalid_access
>>>
>>> On a fault in test_invalid_access, KFENCE prints the stack trace based
>>> on the information in pt_regs. So we do not think there's anything we
>>> can do to improve stack printing pe-se.
>>
>> stack printing, probably not. Would be good anyway to mark the last level [unreliable] as the ppc does.
>>
>> IIUC, on ppc the address in the stack frame of the caller is written by the caller. In most tests,
>> there is some function call being done before the fault, for instance
>> test_kmalloc_aligned_oob_read() does a call to kunit_do_assertion which populates the address of the
>> call in the stack. However this is fragile.
>>
>> This works for function calls because in order to call a subfunction, a function has to set up a
>> stack frame in order to same the value in the Link Register, which contains the address of the
>> function's parent and that will be clobbered by the sub-function call.
>>
>> However, it cannot be done by exceptions, because exceptions can happen in a function that has no
>> stack frame (because that function has no need to call a subfunction and doesn't need to same
>> anything on the stack). If the exception handler was writting the caller's address in the stack
>> frame, it would in fact write it in the parent's frame, leading to a mess.
>>
>> But in fact the information is in pt_regs, it is in regs->nip so KFENCE should be able to use that
>> instead of the stack.
>>
>>>
>>> What's confusing is that it's only this test, and none of the others.
>>> Given that, it might be code-gen related, which results in some subtle
>>> issue with stack unwinding. There are a few things to try, if you feel
>>> like it:
>>>
>>> -- Change the unwinder, if it's possible for ppc32.
>>
>> I don't think it is possible.
>
> I think this actually is the solution.
>
> It seems the good architectures have all added support for
> arch_stack_walk(), and we have not.
>
> Looking at some of the implementations of arch_stack_walk() it seems
> it's expected that the first entry emitted includes the PC (or NIP on
> ppc).

I don't see a direct link between arch_stack_walk() and that expectation. Looks like those
architectures where already doing this before being converted to arch_stack_walk().

>
> For us stack_trace_save() calls save_stack_trace() which only emits
> entries from the stack, which doesn't necessarily include the function
> NIP is pointing to.

Yes, as the name save_stack says, it emits the entries from the stack. I think it is correct.

>
> So I think it's probably on us to update to that new API. Or at least
> update our save_stack_trace() to fabricate an entry using the NIP, as it
> seems that's what callers expect.

As mentionned above, that doesn't seem to be directly linked to the new API. That new API only is an
intermediate step anyway, the consumers like KFENCE still use the old API which is serviced by the
generic code now.

For me it looks odd to present a stack trace where entry[0] is not from the stack and where entry[1]
is unreliable (possibly non existing) because we don't know if we are coming from a frameless
function or not and even if the function as a frame we don't know if it saved LR in the parent's
frame or not.

I would deeply prefer if KFENCE could avoid making assumptions on entry[0] of the stack trace.

What about the following change to KFENCE ?

diff --git a/mm/kfence/report.c b/mm/kfence/report.c
index ab83d5a59bb1..c2fef4eeb192 100644
--- a/mm/kfence/report.c
+++ b/mm/kfence/report.c
@@ -171,12 +171,15 @@ void kfence_report_error(unsigned long address, bool is_write, struct pt_regs *r
const ptrdiff_t object_index = meta ? meta - kfence_metadata : -1;
int num_stack_entries;
int skipnr = 0;
+ void *ip;

if (regs) {
num_stack_entries = stack_trace_save_regs(regs, stack_entries, KFENCE_STACK_DEPTH, 0);
+ ip = (void *)instruction_pointer(regs);
} else {
num_stack_entries = stack_trace_save(stack_entries, KFENCE_STACK_DEPTH, 1);
skipnr = get_stack_skipnr(stack_entries, num_stack_entries, &type);
+ ip = (void *)stack_entries[skipnr];
}

/* Require non-NULL meta, except if KFENCE_ERROR_INVALID. */
@@ -202,8 +205,7 @@ void kfence_report_error(unsigned long address, bool is_write, struct pt_regs *r
case KFENCE_ERROR_OOB: {
const bool left_of_object = address < meta->addr;

- pr_err("BUG: KFENCE: out-of-bounds %s in %pS\n\n", get_access_type(is_write),
- (void *)stack_entries[skipnr]);
+ pr_err("BUG: KFENCE: out-of-bounds %s in %pS\n\n", get_access_type(is_write), ip);
pr_err("Out-of-bounds %s at 0x%p (%luB %s of kfence-#%zd):\n",
get_access_type(is_write), (void *)address,
left_of_object ? meta->addr - address : address - meta->addr,
@@ -211,25 +213,23 @@ void kfence_report_error(unsigned long address, bool is_write, struct pt_regs *r
break;
}
case KFENCE_ERROR_UAF:
- pr_err("BUG: KFENCE: use-after-free %s in %pS\n\n", get_access_type(is_write),
- (void *)stack_entries[skipnr]);
+ pr_err("BUG: KFENCE: use-after-free %s in %pS\n\n", get_access_type(is_write), ip);
pr_err("Use-after-free %s at 0x%p (in kfence-#%zd):\n",
get_access_type(is_write), (void *)address, object_index);
break;
case KFENCE_ERROR_CORRUPTION:
- pr_err("BUG: KFENCE: memory corruption in %pS\n\n", (void *)stack_entries[skipnr]);
+ pr_err("BUG: KFENCE: memory corruption in %pS\n\n", ip);
pr_err("Corrupted memory at 0x%p ", (void *)address);
print_diff_canary(address, 16, meta);
pr_cont(" (in kfence-#%zd):\n", object_index);
break;
case KFENCE_ERROR_INVALID:
- pr_err("BUG: KFENCE: invalid %s in %pS\n\n", get_access_type(is_write),
- (void *)stack_entries[skipnr]);
+ pr_err("BUG: KFENCE: invalid %s in %pS\n\n", get_access_type(is_write), ip);
pr_err("Invalid %s at 0x%p:\n", get_access_type(is_write),
(void *)address);
break;
case KFENCE_ERROR_INVALID_FREE:
- pr_err("BUG: KFENCE: invalid free in %pS\n\n", (void *)stack_entries[skipnr]);
+ pr_err("BUG: KFENCE: invalid free in %pS\n\n", ip);
pr_err("Invalid free of 0x%p (in kfence-#%zd):\n", (void *)address,
object_index);
break;
---

Christophe