Re: [PATCH] [v2] tty: Protect disc_data in n_tty_close and n_tty_flush_buffer

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 10:25:07AM +0800, Yan.Gao wrote:
> n_tty_flush_buffer can happen in parallel with n_tty_close that the
> tty->disc_data will be set to NULL. n_tty_flush_buffer accesses
> tty->disc_data, so we must prevent n_tty_close clear tty->disc_data
> while n_tty_flush_buffer  has a non-NULL view of tty->disc_data.
> 
> So we need to make sure that accesses to disc_data are atomic using
> tty->termios_rwsem.
> 
> There is an example I meet:
> When n_tty_flush_buffer accesses tty struct, the disc_data is right.
> However, then reset_buffer_flags accesses tty->disc_data, disc_data
> become NULL, So kernel crash when accesses tty->disc_data->real_tail.
> I guess there could be another thread change tty->disc_data to NULL,
> and during N_TTY line discipline, n_tty_close will set tty->disc_data
> to be NULL. So use tty->termios_rwsem to protect disc_data between close
> and flush_buffer.
> 
> IP: reset_buffer_flags+0x9/0xf0
> PGD 0 P4D 0
> Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP
> CPU: 23 PID: 2087626 Comm: (agetty) Kdump: loaded Tainted: G
> Hardware name: UNISINSIGHT X3036P-G3/ST01M2C7S, BIOS 2.00.13 01/11/2019
> task: ffff9c4e9da71e80 task.stack: ffffb30cfe898000
> RIP: 0010:reset_buffer_flags+0x9/0xf0
> RSP: 0018:ffffb30cfe89bca8 EFLAGS: 00010246
> RAX: ffff9c4e9da71e80 RBX: ffff9c368d1bac00 RCX: 0000000000000000
> RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff9c4ea17b50f0 RDI: 0000000000000000
> RBP: ffffb30cfe89bcc8 R08: 0000000000000100 R09: 0000000000000001
> R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff9c368d1bacc0
> R13: ffff9c20cfd18428 R14: ffff9c4ea17b50f0 R15: ffff9c368d1bac00
> FS:  00007f9fbbe97940(0000) GS:ffff9c375c740000(0000)
> knlGS:0000000000000000
> CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> CR2: 0000000000002260 CR3: 0000002f72233003 CR4: 00000000007606e0
> DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
> DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
> PKRU: 55555554
> Call Trace:
> ? n_tty_flush_buffer+0x2a/0x60
> tty_buffer_flush+0x76/0x90
> tty_ldisc_flush+0x22/0x40
> vt_ioctl+0x5a7/0x10b0
> ? n_tty_ioctl_helper+0x27/0x110
> tty_ioctl+0xef/0x8c0
> do_vfs_ioctl+0xa7/0x5e0
> ? __audit_syscall_entry+0xaf/0x100
> ? syscall_trace_enter+0x1d0/0x2b0
> SyS_ioctl+0x79/0x90
> do_syscall_64+0x6c/0x1b0
> entry_SYSCALL64_slow_path+0x25/0x25
> 
> n_tty_flush_buffer			--->tty->disc_data is OK
> 	->reset_buffer_flags		 -->tty->disc_data is NULL
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yan.Gao <gao.yanB@h3c.com>
> Reviewed-by: Xianting Tian <tian.xianting@h3c.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/n_tty.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
> index 7e5e36315..e78124ce1 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
> @@ -1892,8 +1892,10 @@ static void n_tty_close(struct tty_struct *tty)
>  	if (tty->link)
>  		n_tty_packet_mode_flush(tty);
>  
> +	down_write(&tty->termios_rwsem);
>  	vfree(ldata);
>  	tty->disc_data = NULL;
> +	up_write(&tty->termios_rwsem);
>  }
>  
>  /**

So does this solve your problem in testing?  Do you have a reproducer
for this problem?

thanks,

greg k-h