Re: [PATCH v5] x86/sgx: Fix use-after-free in sgx_mmu_notifier_release()

Dave Hansen
2021-02-03T15:49:22Z

On 1/30/21 11:20 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
...
> Example scenario would such that all removals "side-channel" through
> the notifier callback. Then mmu_notifier_unregister() gets called
> exactly zero times. No MMU notifier srcu sync would be then happening.
>
> NOTE: There's bunch of other examples, I'm just giving one.

Could you flesh this out a bit? I don't quite understand the scenario
from what you describe above.

In any case, I'm open to other implementations that fix the race we know
about. If you think you have a better fix, I'm happy to review it and
make sure it closes the other race.