perf/core: Fix use-after-free in perf_release()

Dmitry reported syzcaller tripped a use-after-free in perf_release().

After much puzzlement Oleg spotted the below scenario:

  Task1                           Task2

  fork()
    perf_event_init_task()
    /* ... */
    goto bad_fork_$foo;
    /* ... */
    perf_event_free_task()
      mutex_lock(ctx->lock)
      perf_free_event(B)

                                  perf_event_release_kernel(A)
                                    mutex_lock(A->child_mutex)
                                    list_for_each_entry(child, ...) {
                                      /* child == B */
                                      ctx = B->ctx;
                                      get_ctx(ctx);
                                      mutex_unlock(A->child_mutex);

        mutex_lock(A->child_mutex)
        list_del_init(B->child_list)
        mutex_unlock(A->child_mutex)

        /* ... */

      mutex_unlock(ctx->lock);
      put_ctx() /* >0 */
    free_task();
                                      mutex_lock(ctx->lock);
                                      mutex_lock(A->child_mutex);
                                      /* ... */
                                      mutex_unlock(A->child_mutex);
                                      mutex_unlock(ctx->lock)
                                      put_ctx() /* 0 */
                                        ctx->task && !TOMBSTONE
                                          put_task_struct() /* UAF */

This patch closes the hole by making perf_event_free_task() destroy the
task <-> ctx relation such that perf_event_release_kernel() will no longer
observe the now dead task.

Spotted-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
Cc: oleg@redhat.com
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: c6e5b73242d2 ("perf: Synchronously clean up child events")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170314155949.GE32474@worktop
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170316125823.140295131@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 1031bdf9f0125110088f0880699349c485d9bfcf..4742909c56e653bcddc44e3cee705c3218638019 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -10415,6 +10415,17 @@ void perf_event_free_task(struct task_struct *task)
                        continue;
 
                mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
+               raw_spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+               /*
+                * Destroy the task <-> ctx relation and mark the context dead.
+                *
+                * This is important because even though the task hasn't been
+                * exposed yet the context has been (through child_list).
+                */
+               RCU_INIT_POINTER(task->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn], NULL);
+               WRITE_ONCE(ctx->task, TASK_TOMBSTONE);
+               put_task_struct(task); /* cannot be last */
+               raw_spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
 again:
                list_for_each_entry_safe(event, tmp, &ctx->pinned_groups,
                                group_entry)