[PATCH v4] pps: Fix a use-after-free

On a board running ntpd and gpsd, I'm seeing a consistent use-after-free in sys_exit() from gpsd when rebooting:

pps pps1: removed ------------[ cut here ]------------ kobject: '(null)' (00000000db4bec24): is not initialized, yet kobject_put() is being called. WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 440 at lib/kobject.c:734 kobject_put+0x120/0x150 CPU: 2 UID: 299 PID: 440 Comm: gpsd Not tainted 6.11.0-rc6-00308-gb31c44928842 #1 Hardware name: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.1 (DT) pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : kobject_put+0x120/0x150 lr : kobject_put+0x120/0x150 sp : ffffffc0803d3ae0 x29: ffffffc0803d3ae0 x28: ffffff8042dc9738 x27: 0000000000000001 x26: 0000000000000000 x25: ffffff8042dc9040 x24: ffffff8042dc9440 x23: ffffff80402a4620 x22: ffffff8042ef4bd0 x21: ffffff80405cb600 x20: 000000000008001b x19: ffffff8040b3b6e0 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 696e6920746f6e20 x14: 7369203a29343263 x13: 205d303434542020 x12: 0000000000000000 x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000 x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000 Call trace: kobject_put+0x120/0x150 cdev_put+0x20/0x3c __fput+0x2c4/0x2d8 ____fput+0x1c/0x38 task_work_run+0x70/0xfc do_exit+0x2a0/0x924 do_group_exit+0x34/0x90 get_signal+0x7fc/0x8c0 do_signal+0x128/0x13b4 do_notify_resume+0xdc/0x160 el0_svc+0xd4/0xf8 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x140/0x14c el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

...followed by more symptoms of corruption, with similar stacks:

refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free. kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:62! Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops - BUG: Fatal exception

This happens because pps_device_destruct() frees the pps_device with the embedded cdev immediately after calling cdev_del(), but, as the comment above cdev_del() notes, fops for previously opened cdevs are still callable even after cdev_del() returns. I think this bug has always been there: I can't explain why it suddenly started happening every time I reboot this particular board.

In commit d953e0e837e6 ("pps: Fix a use-after free bug when unregistering a source."), George Spelvin suggested removing the embedded cdev. That seems like the simplest way to fix this, so I've implemented his suggestion, using __register_chrdev() with pps_idr becoming the source of truth for which minor corresponds to which device.

But now that pps_idr defines userspace visibility instead of cdev_add(), we need to be sure the pps->dev refcount can't reach zero while userspace can still find it again. So, the idr_remove() call moves to pps_unregister_cdev(), and pps_idr now holds a reference to pps->dev.

pps_core: source serial1 got cdev (251:1) <...> pps pps1: removed pps_core: unregistering pps1 pps_core: deallocating pps1

Fixes: d953e0e837e6 ("pps: Fix a use-after free bug when unregistering a source.") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Calvin Owens calvin@wbinvd.org --- Changes in v4: - Fix compile error in ptp_ocp - Change five dev_info() calls to dev_dbg() Changes in v3: - Shorten patch title - Embed the device struct in the pps struct - Use foo_device(&pps->dev) instead of kobject_foo(&pps->dev.kobj) Changes in v2: - Don't move pr_debug() from pps_device_destruct() to pps_unregister_cdev() - Actually add stable@vger.kernel.org to CC --- drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c | 4 +- drivers/pps/clients/pps-ktimer.c | 4 +- drivers/pps/clients/pps-ldisc.c | 6 +- drivers/pps/clients/pps_parport.c | 4 +- drivers/pps/kapi.c | 10 +-- drivers/pps/kc.c | 10 +-- drivers/pps/pps.c | 127 ++++++++++++++++-------------- drivers/ptp/ptp_ocp.c | 2 +- include/linux/pps_kernel.h | 3 +- 9 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c b/drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c index 791fdc9326dd..93e662912b53 100644 --- a/drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c +++ b/drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c @@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ static int pps_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) return -EINVAL; }

- dev_info(data->pps->dev, "Registered IRQ %d as PPS source\n", - data->irq); + dev_dbg(&data->pps->dev, "Registered IRQ %d as PPS source\n", + data->irq);

return 0; } diff --git a/drivers/pps/clients/pps-ktimer.c b/drivers/pps/clients/pps-ktimer.c index d33106bd7a29..2f465549b843 100644 --- a/drivers/pps/clients/pps-ktimer.c +++ b/drivers/pps/clients/pps-ktimer.c @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static struct pps_source_info pps_ktimer_info = {

static void __exit pps_ktimer_exit(void) { - dev_info(pps->dev, "ktimer PPS source unregistered\n"); + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "ktimer PPS source unregistered\n");

del_timer_sync(&ktimer); pps_unregister_source(pps); @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static int __init pps_ktimer_init(void) timer_setup(&ktimer, pps_ktimer_event, 0); mod_timer(&ktimer, jiffies + HZ);

- dev_info(pps->dev, "ktimer PPS source registered\n"); + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "ktimer PPS source registered\n");

return 0; } diff --git a/drivers/pps/clients/pps-ldisc.c b/drivers/pps/clients/pps-ldisc.c index 443d6bae19d1..fa5660f3c4b7 100644 --- a/drivers/pps/clients/pps-ldisc.c +++ b/drivers/pps/clients/pps-ldisc.c @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static void pps_tty_dcd_change(struct tty_struct *tty, bool active) pps_event(pps, &ts, active ? PPS_CAPTUREASSERT : PPS_CAPTURECLEAR, NULL);

- dev_dbg(pps->dev, "PPS %s at %lu\n", + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "PPS %s at %lu\n", active ? "assert" : "clear", jiffies); }

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static int pps_tty_open(struct tty_struct *tty) goto err_unregister; }

- dev_info(pps->dev, "source "%s" added\n", info.path); + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "source "%s" added\n", info.path);

return 0;

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static void pps_tty_close(struct tty_struct *tty) if (WARN_ON(!pps)) return;

- dev_info(pps->dev, "removed\n"); + dev_info(&pps->dev, "removed\n"); pps_unregister_source(pps); }

diff --git a/drivers/pps/clients/pps_parport.c b/drivers/pps/clients/pps_parport.c index abaffb4e1c1c..24db06750297 100644 --- a/drivers/pps/clients/pps_parport.c +++ b/drivers/pps/clients/pps_parport.c @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static void parport_irq(void *handle) /* check the signal (no signal means the pulse is lost this time) */ if (!signal_is_set(port)) { local_irq_restore(flags); - dev_err(dev->pps->dev, "lost the signal\n"); + dev_err(&dev->pps->dev, "lost the signal\n"); goto out_assert; }

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void parport_irq(void *handle) /* timeout */ dev->cw_err++; if (dev->cw_err >= CLEAR_WAIT_MAX_ERRORS) { - dev_err(dev->pps->dev, "disabled clear edge capture after %d" + dev_err(&dev->pps->dev, "disabled clear edge capture after %d" " timeouts\n", dev->cw_err); dev->cw = 0; dev->cw_err = 0; diff --git a/drivers/pps/kapi.c b/drivers/pps/kapi.c index d9d566f70ed1..92d1b62ea239 100644 --- a/drivers/pps/kapi.c +++ b/drivers/pps/kapi.c @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static void pps_add_offset(struct pps_ktime *ts, struct pps_ktime *offset) static void pps_echo_client_default(struct pps_device *pps, int event, void *data) { - dev_info(pps->dev, "echo %s %s\n", + dev_info(&pps->dev, "echo %s %s\n", event & PPS_CAPTUREASSERT ? "assert" : "", event & PPS_CAPTURECLEAR ? "clear" : ""); } @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ struct pps_device *pps_register_source(struct pps_source_info *info, goto kfree_pps; }

- dev_info(pps->dev, "new PPS source %s\n", info->name); + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "new PPS source %s\n", info->name);

return pps;

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ void pps_event(struct pps_device *pps, struct pps_event_time *ts, int event, /* check event type */ BUG_ON((event & (PPS_CAPTUREASSERT | PPS_CAPTURECLEAR)) == 0);

- dev_dbg(pps->dev, "PPS event at %lld.%09ld\n", + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "PPS event at %lld.%09ld\n", (s64)ts->ts_real.tv_sec, ts->ts_real.tv_nsec);

timespec_to_pps_ktime(&ts_real, ts->ts_real); @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ void pps_event(struct pps_device *pps, struct pps_event_time *ts, int event, /* Save the time stamp */ pps->assert_tu = ts_real; pps->assert_sequence++; - dev_dbg(pps->dev, "capture assert seq #%u\n", + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "capture assert seq #%u\n", pps->assert_sequence);

captured = ~0; @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ void pps_event(struct pps_device *pps, struct pps_event_time *ts, int event, /* Save the time stamp */ pps->clear_tu = ts_real; pps->clear_sequence++; - dev_dbg(pps->dev, "capture clear seq #%u\n", + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "capture clear seq #%u\n", pps->clear_sequence);

captured = ~0; diff --git a/drivers/pps/kc.c b/drivers/pps/kc.c index 50dc59af45be..fbd23295afd7 100644 --- a/drivers/pps/kc.c +++ b/drivers/pps/kc.c @@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ int pps_kc_bind(struct pps_device *pps, struct pps_bind_args *bind_args) pps_kc_hardpps_mode = 0; pps_kc_hardpps_dev = NULL; spin_unlock_irq(&pps_kc_hardpps_lock); - dev_info(pps->dev, "unbound kernel" + dev_info(&pps->dev, "unbound kernel" " consumer\n"); } else { spin_unlock_irq(&pps_kc_hardpps_lock); - dev_err(pps->dev, "selected kernel consumer" + dev_err(&pps->dev, "selected kernel consumer" " is not bound\n"); return -EINVAL; } @@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ int pps_kc_bind(struct pps_device *pps, struct pps_bind_args *bind_args) pps_kc_hardpps_mode = bind_args->edge; pps_kc_hardpps_dev = pps; spin_unlock_irq(&pps_kc_hardpps_lock); - dev_info(pps->dev, "bound kernel consumer: " + dev_info(&pps->dev, "bound kernel consumer: " "edge=0x%x\n", bind_args->edge); } else { spin_unlock_irq(&pps_kc_hardpps_lock); - dev_err(pps->dev, "another kernel consumer" + dev_err(&pps->dev, "another kernel consumer" " is already bound\n"); return -EINVAL; } @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void pps_kc_remove(struct pps_device *pps) pps_kc_hardpps_mode = 0; pps_kc_hardpps_dev = NULL; spin_unlock_irq(&pps_kc_hardpps_lock); - dev_info(pps->dev, "unbound kernel consumer" + dev_info(&pps->dev, "unbound kernel consumer" " on device removal\n"); } else spin_unlock_irq(&pps_kc_hardpps_lock); diff --git a/drivers/pps/pps.c b/drivers/pps/pps.c index 25d47907db17..6a02245ea35f 100644 --- a/drivers/pps/pps.c +++ b/drivers/pps/pps.c @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ * Local variables */

-static dev_t pps_devt; +static int pps_major; static struct class *pps_class;

static DEFINE_MUTEX(pps_idr_lock); @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static int pps_cdev_pps_fetch(struct pps_device *pps, struct pps_fdata *fdata) else { unsigned long ticks;

- dev_dbg(pps->dev, "timeout %lld.%09d\n", + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "timeout %lld.%09d\n", (long long) fdata->timeout.sec, fdata->timeout.nsec); ticks = fdata->timeout.sec * HZ; @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int pps_cdev_pps_fetch(struct pps_device *pps, struct pps_fdata *fdata)

/* Check for pending signals */ if (err == -ERESTARTSYS) { - dev_dbg(pps->dev, "pending signal caught\n"); + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "pending signal caught\n"); return -EINTR; }

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static long pps_cdev_ioctl(struct file *file,

switch (cmd) { case PPS_GETPARAMS: - dev_dbg(pps->dev, "PPS_GETPARAMS\n"); + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "PPS_GETPARAMS\n");

spin_lock_irq(&pps->lock);

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static long pps_cdev_ioctl(struct file *file, break;

case PPS_SETPARAMS: - dev_dbg(pps->dev, "PPS_SETPARAMS\n"); + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "PPS_SETPARAMS\n");

/* Check the capabilities */ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_TIME)) @@ -124,14 +124,14 @@ static long pps_cdev_ioctl(struct file *file, if (err) return -EFAULT; if (!(params.mode & (PPS_CAPTUREASSERT | PPS_CAPTURECLEAR))) { - dev_dbg(pps->dev, "capture mode unspecified (%x)\n", + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "capture mode unspecified (%x)\n", params.mode); return -EINVAL; }

/* Check for supported capabilities */ if ((params.mode & ~pps->info.mode) != 0) { - dev_dbg(pps->dev, "unsupported capabilities (%x)\n", + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "unsupported capabilities (%x)\n", params.mode); return -EINVAL; } @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static long pps_cdev_ioctl(struct file *file, /* Restore the read only parameters */ if ((params.mode & (PPS_TSFMT_TSPEC | PPS_TSFMT_NTPFP)) == 0) { /* section 3.3 of RFC 2783 interpreted */ - dev_dbg(pps->dev, "time format unspecified (%x)\n", + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "time format unspecified (%x)\n", params.mode); pps->params.mode |= PPS_TSFMT_TSPEC; } @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static long pps_cdev_ioctl(struct file *file, break;

case PPS_GETCAP: - dev_dbg(pps->dev, "PPS_GETCAP\n"); + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "PPS_GETCAP\n");

err = put_user(pps->info.mode, iuarg); if (err) @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static long pps_cdev_ioctl(struct file *file, case PPS_FETCH: { struct pps_fdata fdata;

- dev_dbg(pps->dev, "PPS_FETCH\n"); + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "PPS_FETCH\n");

err = copy_from_user(&fdata, uarg, sizeof(struct pps_fdata)); if (err) @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static long pps_cdev_ioctl(struct file *file, case PPS_KC_BIND: { struct pps_bind_args bind_args;

- dev_dbg(pps->dev, "PPS_KC_BIND\n"); + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "PPS_KC_BIND\n");

/* Check the capabilities */ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_TIME)) @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static long pps_cdev_ioctl(struct file *file,

/* Check for supported capabilities */ if ((bind_args.edge & ~pps->info.mode) != 0) { - dev_err(pps->dev, "unsupported capabilities (%x)\n", + dev_err(&pps->dev, "unsupported capabilities (%x)\n", bind_args.edge); return -EINVAL; } @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static long pps_cdev_ioctl(struct file *file, if (bind_args.tsformat != PPS_TSFMT_TSPEC || (bind_args.edge & ~PPS_CAPTUREBOTH) != 0 || bind_args.consumer != PPS_KC_HARDPPS) { - dev_err(pps->dev, "invalid kernel consumer bind" + dev_err(&pps->dev, "invalid kernel consumer bind" " parameters (%x)\n", bind_args.edge); return -EINVAL; } @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static long pps_cdev_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, struct pps_fdata fdata; int err;

- dev_dbg(pps->dev, "PPS_FETCH\n"); + dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "PPS_FETCH\n");

err = copy_from_user(&compat, uarg, sizeof(struct pps_fdata_compat)); if (err) @@ -296,20 +296,36 @@ static long pps_cdev_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, #define pps_cdev_compat_ioctl NULL #endif

+static struct pps_device *pps_idr_get(unsigned long id) +{ + struct pps_device *pps; + + mutex_lock(&pps_idr_lock); + pps = idr_find(&pps_idr, id); + if (pps) + get_device(&pps->dev); + + mutex_unlock(&pps_idr_lock); + return pps; +} + static int pps_cdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { - struct pps_device *pps = container_of(inode->i_cdev, - struct pps_device, cdev); + struct pps_device *pps = pps_idr_get(iminor(inode)); + + if (!pps) + return -ENODEV; + file->private_data = pps; - kobject_get(&pps->dev->kobj); return 0; }

static int pps_cdev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { - struct pps_device *pps = container_of(inode->i_cdev, - struct pps_device, cdev); - kobject_put(&pps->dev->kobj); + struct pps_device *pps = file->private_data; + + WARN_ON(pps->id != iminor(inode)); + put_device(&pps->dev); return 0; }

@@ -331,22 +347,13 @@ static void pps_device_destruct(struct device *dev) { struct pps_device *pps = dev_get_drvdata(dev);

- cdev_del(&pps->cdev); - - /* Now we can release the ID for re-use */ pr_debug("deallocating pps%d\n", pps->id); - mutex_lock(&pps_idr_lock); - idr_remove(&pps_idr, pps->id); - mutex_unlock(&pps_idr_lock); - - kfree(dev); kfree(pps); }

int pps_register_cdev(struct pps_device *pps) { int err; - dev_t devt;

mutex_lock(&pps_idr_lock); /* @@ -363,40 +370,29 @@ int pps_register_cdev(struct pps_device *pps) goto out_unlock; } pps->id = err; - mutex_unlock(&pps_idr_lock); - - devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(pps_devt), pps->id); - - cdev_init(&pps->cdev, &pps_cdev_fops); - pps->cdev.owner = pps->info.owner;

- err = cdev_add(&pps->cdev, devt, 1); - if (err) { - pr_err("%s: failed to add char device %d:%d\n", - pps->info.name, MAJOR(pps_devt), pps->id); + pps->dev.class = pps_class; + pps->dev.parent = pps->info.dev; + pps->dev.devt = MKDEV(pps_major, pps->id); + dev_set_drvdata(&pps->dev, pps); + dev_set_name(&pps->dev, "pps%d", pps->id); + err = device_register(&pps->dev); + if (err) goto free_idr; - } - pps->dev = device_create(pps_class, pps->info.dev, devt, pps, - "pps%d", pps->id); - if (IS_ERR(pps->dev)) { - err = PTR_ERR(pps->dev); - goto del_cdev; - }

/* Override the release function with our own */ - pps->dev->release = pps_device_destruct; + pps->dev.release = pps_device_destruct;

- pr_debug("source %s got cdev (%d:%d)\n", pps->info.name, - MAJOR(pps_devt), pps->id); + pr_debug("source %s got cdev (%d:%d)\n", pps->info.name, pps_major, + pps->id);

+ get_device(&pps->dev); + mutex_unlock(&pps_idr_lock); return 0;

-del_cdev: - cdev_del(&pps->cdev); - free_idr: - mutex_lock(&pps_idr_lock); idr_remove(&pps_idr, pps->id); + put_device(&pps->dev); out_unlock: mutex_unlock(&pps_idr_lock); return err; @@ -406,7 +402,13 @@ void pps_unregister_cdev(struct pps_device *pps) { pr_debug("unregistering pps%d\n", pps->id); pps->lookup_cookie = NULL; - device_destroy(pps_class, pps->dev->devt); + device_destroy(pps_class, pps->dev.devt); + + /* Now we can release the ID for re-use */ + mutex_lock(&pps_idr_lock); + idr_remove(&pps_idr, pps->id); + put_device(&pps->dev); + mutex_unlock(&pps_idr_lock); }

/* @@ -426,6 +428,11 @@ void pps_unregister_cdev(struct pps_device *pps) * so that it will not be used again, even if the pps device cannot * be removed from the idr due to pending references holding the minor * number in use. + * + * Since pps_idr holds a reference to the device, the returned + * pps_device is guaranteed to be valid until pps_unregister_cdev() is + * called on it. But after calling pps_unregister_cdev(), it may be + * freed at any time. */ struct pps_device *pps_lookup_dev(void const *cookie) { @@ -448,13 +455,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pps_lookup_dev); static void __exit pps_exit(void) { class_destroy(pps_class); - unregister_chrdev_region(pps_devt, PPS_MAX_SOURCES); + __unregister_chrdev(pps_major, 0, PPS_MAX_SOURCES, "pps"); }

static int __init pps_init(void) { - int err; - pps_class = class_create("pps"); if (IS_ERR(pps_class)) { pr_err("failed to allocate class\n"); @@ -462,8 +467,9 @@ static int __init pps_init(void) } pps_class->dev_groups = pps_groups;

- err = alloc_chrdev_region(&pps_devt, 0, PPS_MAX_SOURCES, "pps"); - if (err < 0) { + pps_major = __register_chrdev(0, 0, PPS_MAX_SOURCES, "pps", + &pps_cdev_fops); + if (pps_major < 0) { pr_err("failed to allocate char device region\n"); goto remove_class; } @@ -476,8 +482,7 @@ static int __init pps_init(void)

remove_class: class_destroy(pps_class); - - return err; + return pps_major; }

subsys_initcall(pps_init); diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_ocp.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_ocp.c index 5feecaadde8e..120db96d9e95 100644 --- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_ocp.c +++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_ocp.c @@ -4420,7 +4420,7 @@ ptp_ocp_complete(struct ptp_ocp *bp)

pps = pps_lookup_dev(bp->ptp); if (pps) - ptp_ocp_symlink(bp, pps->dev, "pps"); + ptp_ocp_symlink(bp, &pps->dev, "pps");

ptp_ocp_debugfs_add_device(bp);

diff --git a/include/linux/pps_kernel.h b/include/linux/pps_kernel.h index 78c8ac4951b5..c7abce28ed29 100644 --- a/include/linux/pps_kernel.h +++ b/include/linux/pps_kernel.h @@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ struct pps_device {

unsigned int id; /* PPS source unique ID */ void const *lookup_cookie; /* For pps_lookup_dev() only */ - struct cdev cdev; - struct device *dev; + struct device dev; struct fasync_struct *async_queue; /* fasync method */ spinlock_t lock; };