From f0b89d3958d73cd0785ec381f0ddf8efb6f183d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elena Reshetova Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:27:30 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] sched/core: Convert task_struct.stack_refcount to refcount_t atomic_t variables are currently used to implement reference counters with the following properties: - counter is initialized to 1 using atomic_set() - a resource is freed upon counter reaching zero - once counter reaches zero, its further increments aren't allowed - counter schema uses basic atomic operations (set, inc, inc_not_zero, dec_and_test, etc.) Such atomic variables should be converted to a newly provided refcount_t type and API that prevents accidental counter overflows and underflows. This is important since overflows and underflows can lead to use-after-free situation and be exploitable. The variable task_struct.stack_refcount is used as pure reference counter. Convert it to refcount_t and fix up the operations. ** Important note for maintainers: Some functions from refcount_t API defined in lib/refcount.c have different memory ordering guarantees than their atomic counterparts. The full comparison can be seen in https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/11/15/57 and it is hopefully soon in state to be merged to the documentation tree. Normally the differences should not matter since refcount_t provides enough guarantees to satisfy the refcounting use cases, but in some rare cases it might matter. Please double check that you don't have some undocumented memory guarantees for this variable usage. For the task_struct.stack_refcount it might make a difference in following places: - try_get_task_stack(): increment in refcount_inc_not_zero() only guarantees control dependency on success vs. fully ordered atomic counterpart - put_task_stack(): decrement in refcount_dec_and_test() only provides RELEASE ordering and control dependency on success vs. fully ordered atomic counterpart Suggested-by: Kees Cook Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Reviewed-by: David Windsor Reviewed-by: Hans Liljestrand Reviewed-by: Andrea Parri Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1547814450-18902-6-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- include/linux/init_task.h | 1 + include/linux/sched.h | 2 +- include/linux/sched/task_stack.h | 2 +- init/init_task.c | 2 +- kernel/fork.c | 6 +++--- 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h index a7083a45a26c0..6049baa5b8bcb 100644 --- a/include/linux/init_task.h +++ b/include/linux/init_task.h @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include #include diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 9d14d6864ca67..628bf13cb5a5a 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ struct task_struct { #endif #ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK /* A live task holds one reference: */ - atomic_t stack_refcount; + refcount_t stack_refcount; #endif #ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH int patch_state; diff --git a/include/linux/sched/task_stack.h b/include/linux/sched/task_stack.h index 6a841929073f9..2413427e439c7 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched/task_stack.h +++ b/include/linux/sched/task_stack.h @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static inline unsigned long *end_of_stack(struct task_struct *p) #ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK static inline void *try_get_task_stack(struct task_struct *tsk) { - return atomic_inc_not_zero(&tsk->stack_refcount) ? + return refcount_inc_not_zero(&tsk->stack_refcount) ? task_stack_page(tsk) : NULL; } diff --git a/init/init_task.c b/init/init_task.c index aca34c89529f9..46dbf546264d2 100644 --- a/init/init_task.c +++ b/init/init_task.c @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct task_struct init_task = { #ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK .thread_info = INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task), - .stack_refcount = ATOMIC_INIT(1), + .stack_refcount = REFCOUNT_INIT(1), #endif .state = 0, .stack = init_stack, diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index 3f7e192e29f20..77059b211608f 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ static void release_task_stack(struct task_struct *tsk) #ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK void put_task_stack(struct task_struct *tsk) { - if (atomic_dec_and_test(&tsk->stack_refcount)) + if (refcount_dec_and_test(&tsk->stack_refcount)) release_task_stack(tsk); } #endif @@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ void free_task(struct task_struct *tsk) * If the task had a separate stack allocation, it should be gone * by now. */ - WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&tsk->stack_refcount) != 0); + WARN_ON_ONCE(refcount_read(&tsk->stack_refcount) != 0); #endif rt_mutex_debug_task_free(tsk); ftrace_graph_exit_task(tsk); @@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig, int node) tsk->stack_vm_area = stack_vm_area; #endif #ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK - atomic_set(&tsk->stack_refcount, 1); + refcount_set(&tsk->stack_refcount, 1); #endif if (err) -- 2.30.2