[PATCH v4] firmware_loader: fix use-after-free in firmware_fallback_sysfs
Anirudh Rayabharam
mail at anirudhrb.com
Wed May 19 18:56:12 UTC 2021
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 05:10:47PM +0800, Hillf Danton wrote:
> On Tue, 18 May 2021 21:29:20 +0530 Anirudh Rayabharam wrote:
> >This use-after-free happens when a fw_priv object has been freed but
> >hasn't been removed from the pending list (pending_fw_head). The next
> >time fw_load_sysfs_fallback tries to insert into the list, it ends up
> >accessing the pending_list member of the previoiusly freed fw_priv.
> >
> >The root cause here is that all code paths that abort the fw load
> >don't delete it from the pending list. For example:
> >
> > _request_firmware()
> > -> fw_abort_batch_reqs()
> > -> fw_state_aborted()
> >
> >To fix this, delete the fw_priv from the list in __fw_set_state() if
> >the new state is DONE or ABORTED. This way, all aborts will remove
> >the fw_priv from the list. Accordingly, remove calls to list_del_init
> >that were being made before calling fw_state_(aborted|done)().
> >
> >Also, in fw_load_sysfs_fallback, don't add the fw_priv to the list
> >if it is already aborted. Instead, just jump out and return early.
> >
> >Fixes: bcfbd3523f3c ("firmware: fix a double abort case with fw_load_sysfs_fallback")
> >Reported-by: syzbot+de271708674e2093097b at syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> >Tested-by: syzbot+de271708674e2093097b at syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> >Signed-off-by: Anirudh Rayabharam <mail at anirudhrb.com>
> >---
> >
> >Changes in v4:
> >Documented the reasons behind the error codes returned from
> >fw_sysfs_wait_timeout() as suggested by Luis Chamberlain.
> >
> >Changes in v3:
> >Modified the patch to incorporate suggestions by Luis Chamberlain in
> >order to fix the root cause instead of applying a "band-aid" kind of
> >fix.
> >https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210403013143.GV4332@42.do-not-panic.com/
> >
> >Changes in v2:
> >1. Fixed 1 error and 1 warning (in the commit message) reported by
> >checkpatch.pl. The error was regarding the format for referring to
> >another commit "commit <sha> ("oneline")". The warning was for line
> >longer than 75 chars.
> >
> >---
> > drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++-------
> > drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h | 6 +++-
> > drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c | 2 ++
> > 3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
> >index 91899d185e31..f244c7b89ba5 100644
> >--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
> >+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
> >@@ -70,7 +70,31 @@ static inline bool fw_sysfs_loading(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
> >
> > static inline int fw_sysfs_wait_timeout(struct fw_priv *fw_priv, long timeout)
> > {
> >- return __fw_state_wait_common(fw_priv, timeout);
> >+ int ret = __fw_state_wait_common(fw_priv, timeout);
> >+
> >+ /*
> >+ * A signal could be sent to abort a wait. Consider Android's init
> >+ * gettting a SIGCHLD, which in turn was the same process issuing the
> >+ * sysfs store call for the fallback. In such cases we want to be able
> >+ * to tell apart in userspace when a signal caused a failure on the
> >+ * wait. In such cases we'd get -ERESTARTSYS.
> >+ *
> >+ * Likewise though another race can happen and abort the load earlier.
> >+ *
> >+ * In either case the situation is interrupted so we just inform
> >+ * userspace of that and we end things right away.
> >+ *
> >+ * When we really time out just tell userspace it should try again,
> >+ * perhaps later.
> >+ */
> >+ if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS || fw_state_is_aborted(fw_priv))
> >+ ret = -EINTR;
> >+ else if (ret == -ETIMEDOUT)
> >+ ret = -EAGAIN;
> >+ else if (fw_priv->is_paged_buf && !fw_priv->data)
> >+ ret = -ENOMEM;
> >+
> >+ return ret;
> > }
> >
> > struct fw_sysfs {
> >@@ -91,10 +115,9 @@ static void __fw_load_abort(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
> > * There is a small window in which user can write to 'loading'
> > * between loading done and disappearance of 'loading'
> > */
> >- if (fw_sysfs_done(fw_priv))
> >+ if (fw_state_is_aborted(fw_priv) || fw_sysfs_done(fw_priv))
> > return;
> >
> >- list_del_init(&fw_priv->pending_list);
> > fw_state_aborted(fw_priv);
> > }
> >
> >@@ -280,7 +303,6 @@ static ssize_t firmware_loading_store(struct device *dev,
> > * Same logic as fw_load_abort, only the DONE bit
> > * is ignored and we set ABORT only on failure.
> > */
> >- list_del_init(&fw_priv->pending_list);
> > if (rc) {
> > fw_state_aborted(fw_priv);
> > written = rc;
> >@@ -513,6 +535,11 @@ static int fw_load_sysfs_fallback(struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs, long timeout)
> > }
> >
> > mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
> >+ if (fw_state_is_aborted(fw_priv)) {
> >+ mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
> >+ retval = -EINTR;
> >+ goto out;
> >+ }
> > list_add(&fw_priv->pending_list, &pending_fw_head);
>
> This looks like prepare_to_wait().
>
> > mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
> >
> >@@ -526,20 +553,13 @@ static int fw_load_sysfs_fallback(struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs, long timeout)
> > }
> >
> > retval = fw_sysfs_wait_timeout(fw_priv, timeout);
> >- if (retval < 0 && retval != -ENOENT) {
> >+ if (retval < 0) {
> > mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
> > fw_load_abort(fw_sysfs);
> __fw_load_abort();
> fw_state_aborted();
> __fw_state_set();
>
> Is this your finish_wait() part? See what you add below.
>
> > mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
> > }
> >
> >- if (fw_state_is_aborted(fw_priv)) {
> >- if (retval == -ERESTARTSYS)
> >- retval = -EINTR;
> >- else
> >- retval = -EAGAIN;
> >- } else if (fw_priv->is_paged_buf && !fw_priv->data)
> >- retval = -ENOMEM;
> >-
> >+out:
> > device_del(f_dev);
> > err_put_dev:
> > put_device(f_dev);
> >diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h
> >index 63bd29fdcb9c..36bdb413c998 100644
> >--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h
> >+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h
> >@@ -117,8 +117,12 @@ static inline void __fw_state_set(struct fw_priv *fw_priv,
> >
> > WRITE_ONCE(fw_st->status, status);
> >
> >- if (status == FW_STATUS_DONE || status == FW_STATUS_ABORTED)
> >+ if (status == FW_STATUS_DONE || status == FW_STATUS_ABORTED) {
> >+#ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
> >+ list_del_init(&fw_priv->pending_list);
> >+#endif
> > complete_all(&fw_st->completion);
> >+ }
>
> Fine, apart from what you are fixing, you are adding something like
> finish_wait() into the waker's backyard. Why are you calling
> complete_all() on the waiter side?
Sorry, I don't really get your point here. I did not add complete_all().
It was already there. Could you please elaborate?
- Anirudh.
>
> > }
> >
> > static inline void fw_state_aborted(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
> >diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
> >index 4fdb8219cd08..68c549d71230 100644
> >--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
> >+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
> >@@ -783,8 +783,10 @@ static void fw_abort_batch_reqs(struct firmware *fw)
> > return;
> >
> > fw_priv = fw->priv;
> >+ mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
> > if (!fw_state_is_aborted(fw_priv))
> > fw_state_aborted(fw_priv);
> >+ mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
> > }
> >
> > /* called from request_firmware() and request_firmware_work_func() */
> >--
> >2.26.2
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