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perf/core: Fix use-after-free in perf_release()
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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 <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <[email protected]>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: Vince Weaver <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Fixes: c6e5b73 ("perf: Synchronously clean up child events")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170314155949.GE32474@worktop
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
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Peter Zijlstra authored and Ingo Molnar committed Mar 16, 2017
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Expand Up @@ -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)
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