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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 <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@amarulasolutions.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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 <mingo@kernel.org>
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Elena Reshetova 2019-01-18 14:27:30 +02:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent ec1d281923
commit f0b89d3958
5 changed files with 7 additions and 6 deletions
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include/linux/init_task.h
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@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <linux/securebits.h>
#include <linux/seqlock.h>
#include <linux/rbtree.h>
#include <linux/refcount.h>
#include <linux/sched/autogroup.h>
#include <net/net_namespace.h>
#include <linux/sched/rt.h>

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include/linux/sched.h
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@ -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;

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include/linux/sched/task_stack.h
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@ -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;
}

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init/init_task.c
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@ -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,

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kernel/fork.c
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@ -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)