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smc: some potential use after free bugs

PATCH In review Dan Carpenter 3 participants 5 messages Jan 26, 2017 – Jan 27, 2017

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#0 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 smc: some potential use after free bugs

Say we got really unlucky and these failed on the last iteration, then it could lead to a use after free bug.

Fixes cd6851f30386 ("smc: remote memory buffers (RMBs)")
net/smc/smc_core.c +5 -0
index 8b1d34378829..941279e1504e 100644
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ int smc_sndbuf_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 			/* if send buffer allocation has failed,
 			 * try a smaller one
 			 */
+			sndbuf_desc = NULL;
 			continue;
 		}
 		rc = smc_ib_buf_map(lgr->lnk[SMC_SINGLE_LINK].smcibdev,
@@ -543,6 +544,7 @@ int smc_sndbuf_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 		if (rc) {
 			kfree(sndbuf_desc->cpu_addr);
 			kfree(sndbuf_desc);
+			sndbuf_desc = NULL;
 			continue; /* if mapping failed, try smaller one */
 		}
 		sndbuf_desc->used = 1;
@@ -599,6 +601,7 @@ int smc_rmb_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 			/* if RMB allocation has failed,
 			 * try a smaller one
 			 */
+			rmb_desc = NULL;
 			continue;
 		}
 		rc = smc_ib_buf_map(lgr->lnk[SMC_SINGLE_LINK].smcibdev,
@@ -607,6 +610,7 @@ int smc_rmb_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 		if (rc) {
 			kfree(rmb_desc->cpu_addr);
 			kfree(rmb_desc);
+			rmb_desc = NULL;
 			continue; /* if mapping failed, try smaller one */
 		}
 		rc = smc_ib_get_memory_region(lgr->lnk[SMC_SINGLE_LINK].roce_pd,
@@ -619,6 +623,7 @@ int smc_rmb_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 					 DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 			kfree(rmb_desc->cpu_addr);
 			kfree(rmb_desc);
+			rmb_desc = NULL;
 			continue;
 		}
 		rmb_desc->used = 1;
#1 lore raw
Quoted 2 lines · Dan Carpenter

Say we got really unlucky and these failed on the last iteration, then it could lead to a use after free bug.

thanks for reporting this! I had already a similar patch prepared, but not yet submitted. It contains all your added lines plus these additional pre-initializations at definition time:

@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ int smc_sndbuf_create(struct smc_sock *smc)

        struct smc_connection *conn = &smc->conn;
        struct smc_link_group *lgr = conn->lgr;
        int tmp_bufsize, tmp_bufsize_short;
-   struct smc_buf_desc *sndbuf_desc;
+ struct smc_buf_desc *sndbuf_desc = NULL;
        int rc;
 
        /* use socket send buffer size (w/o overhead) as start value */

@@ -573,7 +575,7 @@ int smc_rmb_create(struct smc_sock *smc)

        struct smc_connection *conn = &smc->conn;
        struct smc_link_group *lgr = conn->lgr;
        int tmp_bufsize, tmp_bufsize_short;
-   struct smc_buf_desc *rmb_desc;
+ struct smc_buf_desc *rmb_desc = NULL;
        int rc;
 
        /* use socket recv buffer size (w/o overhead) as start value */

If you do not contradict, I will post my enhanced patch version.

Quoted 49 lines
Fixes cd6851f30386 ("smc: remote memory buffers (RMBs)")
net/smc/smc_core.c +5 -0
index 8b1d34378829..941279e1504e 100644
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ int smc_sndbuf_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 			/* if send buffer allocation has failed,
 			 * try a smaller one
 			 */
+			sndbuf_desc = NULL;
 			continue;
 		}
 		rc = smc_ib_buf_map(lgr->lnk[SMC_SINGLE_LINK].smcibdev,
@@ -543,6 +544,7 @@ int smc_sndbuf_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 		if (rc) {
 			kfree(sndbuf_desc->cpu_addr);
 			kfree(sndbuf_desc);
+			sndbuf_desc = NULL;
 			continue; /* if mapping failed, try smaller one */
 		}
 		sndbuf_desc->used = 1;
@@ -599,6 +601,7 @@ int smc_rmb_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 			/* if RMB allocation has failed,
 			 * try a smaller one
 			 */
+			rmb_desc = NULL;
 			continue;
 		}
 		rc = smc_ib_buf_map(lgr->lnk[SMC_SINGLE_LINK].smcibdev,
@@ -607,6 +610,7 @@ int smc_rmb_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 		if (rc) {
 			kfree(rmb_desc->cpu_addr);
 			kfree(rmb_desc);
+			rmb_desc = NULL;
 			continue; /* if mapping failed, try smaller one */
 		}
 		rc = smc_ib_get_memory_region(lgr->lnk[SMC_SINGLE_LINK].roce_pd,
@@ -619,6 +623,7 @@ int smc_rmb_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 					 DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 			kfree(rmb_desc->cpu_addr);
 			kfree(rmb_desc);
+			rmb_desc = NULL;
 			continue;
 		}
 		rmb_desc->used = 1;
#2 lore raw
Quoted 28 lines · Ursula Braun
Quoted 2 lines · Dan Carpenter

Say we got really unlucky and these failed on the last iteration, then it could lead to a use after free bug.

thanks for reporting this! I had already a similar patch prepared, but not yet submitted. It contains all your added lines plus these additional pre-initializations at definition time:

(quoted diff) +2 -2
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ int smc_sndbuf_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
        struct smc_connection *conn = &smc->conn;
        struct smc_link_group *lgr = conn->lgr;
        int tmp_bufsize, tmp_bufsize_short;
-   struct smc_buf_desc *sndbuf_desc;
+ struct smc_buf_desc *sndbuf_desc = NULL;
        int rc;
 
        /* use socket send buffer size (w/o overhead) as start value */
@@ -573,7 +575,7 @@ int smc_rmb_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
        struct smc_connection *conn = &smc->conn;
        struct smc_link_group *lgr = conn->lgr;
        int tmp_bufsize, tmp_bufsize_short;
-   struct smc_buf_desc *rmb_desc;
+ struct smc_buf_desc *rmb_desc = NULL;
        int rc;
 
        /* use socket recv buffer size (w/o overhead) as start value */
Quoted 1 line

If you do not contradict, I will post my enhanced patch version.

Those are obviously harmless changes...

My static checker knows those aren't required so it doesn't complain about uninitialized variables. But not all static analysis tools are as clever. ;)

regards,
dan carpenter

#3 lore raw
In reply to Dan Carpenter

Am 26.01.2017 12:23, schrieb Ursula Braun:

Quoted 28 lines · Dan Carpenter
Quoted 2 lines

Say we got really unlucky and these failed on the last iteration, then it could lead to a use after free bug.

thanks for reporting this! I had already a similar patch prepared, but not yet submitted. It contains all your added lines plus these additional pre-initializations at definition time:

(quoted diff) +2 -2
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ int smc_sndbuf_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
        struct smc_connection *conn = &smc->conn;
        struct smc_link_group *lgr = conn->lgr;
        int tmp_bufsize, tmp_bufsize_short;
-   struct smc_buf_desc *sndbuf_desc;
+ struct smc_buf_desc *sndbuf_desc = NULL;
        int rc;
 
        /* use socket send buffer size (w/o overhead) as start value */
@@ -573,7 +575,7 @@ int smc_rmb_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
        struct smc_connection *conn = &smc->conn;
        struct smc_link_group *lgr = conn->lgr;
        int tmp_bufsize, tmp_bufsize_short;
-   struct smc_buf_desc *rmb_desc;
+ struct smc_buf_desc *rmb_desc = NULL;
        int rc;
 
        /* use socket recv buffer size (w/o overhead) as start value */
Quoted 1 line

If you do not contradict, I will post my enhanced patch version.

Independend of that ...

would it be possible to make sndbuf_desc->cpu_addr a zero size array and then simply do a:
sndbuf_desc = kzalloc(sizeof(*sndbuf_desc)+tmp_bufsize, GFP_KERNEL);

(read also: is the whole list of __GPF* really needed ?)

that would make the memhandling more easy

re,
wh

Quoted 55 lines
Quoted 42 lines
Fixes cd6851f30386 ("smc: remote memory buffers (RMBs)")
net/smc/smc_core.c +4 -0
index 8b1d34378829..941279e1504e 100644
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ int smc_sndbuf_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 			/* if send buffer allocation has failed,
 			 * try a smaller one
 			 */
+			sndbuf_desc = NULL;
 			continue;
 		}
 		rc = smc_ib_buf_map(lgr->lnk[SMC_SINGLE_LINK].smcibdev,
@@ -543,6 +544,7 @@ int smc_sndbuf_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 		if (rc) {
 			kfree(sndbuf_desc->cpu_addr);
 			kfree(sndbuf_desc);
+			sndbuf_desc = NULL;
 			continue; /* if mapping failed, try smaller one */
 		}
 		sndbuf_desc->used = 1;
@@ -599,6 +601,7 @@ int smc_rmb_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 			/* if RMB allocation has failed,
 			 * try a smaller one
 			 */
+			rmb_desc = NULL;
 			continue;
 		}
 		rc = smc_ib_buf_map(lgr->lnk[SMC_SINGLE_LINK].smcibdev,
@@ -607,6 +610,7 @@ int smc_rmb_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 		if (rc) {
 			kfree(rmb_desc->cpu_addr);
 			kfree(rmb_desc);
+			rmb_desc = NULL;
 			continue; /* if mapping failed, try smaller one */
 		}
 		rc = smc_ib_get_memory_region(lgr->lnk[SMC_SINGLE_LINK].roce_pd,

net/smc/smc_core.c int smc_rmb_create(struct smc_sock *smc) · line 629

Quoted 7 lines
net/smc/smc_core.c +1 -0
@@ -619,6 +623,7 @@ int smc_rmb_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 					 DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 			kfree(rmb_desc->cpu_addr);
 			kfree(rmb_desc);
+			rmb_desc = NULL;
 			continue;
 		}
 		rmb_desc->used = 1;

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#4 lore raw
In reply to Dan Carpenter
Quoted 31 lines · walter harms

Am 26.01.2017 12:23, schrieb Ursula Braun:

Quoted 28 lines · Dan Carpenter
Quoted 2 lines

Say we got really unlucky and these failed on the last iteration, then it could lead to a use after free bug.

thanks for reporting this! I had already a similar patch prepared, but not yet submitted. It contains all your added lines plus these additional pre-initializations at definition time:

(quoted diff) +2 -2
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ int smc_sndbuf_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
        struct smc_connection *conn = &smc->conn;
        struct smc_link_group *lgr = conn->lgr;
        int tmp_bufsize, tmp_bufsize_short;
-   struct smc_buf_desc *sndbuf_desc;
+ struct smc_buf_desc *sndbuf_desc = NULL;
        int rc;
 
        /* use socket send buffer size (w/o overhead) as start value */
@@ -573,7 +575,7 @@ int smc_rmb_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
        struct smc_connection *conn = &smc->conn;
        struct smc_link_group *lgr = conn->lgr;
        int tmp_bufsize, tmp_bufsize_short;
-   struct smc_buf_desc *rmb_desc;
+ struct smc_buf_desc *rmb_desc = NULL;
        int rc;
 
        /* use socket recv buffer size (w/o overhead) as start value */
Quoted 9 lines
Quoted 1 line

If you do not contradict, I will post my enhanced patch version.

Independend of that ...

would it be possible to make sndbuf_desc->cpu_addr a zero size array and then simply do a:
sndbuf_desc = kzalloc(sizeof(*sndbuf_desc)+tmp_bufsize, GFP_KERNEL);

The idea had been to keep DMA-mapping memory separate from other memory. But I will experiment with your idea.

Quoted 1 line

(read also: is the whole list of __GPF* really needed ?)

Currently SMC-R tries to get large chunks of real consecutive memory initially and lowers this requirement if not available. We have future work in mind to implement a scattered solution, but for now we accept initially failing memory allocations, and do not want these sometimes likely failings to be noisy.

Quoted 63 lines

that would make the memhandling more easy

re,
wh

Quoted 55 lines
Quoted 42 lines
Fixes cd6851f30386 ("smc: remote memory buffers (RMBs)")
net/smc/smc_core.c +4 -0
index 8b1d34378829..941279e1504e 100644
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ int smc_sndbuf_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 			/* if send buffer allocation has failed,
 			 * try a smaller one
 			 */
+			sndbuf_desc = NULL;
 			continue;
 		}
 		rc = smc_ib_buf_map(lgr->lnk[SMC_SINGLE_LINK].smcibdev,
@@ -543,6 +544,7 @@ int smc_sndbuf_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 		if (rc) {
 			kfree(sndbuf_desc->cpu_addr);
 			kfree(sndbuf_desc);
+			sndbuf_desc = NULL;
 			continue; /* if mapping failed, try smaller one */
 		}
 		sndbuf_desc->used = 1;
@@ -599,6 +601,7 @@ int smc_rmb_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 			/* if RMB allocation has failed,
 			 * try a smaller one
 			 */
+			rmb_desc = NULL;
 			continue;
 		}
 		rc = smc_ib_buf_map(lgr->lnk[SMC_SINGLE_LINK].smcibdev,
@@ -607,6 +610,7 @@ int smc_rmb_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 		if (rc) {
 			kfree(rmb_desc->cpu_addr);
 			kfree(rmb_desc);
+			rmb_desc = NULL;
 			continue; /* if mapping failed, try smaller one */
 		}
 		rc = smc_ib_get_memory_region(lgr->lnk[SMC_SINGLE_LINK].roce_pd,

net/smc/smc_core.c int smc_rmb_create(struct smc_sock *smc) · line 629

Quoted 7 lines
net/smc/smc_core.c +1 -0
@@ -619,6 +623,7 @@ int smc_rmb_create(struct smc_sock *smc)
 					 DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 			kfree(rmb_desc->cpu_addr);
 			kfree(rmb_desc);
+			rmb_desc = NULL;
 			continue;
 		}
 		rmb_desc->used = 1;

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