FAILED: patch "[PATCH] shm: extend forced shm destroy to support objects from" failed to apply to 4.19-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 4.19-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 85b6d24646e4125c591639841169baa98a2da503 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Mikhalitsyn <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 16:43:21 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] shm: extend forced shm destroy to support objects from
several IPC nses

Currently, the exit_shm() function not designed to work properly when task->sysvshm.shm_clist holds shm objects from different IPC namespaces.

This is a real pain when sysctl kernel.shm_rmid_forced = 1, because it leads to use-after-free (reproducer exists).

This is an attempt to fix the problem by extending exit_shm mechanism to handle shm's destroy from several IPC ns'es.

To achieve that we do several things:

1. add a namespace (non-refcounted) pointer to the struct shmid_kernel

2. during new shm object creation (newseg()/shmget syscall) we initialize this pointer by current task IPC ns

3. exit_shm() fully reworked such that it traverses over all shp's in task->sysvshm.shm_clist and gets IPC namespace not from current task as it was before but from shp's object itself, then call shm_destroy(shp, ns).

Note: We need to be really careful here, because as it was said before (1), our pointer to IPC ns non-refcnt'ed. To be on the safe side we using special helper get_ipc_ns_not_zero() which allows to get IPC ns refcounter only if IPC ns not in the "state of destruction".

Q/A

Q: Why can we access shp->ns memory using non-refcounted pointer?
A: Because shp object lifetime is always shorther than IPC namespace
lifetime, so, if we get shp object from the task->sysvshm.shm_clist while holding task_lock(task) nobody can steal our namespace.

Q: Does this patch change semantics of unshare/setns/clone syscalls?
A: No. It's just fixes non-covered case when process may leave IPC
namespace without getting task->sysvshm.shm_clist list cleaned up.

index 05e22770af51..b75395ec8d52 100644
@@ -131,6 +131,16 @@ static inline struct ipc_namespace *get_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 	return ns;
 }
 
+static inline struct ipc_namespace *get_ipc_ns_not_zero(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+{
+	if (ns) {
+		if (refcount_inc_not_zero(&ns->ns.count))
+			return ns;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 extern void put_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
 #else
 static inline struct ipc_namespace *copy_ipcs(unsigned long flags,

@@ -147,6 +157,11 @@ static inline struct ipc_namespace *get_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 	return ns;
 }
 
+static inline struct ipc_namespace *get_ipc_ns_not_zero(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+{
+	return ns;
+}
+
 static inline void put_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 {
 }

index ba88a6987400..058d7f371e25 100644
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static inline struct vm_struct *task_stack_vm_area(const struct task_struct *t)
  * Protects ->fs, ->files, ->mm, ->group_info, ->comm, keyring
  * subscriptions and synchronises with wait4().  Also used in procfs.  Also
  * pins the final release of task.io_context.  Also protects ->cpuset and
- * ->cgroup.subsys[]. And ->vfork_done.
+ * ->cgroup.subsys[]. And ->vfork_done. And ->sysvshm.shm_clist.
  *
  * Nests both inside and outside of read_lock(&tasklist_lock).
  * It must not be nested with write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock),

From: Alexander Mikhalitsyn <[email protected]>

For 4.19.y:

Upstream commit 85b6d24646e4 ("shm: extend forced shm destroy to support objects from several IPC nses")

Currently, the exit_shm() function not designed to work properly when task->sysvshm.shm_clist holds shm objects from different IPC namespaces.

This is a real pain when sysctl kernel.shm_rmid_forced = 1, because it leads to use-after-free (reproducer exists).

This is an attempt to fix the problem by extending exit_shm mechanism to handle shm's destroy from several IPC ns'es.

To achieve that we do several things:

1. add a namespace (non-refcounted) pointer to the struct shmid_kernel

2. during new shm object creation (newseg()/shmget syscall) we initialize this pointer by current task IPC ns

3. exit_shm() fully reworked such that it traverses over all shp's in task->sysvshm.shm_clist and gets IPC namespace not from current task as it was before but from shp's object itself, then call shm_destroy(shp, ns).

Note: We need to be really careful here, because as it was said before (1), our pointer to IPC ns non-refcnt'ed. To be on the safe side we using special helper get_ipc_ns_not_zero() which allows to get IPC ns refcounter only if IPC ns not in the "state of destruction".

Q/A

Q: Why can we access shp->ns memory using non-refcounted pointer?
A: Because shp object lifetime is always shorther than IPC namespace
lifetime, so, if we get shp object from the task->sysvshm.shm_clist while holding task_lock(task) nobody can steal our namespace.

Q: Does this patch change semantics of unshare/setns/clone syscalls?
A: No. It's just fixes non-covered case when process may leave IPC
namespace without getting task->sysvshm.shm_clist list cleaned up.

---
 include/linux/ipc_namespace.h |  15 +++
 include/linux/sched/task.h    |   2 +-
 ipc/shm.c                     | 189 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 3 files changed, 159 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

index 6ab8c1bada3f..36ffbe330abe 100644
@@ -129,6 +129,16 @@ static inline struct ipc_namespace *get_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 	return ns;
 }
 
+static inline struct ipc_namespace *get_ipc_ns_not_zero(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+{
+	if (ns) {
+		if (refcount_inc_not_zero(&ns->count))
+			return ns;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 extern void put_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
 #else
 static inline struct ipc_namespace *copy_ipcs(unsigned long flags,

@@ -145,6 +155,11 @@ static inline struct ipc_namespace *get_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 	return ns;
 }
 
+static inline struct ipc_namespace *get_ipc_ns_not_zero(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+{
+	return ns;
+}
+
 static inline void put_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 {
 }

index 44c6f15800ff..91401309b1aa 100644
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static inline struct vm_struct *task_stack_vm_area(const struct task_struct *t)
  * Protects ->fs, ->files, ->mm, ->group_info, ->comm, keyring
  * subscriptions and synchronises with wait4().  Also used in procfs.  Also
  * pins the final release of task.io_context.  Also protects ->cpuset and
- * ->cgroup.subsys[]. And ->vfork_done.
+ * ->cgroup.subsys[]. And ->vfork_done. And ->sysvshm.shm_clist.
  *
  * Nests both inside and outside of read_lock(&tasklist_lock).
  * It must not be nested with write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock),

2.31.1

Now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h