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random: check for signals after page of pool writes
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commit 1ce6c8d upstream.

get_random_bytes_user() checks for signals after producing a PAGE_SIZE
worth of output, just like /dev/zero does. write_pool() is doing
basically the same work (actually, slightly more expensive), and so
should stop to check for signals in the same way. Let's also name it
write_pool_user() to match get_random_bytes_user(), so this won't be
misused in the future.

Before this patch, massive writes to /dev/urandom would tie up the
process for an extremely long time and make it unterminatable. After, it
can be successfully interrupted. The following test program can be used
to see this works as intended:

  #include <unistd.h>
  #include <fcntl.h>
  #include <signal.h>
  #include <stdio.h>

  static unsigned char x[~0U];

  static void handle(int) { }

  int main(int argc, char *argv[])
  {
    pid_t pid = getpid(), child;
    int fd;
    signal(SIGUSR1, handle);
    if (!(child = fork())) {
      for (;;)
        kill(pid, SIGUSR1);
    }
    fd = open("/dev/urandom", O_WRONLY);
    pause();
    printf("interrupted after writing %zd bytes\n", write(fd, x, sizeof(x)));
    close(fd);
    kill(child, SIGTERM);
    return 0;
  }

Result before: "interrupted after writing 2147479552 bytes"
Result after: "interrupted after writing 4096 bytes"

Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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zx2c4 authored and gregkh committed May 30, 2022
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14 changes: 10 additions & 4 deletions drivers/char/random.c
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Expand Up @@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ static __poll_t random_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
return crng_ready() ? EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM : EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM;
}

static ssize_t write_pool(struct iov_iter *iter)
static ssize_t write_pool_user(struct iov_iter *iter)
{
u8 block[BLAKE2S_BLOCK_SIZE];
ssize_t ret = 0;
Expand All @@ -1270,7 +1270,13 @@ static ssize_t write_pool(struct iov_iter *iter)
mix_pool_bytes(block, copied);
if (!iov_iter_count(iter) || copied != sizeof(block))
break;
cond_resched();

BUILD_BUG_ON(PAGE_SIZE % sizeof(block) != 0);
if (ret % PAGE_SIZE == 0) {
if (signal_pending(current))
break;
cond_resched();
}
}

memzero_explicit(block, sizeof(block));
Expand All @@ -1279,7 +1285,7 @@ static ssize_t write_pool(struct iov_iter *iter)

static ssize_t random_write_iter(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
{
return write_pool(iter);
return write_pool_user(iter);
}

static ssize_t urandom_read_iter(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1346,7 +1352,7 @@ static long random_ioctl(struct file *f, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
ret = import_single_range(WRITE, p, len, &iov, &iter);
if (unlikely(ret))
return ret;
ret = write_pool(&iter);
ret = write_pool_user(&iter);
if (unlikely(ret < 0))
return ret;
/* Since we're crediting, enforce that it was all written into the pool. */
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