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bpf: Fix racing between bpf_timer_cancel_and_free and bpf_timer_cancel
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The following race is possible between bpf_timer_cancel_and_free
and bpf_timer_cancel. It will lead a UAF on the timer->timer.

bpf_timer_cancel();
	spin_lock();
	t = timer->time;
	spin_unlock();

					bpf_timer_cancel_and_free();
						spin_lock();
						t = timer->timer;
						timer->timer = NULL;
						spin_unlock();
						hrtimer_cancel(&t->timer);
						kfree(t);

	/* UAF on t */
	hrtimer_cancel(&t->timer);

In bpf_timer_cancel_and_free, this patch frees the timer->timer
after a rcu grace period. This requires a rcu_head addition
to the "struct bpf_hrtimer". Another kfree(t) happens in bpf_timer_init,
this does not need a kfree_rcu because it is still under the
spin_lock and timer->timer has not been visible by others yet.

In bpf_timer_cancel, rcu_read_lock() is added because this helper
can be used in a non rcu critical section context (e.g. from
a sleepable bpf prog). Other timer->timer usages in helpers.c
have been audited, bpf_timer_cancel() is the only place where
timer->timer is used outside of the spin_lock.

Another solution considered is to mark a t->flag in bpf_timer_cancel
and clear it after hrtimer_cancel() is done.  In bpf_timer_cancel_and_free,
it busy waits for the flag to be cleared before kfree(t). This patch
goes with a straight forward solution and frees timer->timer after
a rcu grace period.

Fixes: b00628b ("bpf: Introduce bpf timers.")
Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: Hou Tao <houtao1@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240215211218.990808-1-martin.lau@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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Martin KaFai Lau authored and gregkh committed Mar 1, 2024
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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion kernel/bpf/helpers.c
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Expand Up @@ -1100,6 +1100,7 @@ struct bpf_hrtimer {
struct bpf_prog *prog;
void __rcu *callback_fn;
void *value;
struct rcu_head rcu;
};

/* the actual struct hidden inside uapi struct bpf_timer */
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1328,6 +1329,7 @@ BPF_CALL_1(bpf_timer_cancel, struct bpf_timer_kern *, timer)

if (in_nmi())
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
rcu_read_lock();
__bpf_spin_lock_irqsave(&timer->lock);
t = timer->timer;
if (!t) {
Expand All @@ -1349,6 +1351,7 @@ BPF_CALL_1(bpf_timer_cancel, struct bpf_timer_kern *, timer)
* if it was running.
*/
ret = ret ?: hrtimer_cancel(&t->timer);
rcu_read_unlock();
return ret;
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1403,7 +1406,7 @@ void bpf_timer_cancel_and_free(void *val)
*/
if (this_cpu_read(hrtimer_running) != t)
hrtimer_cancel(&t->timer);
kfree(t);
kfree_rcu(t, rcu);
}

BPF_CALL_2(bpf_kptr_xchg, void *, map_value, void *, ptr)
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