6b1340cc00
A race condition exists while initialiazing perf_trace_buf from
perf_trace_init() and perf_kprobe_init().
CPU0 CPU1
perf_trace_init()
mutex_lock(&event_mutex)
perf_trace_event_init()
perf_trace_event_reg()
total_ref_count == 0
buf = alloc_percpu()
perf_trace_buf[i] = buf
tp_event->class->reg() //fails perf_kprobe_init()
goto fail perf_trace_event_init()
perf_trace_event_reg()
fail:
total_ref_count == 0
total_ref_count == 0
buf = alloc_percpu()
perf_trace_buf[i] = buf
tp_event->class->reg()
total_ref_count++
free_percpu(perf_trace_buf[i])
perf_trace_buf[i] = NULL
Any subsequent call to perf_trace_event_reg() will observe total_ref_count > 0,
causing the perf_trace_buf to be always NULL. This can result in perf_trace_buf
getting accessed from perf_trace_buf_alloc() without being initialized. Acquiring
event_mutex in perf_kprobe_init() before calling perf_trace_event_init() should
fix this race.
The race caused the following bug:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000003106f2003c
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x96000045
Exception class = DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
Data abort info:
ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000045
CM = 0, WnR = 1
user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp = ffffffc034b9b000
[0000003106f2003c] pgd=0000000000000000, pud=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 96000045 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Process syz-executor (pid: 18393, stack limit = 0xffffffc093190000)
pstate: 80400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO)
pc : __memset+0x20/0x1ac
lr : memset+0x3c/0x50
sp : ffffffc09319fc50
__memset+0x20/0x1ac
perf_trace_buf_alloc+0x140/0x1a0
perf_trace_sys_enter+0x158/0x310
syscall_trace_enter+0x348/0x7c0
el0_svc_common+0x11c/0x368
el0_svc_handler+0x12c/0x198
el0_svc+0x8/0xc
Ramdumps showed the following:
total_ref_count = 3
perf_trace_buf = (
0x0 -> NULL,
0x0 -> NULL,
0x0 -> NULL,
0x0 -> NULL)
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1571120245-4186-1-git-send-email-prsood@codeaurora.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: e12f03d7031a9 ("perf/core: Implement the 'perf_kprobe' PMU")
Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Prateek Sood <prsood@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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