[PATCH] powerpc/fault: fix wrong KUAP fault for IO_URING

Aneesh Kumar K.V aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com
Tue Feb 2 17:30:51 AEDT 2021


On 2/2/21 11:50 AM, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> 
> 
> Le 02/02/2021 à 07:16, Aneesh Kumar K.V a écrit :
>> On 2/2/21 11:32 AM, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 02/02/2021 à 06:55, Aneesh Kumar K.V a écrit :
>>>> Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Excerpts from Michael Ellerman's message of January 30, 2021 9:22 pm:
>>>>>>> Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu> writes:
>>>>>>>> +Aneesh
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Le 29/01/2021 à 07:52, Zorro Lang a écrit :
>>>>>>> ..
>>>>>>>>> [   96.200296] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>>>>>>>>> [   96.200304] Bug: Read fault blocked by KUAP!
>>>>>>>>> [   96.200309] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1876 at 
>>>>>>>>> arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c:229 bad_kernel_fault+0x180/0x310
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [   96.200734] NIP [c000000000849424] 
>>>>>>>>> fault_in_pages_readable+0x104/0x350
>>>>>>>>> [   96.200741] LR [c00000000084952c] 
>>>>>>>>> fault_in_pages_readable+0x20c/0x350
>>>>>>>>> [   96.200747] --- interrupt: 300
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Problem happens in a section where userspace access is supposed 
>>>>>>>> to be granted, so the patch you
>>>>>>>> proposed is definitely not the right fix.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> c000000000849408:    2c 01 00 4c     isync
>>>>>>>> c00000000084940c:    a6 03 3d 7d     mtspr   29,r9  <== granting 
>>>>>>>> userspace access permission
>>>>>>>> c000000000849410:    2c 01 00 4c     isync
>>>>>>>> c000000000849414:    00 00 36 e9     ld      r9,0(r22)
>>>>>>>> c000000000849418:    20 00 29 81     lwz     r9,32(r9)
>>>>>>>> c00000000084941c:    00 02 29 71     andi.   r9,r9,512
>>>>>>>> c000000000849420:    78 d3 5e 7f     mr      r30,r26
>>>>>>>> ==> c000000000849424:    00 00 bf 8b     lbz     r29,0(r31)  <== 
>>>>>>>> accessing userspace
>>>>>>>> c000000000849428:    10 00 82 41     beq     c000000000849438 
>>>>>>>> <fault_in_pages_readable+0x118>
>>>>>>>> c00000000084942c:    2c 01 00 4c     isync
>>>>>>>> c000000000849430:    a6 03 bd 7e     mtspr   29,r21  <== 
>>>>>>>> clearing userspace access permission
>>>>>>>> c000000000849434:    2c 01 00 4c     isync
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My first guess is that the problem is linked to the following 
>>>>>>>> function, see the comment
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> /*
>>>>>>>>    * For kernel thread that doesn't have thread.regs return
>>>>>>>>    * default AMR/IAMR values.
>>>>>>>>    */
>>>>>>>> static inline u64 current_thread_amr(void)
>>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>>     if (current->thread.regs)
>>>>>>>>         return current->thread.regs->amr;
>>>>>>>>     return AMR_KUAP_BLOCKED;
>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Above function was introduced by commit 48a8ab4eeb82 
>>>>>>>> ("powerpc/book3s64/pkeys: Don't update SPRN_AMR
>>>>>>>> when in kernel mode")
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah that's a bit of a curly one.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At some point io_uring did kthread_use_mm(), which is supposed to 
>>>>>>> mean
>>>>>>> the kthread can operate on behalf of the original process that 
>>>>>>> submitted
>>>>>>> the IO.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But because KUAP is implemented using memory protection keys, it 
>>>>>>> depends
>>>>>>> on the value of the AMR register, which is not part of the mm, 
>>>>>>> it's in
>>>>>>> thread.regs->amr.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And what's worse by the time we're in kthread_use_mm() we no 
>>>>>>> longer have
>>>>>>> access to the thread.regs->amr of the original process that 
>>>>>>> submitted
>>>>>>> the IO.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We also can't simply move the AMR into the mm, precisely because 
>>>>>>> it's
>>>>>>> per thread, not per mm.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So TBH I don't know how we're going to fix this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I guess we could return AMR=unblocked for kernel threads, but that's
>>>>>>> arguably a bug because it allows a process to circumvent memory 
>>>>>>> keys by
>>>>>>> asking the kernel to do the access.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We shouldn't need to inherit AMR should we? We only need it to be 
>>>>>> locked
>>>>>> for kernel threads until it's explicitly unlocked -- nothing mm 
>>>>>> specific
>>>>>> there. I think current_thread_amr could return 0 for kernel 
>>>>>> threads? Or
>>>>>> I would even avoid using that function for allow_user_access and open
>>>>>> code the kthread case and remove it from current_thread_amr().
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> updated one
>>>>
>>>>  From 8fdb0680f983940d61f91da8252b13c8d3e8ebee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>>> From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com>
>>>> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 09:23:38 +0530
>>>> Subject: [PATCH v2] powerpc/kuap: Allow kernel thread to access 
>>>> userspace
>>>>   after kthread_use_mm
>>>>
>>>> This fix the bad fault reported by KUAP when io_wqe_worker access 
>>>> userspace.
>>>>
>>>>   Bug: Read fault blocked by KUAP!
>>>>   WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 101841 at arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c:229 
>>>> __do_page_fault+0x6b4/0xcd0
>>>>   NIP [c00000000009e7e4] __do_page_fault+0x6b4/0xcd0
>>>>   LR [c00000000009e7e0] __do_page_fault+0x6b0/0xcd0
>>>> ..........
>>>>   Call Trace:
>>>>   [c000000016367330] [c00000000009e7e0] __do_page_fault+0x6b0/0xcd0 
>>>> (unreliable)
>>>>   [c0000000163673e0] [c00000000009ee3c] do_page_fault+0x3c/0x120
>>>>   [c000000016367430] [c00000000000c848] handle_page_fault+0x10/0x2c
>>>>   --- interrupt: 300 at iov_iter_fault_in_readable+0x148/0x6f0
>>>> ..........
>>>>   NIP [c0000000008e8228] iov_iter_fault_in_readable+0x148/0x6f0
>>>>   LR [c0000000008e834c] iov_iter_fault_in_readable+0x26c/0x6f0
>>>>   interrupt: 300
>>>>   [c0000000163677e0] [c0000000007154a0] iomap_write_actor+0xc0/0x280
>>>>   [c000000016367880] [c00000000070fc94] iomap_apply+0x1c4/0x780
>>>>   [c000000016367990] [c000000000710330] 
>>>> iomap_file_buffered_write+0xa0/0x120
>>>>   [c0000000163679e0] [c00800000040791c] 
>>>> xfs_file_buffered_aio_write+0x314/0x5e0 [xfs]
>>>>   [c000000016367a90] [c0000000006d74bc] io_write+0x10c/0x460
>>>>   [c000000016367bb0] [c0000000006d80e4] io_issue_sqe+0x8d4/0x1200
>>>>   [c000000016367c70] [c0000000006d8ad0] io_wq_submit_work+0xc0/0x250
>>>>   [c000000016367cb0] [c0000000006e2578] 
>>>> io_worker_handle_work+0x498/0x800
>>>>   [c000000016367d40] [c0000000006e2cdc] io_wqe_worker+0x3fc/0x4f0
>>>>   [c000000016367da0] [c0000000001cb0a4] kthread+0x1c4/0x1d0
>>>>   [c000000016367e10] [c00000000000dbf0] 
>>>> ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x6c
>>>>
>>>> The kernel consider thread AMR value for kernel thread to be
>>>> AMR_KUAP_BLOCKED. Hence access to userspace is denied. This
>>>> of course not correct and we should allow userspace access after
>>>> kthread_use_mm(). To be precise, kthread_use_mm() should inherit the
>>>> AMR value of the operating address space. But, the AMR value is
>>>> thread-specific and we inherit the address space and not thread
>>>> access restrictions. Because of this ignore AMR value when accessing
>>>> userspace via kernel thread.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> Changes from v1:
>>>> * Address review feedback from Nick
>>>>
>>>>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/kup.h | 8 +++++++-
>>>>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/kup.h 
>>>> b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/kup.h
>>>> index f50f72e535aa..95f4df99249e 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/kup.h
>>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/kup.h
>>>> @@ -384,7 +384,13 @@ static __always_inline void 
>>>> allow_user_access(void __user *to, const void __user
>>>>       // This is written so we can resolve to a single case at build 
>>>> time
>>>>       BUILD_BUG_ON(!__builtin_constant_p(dir));
>>>> -    if (mmu_has_feature(MMU_FTR_PKEY))
>>>> +    /*
>>>> +     * if it is a kthread that did kthread_use_mm() don't
>>>> +     * use current_thread_amr().
>>>
>>> According to include/linux/sched.h, PF_KTHREAD means /* I am a kernel 
>>> thread */
>>> It doesn't seem to be related to kthread_use_mm()
>>
>> That should be a sufficient check here. if we did reach here without 
>> calling kthread_user_mm, we will crash on access because we don't have 
>> a mm attached to the current process.  a kernel thread with 
>> kthread_use_mm has
> 
> Ok but then the comment doesn't match the check.


I was trying to be explict in the comment that we expect the thread to 
have done kthread_use_mm().

> 
> And also the comment in current_thread_amr() is then misleading.
> 
> Why not do the current->flags & PF_KTHREAD check in current_thread_amr() 
> and return 0 in that case instead of BLOCKED ?

In my view currrent_thread_amr() is more generic and we want to be 
explicit there that a kernel thread AMR is KUAP_BLOCKED. Only when we 
call allow user access, we relax the AMR value.

> 
>>
>> current->mm == current->active_mm && current->flags & PF_KTHREAD.
>>
>> The first part is true for every other process too.
>>
>>>
>>>> +     */
>>>> +    if (current->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
>>>> +        thread_amr = 0;
>>>> +    else if (mmu_has_feature(MMU_FTR_PKEY))
>>>>           thread_amr = current_thread_amr();
>>>>       if (dir == KUAP_READ)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Christophe
>>
>>
>> -aneesh



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