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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] tty: tty_jobctrl: fix pid memleak in disassociate_ctty()
On 24. 07. 23, 5:37, Yi Yang wrote:
> There is a pid leakage:
> ------------------------------
> unreferenced object 0xffff88810c181940 (size 224):
> comm "sshd", pid 8191, jiffies 4294946950 (age 524.570s)
> hex dump (first 32 bytes):
> 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ad 4e ad de .............N..
> ff ff ff ff 6b 6b 6b 6b ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ....kkkk........
> backtrace:
> [<ffffffff814774e6>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x5c6/0x9b0
> [<ffffffff81177342>] alloc_pid+0x72/0x570
> [<ffffffff81140ac4>] copy_process+0x1374/0x2470
> [<ffffffff81141d77>] kernel_clone+0xb7/0x900
> [<ffffffff81142645>] __se_sys_clone+0x85/0xb0
> [<ffffffff8114269b>] __x64_sys_clone+0x2b/0x30
> [<ffffffff83965a72>] do_syscall_64+0x32/0x80
> [<ffffffff83a00085>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xc6
>
> It turns out that there is a race condition between disassociate_ctty() and
> tty_signal_session_leader(), which caused this leakage.
>
> The pid memleak is triggered by the following race:
> task[sshd] task[bash]
> ----------------------- -----------------------
> disassociate_ctty();
> spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
> put_pid(current->signal->tty_old_pgrp);
> current->signal->tty_old_pgrp = NULL;
> tty = tty_kref_get(current->signal->tty);
> spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
> tty_vhangup();
> tty_lock(tty);
> ...
> tty_signal_session_leader();
> spin_lock_irq(&p->sighand->siglock);
> ...
> if (tty->pgrp) //tty->pgrp is not NULL
> p->signal->tty_old_pgrp = get_pid(tty->pgrp); //An extra get
> spin_unlock_irq(&p->sighand->siglock);
> ...
> tty_unlock(tty);
> if (tty) {
> tty_lock(tty);
> ...
> put_pid(tty->pgrp);
> tty->pgrp = NULL; // It's too late
> ...
> tty_unlock(tty);
> }
>
> The issue is believed to be introduced by commit c8bcd9c5be24 ("tty:
> Fix ->session locking") who moves the unlock of siglock in
> disassociate_ctty() above "if (tty)", making a small window allowing
> tty_signal_session_leader() to kick in. It can be easily reproduced by
> adding a delay before "if (tty)" and at the entrance of
> tty_signal_session_leader() "tty_signal_session_leader()".

Funny, the commit effectively reverted c70dbb1e79a1 ("tty: fix memleak
in alloc_pid") which appears to be fixing exactly what you are reporting
now again.

> To fix this issue, we move put_pid() after "if (tty)".
>
> Fixes: c8bcd9c5be24 ("tty: Fix ->session locking")
> Signed-off-by: Yi Yang <yiyang13@huawei.com>
> Co-developed-by: GUO Zihua <guozihua@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: GUO Zihua <guozihua@huawei.com>
> ---
> v2:Completely refactor the solution, avoid the use of PF_EXITING flag and
> do put_pid() in disassociate_ctty() again instead.
> ---
> drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c | 12 ++++++------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c b/drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c
> index 0d04287da098..17a6565f428b 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c
> @@ -300,12 +300,7 @@ void disassociate_ctty(int on_exit)
> return;
> }
>
> - spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
> - put_pid(current->signal->tty_old_pgrp);
> - current->signal->tty_old_pgrp = NULL;
> - tty = tty_kref_get(current->signal->tty);
> - spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
> -
> + tty = get_current_tty();
> if (tty) {
> unsigned long flags;
>
> @@ -320,6 +315,11 @@ void disassociate_ctty(int on_exit)
> tty_kref_put(tty);
> }
>
> + spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
> + put_pid(current->signal->tty_old_pgrp);
> + current->signal->tty_old_pgrp = NULL;
> + spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);

It _appears_ to be correct (the locking of all this is quite hairy). But
at the very least, this block deserves a comment why we do it the second
time.

thanks,
--
js
suse labs

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