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[v2,1/3] mm/hugetlb: Fix race condition of uffd missing/minor handling

Message ID 20221004003705.497782-2-peterx@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
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Series mm/hugetlb: Fix selftest failures with write check | expand

Commit Message

Peter Xu Oct. 4, 2022, 12:37 a.m. UTC
After the recent rework patchset of hugetlb locking on pmd sharing,
kselftest for userfaultfd sometimes fails on hugetlb private tests with
unexpected write fault checks.

It turns out there's nothing wrong within the locking series regarding this
matter, but it could have changed the timing of threads so it can trigger
an old bug.

The real bug is when we call hugetlb_no_page() we're not with the pgtable
lock.  It means we're reading the pte values lockless.  It's perfectly fine
in most cases because before we do normal page allocations we'll take the
lock and check pte_same() again.  However before that, there are actually
two paths on userfaultfd missing/minor handling that may directly move on
with the fault process without checking the pte values.

It means for these two paths we may be generating an uffd message based on
an unstable pte, while an unstable pte can legally be anything as long as
the modifier holds the pgtable lock.

One example, which is also what happened in the failing kselftest and
caused the test failure, is that for private mappings wr-protection changes
can happen on one page.  While hugetlb_change_protection() generally
requires pte being cleared before being changed, then there can be a race
condition like:

        thread 1                              thread 2
        --------                              --------

      UFFDIO_WRITEPROTECT                     hugetlb_fault
        hugetlb_change_protection
          pgtable_lock()
          huge_ptep_modify_prot_start
                                              pte==NULL
                                              hugetlb_no_page
                                                generate uffd missing event
                                                even if page existed!!
          huge_ptep_modify_prot_commit
          pgtable_unlock()

Fix this by recheck the pte after pgtable lock for both userfaultfd missing
& minor fault paths.

This bug should have been around starting from uffd hugetlb introduced, so
attaching a Fixes to the commit.  Also attach another Fixes to the minor
support commit for easier tracking.

Note that userfaultfd is actually fine with false positives (e.g. caused by
pte changed), but not wrong logical events (e.g. caused by reading a pte
during changing).  The latter can confuse the userspace, so the strictness
is very much preferred.  E.g., MISSING event should never happen on the
page after UFFDIO_COPY has correctly installed the page and returned.

Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Cc: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com>
Cc: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@gmail.com>
Fixes: 1a1aad8a9b7b ("userfaultfd: hugetlbfs: add userfaultfd hugetlb hook")
Fixes: 7677f7fd8be7 ("userfaultfd: add minor fault registration mode")
Co-developed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
---
 mm/hugetlb.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Comments

Mike Kravetz Oct. 4, 2022, 2:32 a.m. UTC | #1
On 10/03/22 20:37, Peter Xu wrote:
> After the recent rework patchset of hugetlb locking on pmd sharing,
> kselftest for userfaultfd sometimes fails on hugetlb private tests with
> unexpected write fault checks.
> 
> It turns out there's nothing wrong within the locking series regarding this
> matter, but it could have changed the timing of threads so it can trigger
> an old bug.
> 
> The real bug is when we call hugetlb_no_page() we're not with the pgtable
> lock.  It means we're reading the pte values lockless.  It's perfectly fine
> in most cases because before we do normal page allocations we'll take the
> lock and check pte_same() again.  However before that, there are actually
> two paths on userfaultfd missing/minor handling that may directly move on
> with the fault process without checking the pte values.
> 
> It means for these two paths we may be generating an uffd message based on
> an unstable pte, while an unstable pte can legally be anything as long as
> the modifier holds the pgtable lock.
> 
> One example, which is also what happened in the failing kselftest and
> caused the test failure, is that for private mappings wr-protection changes
> can happen on one page.  While hugetlb_change_protection() generally
> requires pte being cleared before being changed, then there can be a race
> condition like:
> 
>         thread 1                              thread 2
>         --------                              --------
> 
>       UFFDIO_WRITEPROTECT                     hugetlb_fault
>         hugetlb_change_protection
>           pgtable_lock()
>           huge_ptep_modify_prot_start
>                                               pte==NULL
>                                               hugetlb_no_page
>                                                 generate uffd missing event
>                                                 even if page existed!!
>           huge_ptep_modify_prot_commit
>           pgtable_unlock()
> 
> Fix this by recheck the pte after pgtable lock for both userfaultfd missing
> & minor fault paths.
> 
> This bug should have been around starting from uffd hugetlb introduced, so
> attaching a Fixes to the commit.  Also attach another Fixes to the minor
> support commit for easier tracking.
> 
> Note that userfaultfd is actually fine with false positives (e.g. caused by
> pte changed), but not wrong logical events (e.g. caused by reading a pte
> during changing).  The latter can confuse the userspace, so the strictness
> is very much preferred.  E.g., MISSING event should never happen on the
> page after UFFDIO_COPY has correctly installed the page and returned.
> 
> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
> Cc: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com>
> Cc: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@gmail.com>
> Fixes: 1a1aad8a9b7b ("userfaultfd: hugetlbfs: add userfaultfd hugetlb hook")
> Fixes: 7677f7fd8be7 ("userfaultfd: add minor fault registration mode")
> Co-developed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
> ---
>  mm/hugetlb.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Thanks.

Do note that this will not apply on top of "mm: hugetlb: fix UAF in
hugetlb_handle_userfault" which is already in Andrew's tree.  However,
required changes should be simple.

Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
David Hildenbrand Oct. 4, 2022, 12:19 p.m. UTC | #2
On 04.10.22 02:37, Peter Xu wrote:
> After the recent rework patchset of hugetlb locking on pmd sharing,
> kselftest for userfaultfd sometimes fails on hugetlb private tests with
> unexpected write fault checks.
> 
> It turns out there's nothing wrong within the locking series regarding this
> matter, but it could have changed the timing of threads so it can trigger
> an old bug.
> 
> The real bug is when we call hugetlb_no_page() we're not with the pgtable
> lock.  It means we're reading the pte values lockless.  It's perfectly fine
> in most cases because before we do normal page allocations we'll take the
> lock and check pte_same() again.  However before that, there are actually
> two paths on userfaultfd missing/minor handling that may directly move on
> with the fault process without checking the pte values.
> 
> It means for these two paths we may be generating an uffd message based on
> an unstable pte, while an unstable pte can legally be anything as long as
> the modifier holds the pgtable lock.
> 
> One example, which is also what happened in the failing kselftest and
> caused the test failure, is that for private mappings wr-protection changes
> can happen on one page.  While hugetlb_change_protection() generally
> requires pte being cleared before being changed, then there can be a race
> condition like:
> 
>          thread 1                              thread 2
>          --------                              --------
> 
>        UFFDIO_WRITEPROTECT                     hugetlb_fault
>          hugetlb_change_protection
>            pgtable_lock()
>            huge_ptep_modify_prot_start
>                                                pte==NULL
>                                                hugetlb_no_page
>                                                  generate uffd missing event
>                                                  even if page existed!!
>            huge_ptep_modify_prot_commit
>            pgtable_unlock()
> 
> Fix this by recheck the pte after pgtable lock for both userfaultfd missing
> & minor fault paths.
> 
> This bug should have been around starting from uffd hugetlb introduced, so
> attaching a Fixes to the commit.  Also attach another Fixes to the minor
> support commit for easier tracking.
> 
> Note that userfaultfd is actually fine with false positives (e.g. caused by
> pte changed), but not wrong logical events (e.g. caused by reading a pte
> during changing).  The latter can confuse the userspace, so the strictness
> is very much preferred.  E.g., MISSING event should never happen on the
> page after UFFDIO_COPY has correctly installed the page and returned.
> 
> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
> Cc: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com>
> Cc: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@gmail.com>
> Fixes: 1a1aad8a9b7b ("userfaultfd: hugetlbfs: add userfaultfd hugetlb hook")
> Fixes: 7677f7fd8be7 ("userfaultfd: add minor fault registration mode")
> Co-developed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
> ---
>   mm/hugetlb.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>   1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index 9679fe519b90..fa3fcdb0c4b8 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -5521,6 +5521,23 @@ static inline vm_fault_t hugetlb_handle_userfault(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>   	return ret;
>   }
>   
> +/*
> + * Recheck pte with pgtable lock.  Returns true if pte didn't change, or
> + * false if pte changed or is changing.
> + */
> +static bool hugetlb_pte_stable(struct hstate *h, struct mm_struct *mm,
> +			       pte_t *ptep, pte_t old_pte)
> +{
> +	spinlock_t *ptl;
> +	bool same;
> +
> +	ptl = huge_pte_lock(h, mm, ptep);
> +	same = pte_same(huge_ptep_get(ptep), old_pte);
> +	spin_unlock(ptl);
> +
> +	return same;
> +}
> +
>   static vm_fault_t hugetlb_no_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
>   			struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>   			struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t idx,
> @@ -5562,9 +5579,30 @@ static vm_fault_t hugetlb_no_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
>   			goto out;
>   		/* Check for page in userfault range */
>   		if (userfaultfd_missing(vma)) {
> -			ret = hugetlb_handle_userfault(vma, mapping, idx,
> -						       flags, haddr, address,
> -						       VM_UFFD_MISSING);
> +			/*
> +			 * Since hugetlb_no_page() was examining pte
> +			 * without pgtable lock, we need to re-test under
> +			 * lock because the pte may not be stable and could
> +			 * have changed from under us.  Try to detect
> +			 * either changed or during-changing ptes and retry
> +			 * properly when needed.
> +			 *
> +			 * Note that userfaultfd is actually fine with
> +			 * false positives (e.g. caused by pte changed),
> +			 * but not wrong logical events (e.g. caused by
> +			 * reading a pte during changing).  The latter can
> +			 * confuse the userspace, so the strictness is very
> +			 * much preferred.  E.g., MISSING event should
> +			 * never happen on the page after UFFDIO_COPY has
> +			 * correctly installed the page and returned.
> +			 */
> +			if (hugetlb_pte_stable(h, mm, ptep, old_pte))
> +				ret = hugetlb_handle_userfault(
> +				    vma, mapping, idx, flags, haddr,
> +				    address, VM_UFFD_MISSING);

That looks kind-of ugly now. I wonder if it would be worth factoring 
that handling out into a separate function and reusing it at two places. 
Would get rid of one level of code indent at least.

Apart from that, LGTM. Although the lockless reading of the PTE screams 
for more trouble in the future :)
Peter Xu Oct. 4, 2022, 1:49 p.m. UTC | #3
On Tue, Oct 04, 2022 at 02:19:36PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> That looks kind-of ugly now. I wonder if it would be worth factoring that
> handling out into a separate function and reusing it at two places. Would
> get rid of one level of code indent at least.
> 
> Apart from that, LGTM. Although the lockless reading of the PTE screams for
> more trouble in the future :)

Right there's potential to further rework it, I am just not sure whether
that could be common enough so that we can start to take pg lock for the
whole region (then we'll need to release for either page lock or alloc).
Not really sure whether that'll be worth the effort.

However, at least uffd minor doesn't really need the page lock so we can
optimize it with a find_get_page() earlier then the missing mode can be
moved over too (following a lock_page?).  Maybe I should give it a shot.

For this one I'll keep it simple since I think we should have it for stable
too.  Thanks for the review!
Peter Xu Oct. 4, 2022, 1:53 p.m. UTC | #4
On Mon, Oct 03, 2022 at 07:32:58PM -0700, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> Do note that this will not apply on top of "mm: hugetlb: fix UAF in
> hugetlb_handle_userfault" which is already in Andrew's tree.  However,
> required changes should be simple.

Thanks for the heads up, I'll rebase.

> 
> Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>

Thanks,
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diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 9679fe519b90..fa3fcdb0c4b8 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -5521,6 +5521,23 @@  static inline vm_fault_t hugetlb_handle_userfault(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Recheck pte with pgtable lock.  Returns true if pte didn't change, or
+ * false if pte changed or is changing.
+ */
+static bool hugetlb_pte_stable(struct hstate *h, struct mm_struct *mm,
+			       pte_t *ptep, pte_t old_pte)
+{
+	spinlock_t *ptl;
+	bool same;
+
+	ptl = huge_pte_lock(h, mm, ptep);
+	same = pte_same(huge_ptep_get(ptep), old_pte);
+	spin_unlock(ptl);
+
+	return same;
+}
+
 static vm_fault_t hugetlb_no_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
 			struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t idx,
@@ -5562,9 +5579,30 @@  static vm_fault_t hugetlb_no_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
 			goto out;
 		/* Check for page in userfault range */
 		if (userfaultfd_missing(vma)) {
-			ret = hugetlb_handle_userfault(vma, mapping, idx,
-						       flags, haddr, address,
-						       VM_UFFD_MISSING);
+			/*
+			 * Since hugetlb_no_page() was examining pte
+			 * without pgtable lock, we need to re-test under
+			 * lock because the pte may not be stable and could
+			 * have changed from under us.  Try to detect
+			 * either changed or during-changing ptes and retry
+			 * properly when needed.
+			 *
+			 * Note that userfaultfd is actually fine with
+			 * false positives (e.g. caused by pte changed),
+			 * but not wrong logical events (e.g. caused by
+			 * reading a pte during changing).  The latter can
+			 * confuse the userspace, so the strictness is very
+			 * much preferred.  E.g., MISSING event should
+			 * never happen on the page after UFFDIO_COPY has
+			 * correctly installed the page and returned.
+			 */
+			if (hugetlb_pte_stable(h, mm, ptep, old_pte))
+				ret = hugetlb_handle_userfault(
+				    vma, mapping, idx, flags, haddr,
+				    address, VM_UFFD_MISSING);
+			else
+				/* Retry the fault */
+				ret = 0;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
@@ -5634,9 +5672,14 @@  static vm_fault_t hugetlb_no_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		if (userfaultfd_minor(vma)) {
 			unlock_page(page);
 			put_page(page);
-			ret = hugetlb_handle_userfault(vma, mapping, idx,
-						       flags, haddr, address,
-						       VM_UFFD_MINOR);
+			/* See comment in userfaultfd_missing() block above */
+			if (hugetlb_pte_stable(h, mm, ptep, old_pte))
+				ret = hugetlb_handle_userfault(
+				    vma, mapping, idx, flags, haddr,
+				    address, VM_UFFD_MINOR);
+			else
+				/* Retry the fault */
+				ret = 0;
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}