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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/3] caif_virtio: fix the race between reset and netdev unregister
On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 6:18 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 05:18:29PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 5:09 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 01:11:15PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > > > We use to do the following steps during .remove():
> > >
> > > We currently do
> > >
> > >
> > > > static void cfv_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
> > > > {
> > > > struct cfv_info *cfv = vdev->priv;
> > > >
> > > > rtnl_lock();
> > > > dev_close(cfv->ndev);
> > > > rtnl_unlock();
> > > >
> > > > tasklet_kill(&cfv->tx_release_tasklet);
> > > > debugfs_remove_recursive(cfv->debugfs);
> > > >
> > > > vringh_kiov_cleanup(&cfv->ctx.riov);
> > > > virtio_reset_device(vdev);
> > > > vdev->vringh_config->del_vrhs(cfv->vdev);
> > > > cfv->vr_rx = NULL;
> > > > vdev->config->del_vqs(cfv->vdev);
> > > > unregister_netdev(cfv->ndev);
> > > > }
> > > > This is racy since device could be re-opened after dev_close() but
> > > > before unregister_netdevice():
> > > >
> > > > 1) RX vringh is cleaned before resetting the device, rx callbacks that
> > > > is called after the vringh_kiov_cleanup() will result a UAF
> > > > 2) Network stack can still try to use TX virtqueue even if it has been
> > > > deleted after dev_vqs()
> > > >
> > > > Fixing this by unregistering the network device first to make sure not
> > > > device access from both TX and RX side.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 0d2e1a2926b18 ("caif_virtio: Introduce caif over virtio")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > drivers/net/caif/caif_virtio.c | 6 ++----
> > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/caif/caif_virtio.c b/drivers/net/caif/caif_virtio.c
> > > > index 66375bea2fcd..a29f9b2df5b1 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/net/caif/caif_virtio.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/net/caif/caif_virtio.c
> > > > @@ -752,9 +752,8 @@ static void cfv_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
> > > > {
> > > > struct cfv_info *cfv = vdev->priv;
> > > >
> > > > - rtnl_lock();
> > > > - dev_close(cfv->ndev);
> > > > - rtnl_unlock();
> > > > + /* Make sure NAPI/TX won't try to access the device */
> > > > + unregister_netdev(cfv->ndev);
> > > >
> > > > tasklet_kill(&cfv->tx_release_tasklet);
> > > > debugfs_remove_recursive(cfv->debugfs);
> > > > @@ -764,7 +763,6 @@ static void cfv_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
> > > > vdev->vringh_config->del_vrhs(cfv->vdev);
> > > > cfv->vr_rx = NULL;
> > > > vdev->config->del_vqs(cfv->vdev);
> > > > - unregister_netdev(cfv->ndev);
> > > > }
> > >
> > >
> > > This gives me pause, callbacks can now trigger after device
> > > has been unregistered. Are we sure this is safe?
> >
> > It looks safe, for RX NAPI is disabled. For TX, tasklet is disabled
> > after tasklet_kill(). I can add a comment to explain this.
>
> that waits for outstanding tasklets but does it really prevent
> future ones?

I think so, it tries to test and set TASKLET_STATE_SCHED which blocks
the future scheduling of a tasklet.

Thanks

>
> > > Won't it be safer to just keep the rtnl_lock around
> > > the whole process?
> >
> > It looks to me we rtnl_lock can't help in synchronizing with the
> > callbacks, anything I miss?
> >
> > Thanks
>
> good point.
>
>
> > >
> > > > static struct virtio_device_id id_table[] = {
> > > > --
> > > > 2.25.1
> > >
>

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