exec: Transform exec_update_mutex into a rw_semaphore

Recently syzbot reported[0] that there is a deadlock amongst the users
of exec_update_mutex.  The problematic lock ordering found by lockdep
was:

   perf_event_open  (exec_update_mutex -> ovl_i_mutex)
   chown            (ovl_i_mutex       -> sb_writes)
   sendfile         (sb_writes         -> p->lock)
     by reading from a proc file and writing to overlayfs
   proc_pid_syscall (p->lock           -> exec_update_mutex)

While looking at possible solutions it occured to me that all of the
users and possible users involved only wanted to state of the given
process to remain the same.  They are all readers.  The only writer is
exec.

There is no reason for readers to block on each other.  So fix
this deadlock by transforming exec_update_mutex into a rw_semaphore
named exec_update_lock that only exec takes for writing.

Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@openwall.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Christopher Yeoh <cyeoh@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
Cc: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@sargun.me>
Cc: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Fixes: eea9673250db ("exec: Add exec_update_mutex to replace cred_guard_mutex")
[0] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/00000000000063640c05ade8e3de@google.com
Reported-by: syzbot+db9cdf3dd1f64252c6ef@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87ft4mbqen.fsf@x220.int.ebiederm.org
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>

4 files changed, 26 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index dc568ca295bd..55b2330b556c 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ static void put_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
  * function.
  *
  * Lock order:
- *    exec_update_mutex
+ *    exec_update_lock
  *	task_struct::perf_event_mutex
  *	  perf_event_context::mutex
  *	    perf_event::child_mutex;
@@ -11721,14 +11721,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 	}
 
 	if (task) {
-		err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&task->signal->exec_update_mutex);
+		err = down_read_interruptible(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
 		if (err)
 			goto err_task;
 
 		/*
 		 * Preserve ptrace permission check for backwards compatibility.
 		 *
-		 * We must hold exec_update_mutex across this and any potential
+		 * We must hold exec_update_lock across this and any potential
 		 * perf_install_in_context() call for this new event to
 		 * serialize against exec() altering our credentials (and the
 		 * perf_event_exit_task() that could imply).
@@ -12017,7 +12017,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
 
 	if (task) {
-		mutex_unlock(&task->signal->exec_update_mutex);
+		up_read(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
 		put_task_struct(task);
 	}
 
@@ -12053,7 +12053,7 @@ err_alloc:
 		free_event(event);
 err_cred:
 	if (task)
-		mutex_unlock(&task->signal->exec_update_mutex);
+		up_read(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
 err_task:
 	if (task)
 		put_task_struct(task);
@@ -12358,7 +12358,7 @@ static void perf_event_exit_task_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
 /*
  * When a child task exits, feed back event values to parent events.
  *
- * Can be called with exec_update_mutex held when called from
+ * Can be called with exec_update_lock held when called from
  * setup_new_exec().
  */
 void perf_event_exit_task(struct task_struct *child)
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 6d266388d380..e8cb80b266d2 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ struct mm_struct *mm_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	int err;
 
-	err =  mutex_lock_killable(&task->signal->exec_update_mutex);
+	err =  down_read_killable(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ struct mm_struct *mm_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
 		mmput(mm);
 		mm = ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&task->signal->exec_update_mutex);
+	up_read(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
 
 	return mm;
 }
@@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ static int copy_signal(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	sig->oom_score_adj_min = current->signal->oom_score_adj_min;
 
 	mutex_init(&sig->cred_guard_mutex);
-	mutex_init(&sig->exec_update_mutex);
+	init_rwsem(&sig->exec_update_lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/kcmp.c b/kernel/kcmp.c
index b3ff9288c6cc..c0d2ad9b4705 100644
--- a/kernel/kcmp.c
+++ b/kernel/kcmp.c
@@ -75,25 +75,25 @@ get_file_raw_ptr(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int idx)
 	return file;
 }
 
-static void kcmp_unlock(struct mutex *m1, struct mutex *m2)
+static void kcmp_unlock(struct rw_semaphore *l1, struct rw_semaphore *l2)
 {
-	if (likely(m2 != m1))
-		mutex_unlock(m2);
-	mutex_unlock(m1);
+	if (likely(l2 != l1))
+		up_read(l2);
+	up_read(l1);
 }
 
-static int kcmp_lock(struct mutex *m1, struct mutex *m2)
+static int kcmp_lock(struct rw_semaphore *l1, struct rw_semaphore *l2)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	if (m2 > m1)
-		swap(m1, m2);
+	if (l2 > l1)
+		swap(l1, l2);
 
-	err = mutex_lock_killable(m1);
-	if (!err && likely(m1 != m2)) {
-		err = mutex_lock_killable_nested(m2, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
+	err = down_read_killable(l1);
+	if (!err && likely(l1 != l2)) {
+		err = down_read_killable_nested(l2, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 		if (err)
-			mutex_unlock(m1);
+			up_read(l1);
 	}
 
 	return err;
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(kcmp, pid_t, pid1, pid_t, pid2, int, type,
 	/*
 	 * One should have enough rights to inspect task details.
 	 */
-	ret = kcmp_lock(&task1->signal->exec_update_mutex,
-			&task2->signal->exec_update_mutex);
+	ret = kcmp_lock(&task1->signal->exec_update_lock,
+			&task2->signal->exec_update_lock);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 	if (!ptrace_may_access(task1, PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS) ||
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(kcmp, pid_t, pid1, pid_t, pid2, int, type,
 	}
 
 err_unlock:
-	kcmp_unlock(&task1->signal->exec_update_mutex,
-		    &task2->signal->exec_update_mutex);
+	kcmp_unlock(&task1->signal->exec_update_lock,
+		    &task2->signal->exec_update_lock);
 err:
 	put_task_struct(task1);
 	put_task_struct(task2);
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index a96bc4bf4f86..4856818c9de1 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ static struct file *__pidfd_fget(struct task_struct *task, int fd)
 	struct file *file;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = mutex_lock_killable(&task->signal->exec_update_mutex);
+	ret = down_read_killable(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
 	if (ret)
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ static struct file *__pidfd_fget(struct task_struct *task, int fd)
 	else
 		file = ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 
-	mutex_unlock(&task->signal->exec_update_mutex);
+	up_read(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
 
 	return file ?: ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
 }