linux/kernel/livepatch/core.c, branch v5.17

livepatch: Fix missing unlock on error in klp_enable_patch()

2022-01-04T12:57:19Z

Add missing unlock when try_module_get() fails in klp_enable_patch(). Fixes: 5ef3dd20555e8e8 ("livepatch: Fix kobject refcount bug on klp_init_patch_early failure path") Reported-by: Hulk Robot Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang Acked-by: David Vernet Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211225025115.475348-1-yangyingliang@huawei.com

livepatch: Fix kobject refcount bug on klp_init_patch_early failure path

2022-01-04T12:54:24Z

When enabling a klp patch with klp_enable_patch(), klp_init_patch_early() is invoked to initialize the kobjects for the patch itself, as well as the 'struct klp_object' and 'struct klp_func' objects that comprise it. However, there are some error paths in klp_enable_patch() where some kobjects may have been initialized with kobject_init(), but an error code is still returned due to e.g. a 'struct klp_object' having a NULL funcs pointer. In these paths, the initial reference of the kobject of the 'struct klp_patch' may never be released, along with one or more of its objects and their functions, as kobject_put() is not invoked on the cleanup path if klp_init_patch_early() returns an error code. For example, if an object entry such as the following were added to the sample livepatch module's klp patch, it would cause the vmlinux klp_object, and its klp_func which updates 'cmdline_proc_show', to never be released: static struct klp_object objs[] = { { /* name being NULL means vmlinux */ .funcs = funcs, }, { /* NULL funcs -- would cause reference leak */ .name = "kvm", }, { } }; Without this change, if CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT is enabled, and the sample klp patch is loaded, the kobjects (the patch, the vmlinux 'struct klp_object', and its func) are observed as initialized, but never released, in the dmesg log output. With the change, these kobject references no longer fail to be released as the error case is properly handled before they are initialized. Signed-off-by: David Vernet Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek Acked-by: Miroslav Benes Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek

kallsyms: refactor {,module_}kallsyms_on_each_symbol

2021-02-08T11:22:08Z

Require an explicit call to module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol to look for symbols in modules instead of the call from kallsyms_on_each_symbol, and acquire module_mutex inside of module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol instead of leaving that up to the caller. Note that this slightly changes the behavior for the livepatch code in that the symbols from vmlinux are not iterated anymore if objname is set, but that actually is the desired behavior in this case. Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek Acked-by: Miroslav Benes Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu

module: use RCU to synchronize find_module

2021-02-08T11:21:40Z

Allow for a RCU-sched critical section around find_module, following the lower level find_module_all helper, and switch the two callers outside of module.c to use such a RCU-sched critical section instead of module_mutex. Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek Acked-by: Miroslav Benes Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu

livepatch: Make klp_apply_object_relocs static

2020-05-10T22:31:38Z

Fix the following sparse warning: kernel/livepatch/core.c:748:5: warning: symbol 'klp_apply_object_relocs' was not declared. The klp_apply_object_relocs() has only one call site within core.c; it should be static Fixes: 7c8e2bdd5f0d ("livepatch: Apply vmlinux-specific KLP relocations early") Reported-by: Hulk Robot Signed-off-by: Samuel Zou Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina

x86/module: Use text_mutex in apply_relocate_add()

2020-05-07T22:12:43Z

Now that the livepatch code no longer needs the text_mutex for changing module permissions, move its usage down to apply_relocate_add(). Note the s390 version of apply_relocate_add() doesn't need to use the text_mutex because it already uses s390_kernel_write_lock, which accomplishes the same task. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Acked-by: Joe Lawrence Acked-by: Miroslav Benes Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina

livepatch: Remove module_disable_ro() usage

2020-05-07T22:12:43Z

With arch_klp_init_object_loaded() gone, and apply_relocate_add() now using text_poke(), livepatch no longer needs to use module_disable_ro(). Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Acked-by: Joe Lawrence Acked-by: Miroslav Benes Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina

livepatch: Prevent module-specific KLP rela sections from referencing vmlinux symbols

2020-05-07T22:12:42Z

Prevent module-specific KLP rela sections from referencing vmlinux symbols. This helps prevent ordering issues with module special section initializations. Presumably such symbols are exported and normal relas can be used instead. Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Acked-by: Joe Lawrence Acked-by: Miroslav Benes Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina

livepatch: Remove .klp.arch

2020-05-07T22:12:42Z

After the previous patch, vmlinux-specific KLP relocations are now applied early during KLP module load. This means that .klp.arch sections are no longer needed for *vmlinux-specific* KLP relocations. One might think they're still needed for *module-specific* KLP relocations. If a to-be-patched module is loaded *after* its corresponding KLP module is loaded, any corresponding KLP relocations will be delayed until the to-be-patched module is loaded. If any special sections (.parainstructions, for example) rely on those relocations, their initializations (apply_paravirt) need to be done afterwards. Thus the apparent need for arch_klp_init_object_loaded() and its corresponding .klp.arch sections -- it allows some of the special section initializations to be done at a later time. But... if you look closer, that dependency between the special sections and the module-specific KLP relocations doesn't actually exist in reality. Looking at the contents of the .altinstructions and .parainstructions sections, there's not a realistic scenario in which a KLP module's .altinstructions or .parainstructions section needs to access a symbol in a to-be-patched module. It might need to access a local symbol or even a vmlinux symbol; but not another module's symbol. When a special section needs to reference a local or vmlinux symbol, a normal rela can be used instead of a KLP rela. Since the special section initializations don't actually have any real dependency on module-specific KLP relocations, .klp.arch and arch_klp_init_object_loaded() no longer have a reason to exist. So remove them. As Peter said much more succinctly: So the reason for .klp.arch was that .klp.rela.* stuff would overwrite paravirt instructions. If that happens you're doing it wrong. Those RELAs are core kernel, not module, and thus should've happened in .rela.* sections at patch-module loading time. Reverting this removes the two apply_{paravirt,alternatives}() calls from the late patching path, and means we don't have to worry about them when removing module_disable_ro(). [ jpoimboe: Rewrote patch description. Tweaked klp_init_object_loaded() error path. ] Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Acked-by: Joe Lawrence Acked-by: Miroslav Benes Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina

livepatch: Apply vmlinux-specific KLP relocations early

2020-05-07T22:12:42Z

KLP relocations are livepatch-specific relocations which are applied to a KLP module's text or data. They exist for two reasons: 1) Unexported symbols: replacement functions often need to access unexported symbols (e.g. static functions), which "normal" relocations don't allow. 2) Late module patching: this is the ability for a KLP module to bypass normal module dependencies, such that the KLP module can be loaded *before* a to-be-patched module. This means that relocations which need to access symbols in the to-be-patched module might need to be applied to the KLP module well after it has been loaded. Non-late-patched KLP relocations are applied from the KLP module's init function. That usually works fine, unless the patched code wants to use alternatives, paravirt patching, jump tables, or some other special section which needs relocations. Then we run into ordering issues and crashes. In order for those special sections to work properly, the KLP relocations should be applied *before* the special section init code runs, such as apply_paravirt(), apply_alternatives(), or jump_label_apply_nops(). You might think the obvious solution would be to move the KLP relocation initialization earlier, but it's not necessarily that simple. The problem is the above-mentioned late module patching, for which KLP relocations can get applied well after the KLP module is loaded. To "fix" this issue in the past, we created .klp.arch sections: .klp.arch.{module}..altinstructions .klp.arch.{module}..parainstructions Those sections allow KLP late module patching code to call apply_paravirt() and apply_alternatives() after the module-specific KLP relocations (.klp.rela.{module}.{section}) have been applied. But that has a lot of drawbacks, including code complexity, the need for arch-specific code, and the (per-arch) danger that we missed some special section -- for example the __jump_table section which is used for jump labels. It turns out there's a simpler and more functional approach. There are two kinds of KLP relocation sections: 1) vmlinux-specific KLP relocation sections .klp.rela.vmlinux.{sec} These are relocations (applied to the KLP module) which reference unexported vmlinux symbols. 2) module-specific KLP relocation sections .klp.rela.{module}.{sec}: These are relocations (applied to the KLP module) which reference unexported or exported module symbols. Up until now, these have been treated the same. However, they're inherently different. Because of late module patching, module-specific KLP relocations can be applied very late, thus they can create the ordering headaches described above. But vmlinux-specific KLP relocations don't have that problem. There's nothing to prevent them from being applied earlier. So apply them at the same time as normal relocations, when the KLP module is being loaded. This means that for vmlinux-specific KLP relocations, we no longer have any ordering issues. vmlinux-referencing jump labels, alternatives, and paravirt patching will work automatically, without the need for the .klp.arch hacks. All that said, for module-specific KLP relocations, the ordering problems still exist and we *do* still need .klp.arch. Or do we? Stay tuned. Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Acked-by: Joe Lawrence Acked-by: Miroslav Benes Acked-by: Jessica Yu Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina