perf: Fix race in perf_event_exit_task_context()
authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:09:54 +0000 (14:09 +0100)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Thu, 28 Jan 2016 19:06:36 +0000 (20:06 +0100)
commit6a3351b612b72c558910c88a43e2ef6d7d68bc97
tree0429ba6efb8a4c654ac4c267395653430818829f
parent78cd2c748f459739ff864dd9308c0f6caf7f6e41
perf: Fix race in perf_event_exit_task_context()

There is a race between perf_event_exit_task_context() and
orphans_remove_work() which results in a use-after-free.

We mark ctx->task with TASK_TOMBSTONE to indicate a context is
'dead', under ctx->lock. After which point event_function_call()
on any event of that context will NOP

A concurrent orphans_remove_work() will only hold ctx->mutex for
the list iteration and not serialize against this. Therefore its
possible that orphans_remove_work()'s perf_remove_from_context()
call will fail, but we'll continue to free the event, with the
result of free'd memory still being on lists and everything.

Once perf_event_exit_task_context() gets around to acquiring
ctx->mutex it too will iterate the event list, encounter the
already free'd event and proceed to free it _again_. This fails
with the WARN in free_event().

Plug the race by having perf_event_exit_task_context() hold
ctx::mutex over the whole tear-down, thereby 'naturally'
serializing against all other sites, including the orphan work.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Cc: alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com
Cc: dsahern@gmail.com
Cc: namhyung@kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160125130954.GY6357@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
kernel/events/core.c