From 1a50cb80f219c44adb6265f5071b81fc3c1deced Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xiaoming Ni Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 16:50:39 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] kernel/notifier.c: intercept duplicate registrations to avoid infinite loops Registering the same notifier to a hook repeatedly can cause the hook list to form a ring or lose other members of the list. case1: An infinite loop in notifier_chain_register() can cause soft lockup atomic_notifier_chain_register(&test_notifier_list, &test1); atomic_notifier_chain_register(&test_notifier_list, &test1); atomic_notifier_chain_register(&test_notifier_list, &test2); case2: An infinite loop in notifier_chain_register() can cause soft lockup atomic_notifier_chain_register(&test_notifier_list, &test1); atomic_notifier_chain_register(&test_notifier_list, &test1); atomic_notifier_call_chain(&test_notifier_list, 0, NULL); case3: lose other hook test2 atomic_notifier_chain_register(&test_notifier_list, &test1); atomic_notifier_chain_register(&test_notifier_list, &test2); atomic_notifier_chain_register(&test_notifier_list, &test1); case4: Unregister returns 0, but the hook is still in the linked list, and it is not really registered. If you call notifier_call_chain after ko is unloaded, it will trigger oops. If the system is configured with softlockup_panic and the same hook is repeatedly registered on the panic_notifier_list, it will cause a loop panic. Add a check in notifier_chain_register(), intercepting duplicate registrations to avoid infinite loops Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1568861888-34045-2-git-send-email-nixiaoming@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Xiaoming Ni Reviewed-by: Vasily Averin Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton Cc: Alexey Dobriyan Cc: Anna Schumaker Cc: Arjan van de Ven Cc: J. Bruce Fields Cc: Chuck Lever Cc: David S. Miller Cc: Jeff Layton Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Nadia Derbey Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" Cc: Sam Protsenko Cc: Alan Stern Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Trond Myklebust Cc: Viresh Kumar Cc: Xiaoming Ni Cc: YueHaibing Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- kernel/notifier.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/notifier.c b/kernel/notifier.c index d9f5081d578d..30bedb8be6dd 100644 --- a/kernel/notifier.c +++ b/kernel/notifier.c @@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ static int notifier_chain_register(struct notifier_block **nl, struct notifier_block *n) { while ((*nl) != NULL) { - WARN_ONCE(((*nl) == n), "double register detected"); + if (unlikely((*nl) == n)) { + WARN(1, "double register detected"); + return 0; + } if (n->priority > (*nl)->priority) break; nl = &((*nl)->next); -- 2.20.1