tracing: Add trace_array_get/put() to handle instance refs better

Commit a695cb58162 "tracing: Prevent deleting instances when they are being read"
tried to fix a race between deleting a trace instance and reading contents
of a trace file. But it wasn't good enough. The following could crash the kernel:

 # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/instances
 # ( while :; do mkdir foo; rmdir foo; done ) &
 # ( while :; do cat foo/trace &> /dev/null; done ) &

Luckily this can only be done by root user, but it should be fixed regardless.

The problem is that a delete of the file can happen after the reader starts
to open the file but before it grabs the trace_types_mutex.

The solution is to validate the trace array before using it. If the trace
array does not exist in the list of trace arrays, then it returns -ENODEV.

There's a possibility that a trace_array could be deleted and a new one
created and the open would open its file instead. But that is very minor as
it will just return the data of the new trace array, it may confuse the user
but it will not crash the system. As this can only be done by root anyway,
the race will only occur if root is deleting what its trying to read at
the same time.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.10
Reported-by: Alexander Lam <azl@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

1 files changed, 65 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index e36da7ff59b..6be9df1aa51 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -204,6 +204,37 @@ static struct trace_array	global_trace;
 
 LIST_HEAD(ftrace_trace_arrays);
 
+int trace_array_get(struct trace_array *this_tr)
+{
+	struct trace_array *tr;
+	int ret = -ENODEV;
+
+	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(tr, &ftrace_trace_arrays, list) {
+		if (tr == this_tr) {
+			tr->ref++;
+			ret = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void __trace_array_put(struct trace_array *this_tr)
+{
+	WARN_ON(!this_tr->ref);
+	this_tr->ref--;
+}
+
+void trace_array_put(struct trace_array *this_tr)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
+	__trace_array_put(this_tr);
+	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
+}
+
 int filter_current_check_discard(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
 				 struct ftrace_event_call *call, void *rec,
 				 struct ring_buffer_event *event)
@@ -2831,10 +2862,9 @@ static const struct seq_operations tracer_seq_ops = {
 };
 
 static struct trace_iterator *
-__tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, bool snapshot)
+__tracing_open(struct trace_array *tr, struct trace_cpu *tc,
+	       struct inode *inode, struct file *file, bool snapshot)
 {
-	struct trace_cpu *tc = inode->i_private;
-	struct trace_array *tr = tc->tr;
 	struct trace_iterator *iter;
 	int cpu;
 
@@ -2913,8 +2943,6 @@ __tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, bool snapshot)
 		tracing_iter_reset(iter, cpu);
 	}
 
-	tr->ref++;
-
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
 	return iter;
@@ -2944,17 +2972,20 @@ static int tracing_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct trace_array *tr;
 	int cpu;
 
-	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
+	/* Writes do not use seq_file, need to grab tr from inode */
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)) {
+		struct trace_cpu *tc = inode->i_private;
+
+		trace_array_put(tc->tr);
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	iter = m->private;
 	tr = iter->tr;
+	trace_array_put(tr);
 
 	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
 
-	WARN_ON(!tr->ref);
-	tr->ref--;
-
 	for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {
 		if (iter->buffer_iter[cpu])
 			ring_buffer_read_finish(iter->buffer_iter[cpu]);
@@ -2973,20 +3004,23 @@ static int tracing_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	kfree(iter->trace);
 	kfree(iter->buffer_iter);
 	seq_release_private(inode, file);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
+	struct trace_cpu *tc = inode->i_private;
+	struct trace_array *tr = tc->tr;
 	struct trace_iterator *iter;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	if (trace_array_get(tr) < 0)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	/* If this file was open for write, then erase contents */
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
 	    (file->f_flags & O_TRUNC)) {
-		struct trace_cpu *tc = inode->i_private;
-		struct trace_array *tr = tc->tr;
-
 		if (tc->cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS)
 			tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->trace_buffer);
 		else
@@ -2994,12 +3028,16 @@ static int tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	}
 
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
-		iter = __tracing_open(inode, file, false);
+		iter = __tracing_open(tr, tc, inode, file, false);
 		if (IS_ERR(iter))
 			ret = PTR_ERR(iter);
 		else if (trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT)
 			iter->iter_flags |= TRACE_FILE_LAT_FMT;
 	}
+
+	if (ret < 0)
+		trace_array_put(tr);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -4575,12 +4613,16 @@ struct ftrace_buffer_info {
 static int tracing_snapshot_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct trace_cpu *tc = inode->i_private;
+	struct trace_array *tr = tc->tr;
 	struct trace_iterator *iter;
 	struct seq_file *m;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	if (trace_array_get(tr) < 0)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
-		iter = __tracing_open(inode, file, true);
+		iter = __tracing_open(tr, tc, inode, file, true);
 		if (IS_ERR(iter))
 			ret = PTR_ERR(iter);
 	} else {
@@ -4593,13 +4635,16 @@ static int tracing_snapshot_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 			kfree(m);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
-		iter->tr = tc->tr;
+		iter->tr = tr;
 		iter->trace_buffer = &tc->tr->max_buffer;
 		iter->cpu_file = tc->cpu;
 		m->private = iter;
 		file->private_data = m;
 	}
 
+	if (ret < 0)
+		trace_array_put(tr);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -4680,9 +4725,12 @@ out:
 static int tracing_snapshot_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct seq_file *m = file->private_data;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = tracing_release(inode, file);
 
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)
-		return tracing_release(inode, file);
+		return ret;
 
 	/* If write only, the seq_file is just a stub */
 	if (m)
@@ -4927,8 +4975,7 @@ static int tracing_buffers_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
 
-	WARN_ON(!iter->tr->ref);
-	iter->tr->ref--;
+	__trace_array_put(iter->tr);
 
 	if (info->spare)
 		ring_buffer_free_read_page(iter->trace_buffer->buffer, info->spare);