[PATCH 5/6] audit: Make hash table insertion safe against concurrent lookups

[Jan Kara]

Currently, the audit tree code does not make sure that when a chunk in
inserted into the hash table, it is fully initialized. So in theory (in
practice only on DEC Alpha) a user of RCU lookup could see uninitialized
structure in the hash table and crash. Add appropriate barriers between
initialization of the structure and its insertion into hash table.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack at suse.cz>
---
 kernel/audit_tree.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit_tree.c b/kernel/audit_tree.c
index 89ad8857a578..46cc6d046c75 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_tree.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_tree.c
@@ -198,7 +198,11 @@ struct audit_chunk *audit_tree_lookup(const struct inode *inode)
 	struct audit_chunk *p;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(p, list, hash) {
-		if (p->key == key) {
+		/*
+		 * We use a data dependency barrier in READ_ONCE() to make sure
+		 * the chunk we see is fully initialized.
+		 */
+		if (READ_ONCE(p->key) == key) {
 			atomic_long_inc(&p->refs);
 			return p;
 		}
@@ -303,9 +307,15 @@ static void untag_chunk(struct node *p)
 		list_replace_init(&chunk->owners[j].list, &new->owners[i].list);
 	}
 
-	list_replace_rcu(&chunk->hash, &new->hash);
 	list_for_each_entry(owner, &new->trees, same_root)
 		owner->root = new;
+	/*
+	 * Make sure chunk is fully initialized before making it visible in the
+	 * hash. Pairs with a data dependency barrier in READ_ONCE() in
+	 * audit_tree_lookup().
+	 */
+	smp_wmb();
+	list_replace_rcu(&chunk->hash, &new->hash);
 	spin_unlock(&hash_lock);
 	fsnotify_detach_mark(entry);
 	mutex_unlock(&entry->group->mark_mutex);
@@ -367,6 +377,12 @@ static int create_chunk(struct inode *inode, struct audit_tree *tree)
 		list_add(&tree->same_root, &chunk->trees);
 	}
 	chunk->key = inode_to_key(inode);
+	/*
+	 * Make sure chunk is fully initialized before making it visible in the
+	 * hash. Pairs with a data dependency barrier in READ_ONCE() in
+	 * audit_tree_lookup().
+	 */
+	smp_wmb();
 	insert_hash(chunk);
 	spin_unlock(&hash_lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&audit_tree_group->mark_mutex);
@@ -458,7 +474,6 @@ static int tag_chunk(struct inode *inode, struct audit_tree *tree)
 	p->owner = tree;
 	get_tree(tree);
 	list_add(&p->list, &tree->chunks);
-	list_replace_rcu(&old->hash, &chunk->hash);
 	list_for_each_entry(owner, &chunk->trees, same_root)
 		owner->root = chunk;
 	old->dead = 1;
@@ -466,6 +481,13 @@ static int tag_chunk(struct inode *inode, struct audit_tree *tree)
 		tree->root = chunk;
 		list_add(&tree->same_root, &chunk->trees);
 	}
+	/*
+	 * Make sure chunk is fully initialized before making it visible in the
+	 * hash. Pairs with a data dependency barrier in READ_ONCE() in
+	 * audit_tree_lookup().
+	 */
+	smp_wmb();
+	list_replace_rcu(&old->hash, &chunk->hash);
 	spin_unlock(&hash_lock);
 	fsnotify_detach_mark(old_entry);
 	mutex_unlock(&audit_tree_group->mark_mutex);
-- 
2.16.4