AppArmor uses lock subtyping to avoid false positives from lockdep. The
profile lock is often taken nested, but it is guaranteed to be in a lock
safe order and not the same lock when done, so it is safe.
A third lock type (aa_lock_task_release) is given to the profile lock
when it is taken in soft irq context during task release (aa_release).
This is to avoid a false positive between the task lock and the profile
lock. In task context the profile lock wraps the task lock with irqs
off, but the kernel takes the task lock with irqs enabled. This won't
ever result in a deadlock because aa_release doesn't need to take the
task lock of the dead task that is released.
Signed-off-by: John Johansen <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <[email protected]>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
---
security/apparmor/apparmor.h | 7 +++++++
security/apparmor/inline.h | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
security/apparmor/locking.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++------
security/apparmor/main.c | 6 +++---
4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
--- a/security/apparmor/apparmor.h
+++ b/security/apparmor/apparmor.h
@@ -185,6 +185,13 @@ struct aa_audit {
#define AA_CHECK_DIR 2 /* file type is directory */
#define AA_CHECK_MANGLE 4 /* leave extra room for name mangling */
+/* lock subtypes so lockdep does not raise false dependencies */
+enum aa_lock_class {
+ aa_lock_normal,
+ aa_lock_nested,
+ aa_lock_task_release
+};
+
/* main.c */
extern int alloc_null_complain_profile(void);
extern void free_null_complain_profile(void);
--- a/security/apparmor/inline.h
+++ b/security/apparmor/inline.h
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ static inline void aa_free_task_context(
* While the profile is locked, local interrupts are disabled. This also
* gives us RCU reader safety.
*/
-static inline void lock_profile(struct aa_profile *profile)
+static inline void lock_profile_nested(struct aa_profile *profile,
+ enum aa_lock_class lock_class)
{
/* We always lock top-level profiles instead of children. */
if (profile)
@@ -112,7 +113,13 @@ static inline void lock_profile(struct a
* the task_free_security hook, which may run in RCU context.
*/
if (profile)
- spin_lock_irqsave(&profile->lock, profile->int_flags);
+ spin_lock_irqsave_nested(&profile->lock, profile->int_flags,
+ lock_class);
+}
+
+static inline void lock_profile(struct aa_profile *profile)
+{
+ lock_profile_nested(profile, aa_lock_normal);
}
/**
@@ -161,17 +168,21 @@ static inline void lock_both_profiles(st
*/
if (!profile1 || profile1 == profile2) {
if (profile2)
- spin_lock_irqsave(&profile2->lock, profile2->int_flags);
+ spin_lock_irqsave_nested(&profile2->lock,
+ profile2->int_flags,
+ aa_lock_normal);
} else if (profile1 > profile2) {
/* profile1 cannot be NULL here. */
- spin_lock_irqsave(&profile1->lock, profile1->int_flags);
+ spin_lock_irqsave_nested(&profile1->lock, profile1->int_flags,
+ aa_lock_normal);
if (profile2)
- spin_lock(&profile2->lock);
+ spin_lock_nested(&profile2->lock, aa_lock_nested);
} else {
/* profile2 cannot be NULL here. */
- spin_lock_irqsave(&profile2->lock, profile2->int_flags);
- spin_lock(&profile1->lock);
+ spin_lock_irqsave_nested(&profile2->lock, profile2->int_flags,
+ aa_lock_normal);
+ spin_lock_nested(&profile1->lock, aa_lock_nested);
}
}
--- a/security/apparmor/locking.txt
+++ b/security/apparmor/locking.txt
@@ -51,9 +51,18 @@ list, and can sleep. This ensures that p
won't race with itself. We release the profile_list_lock as soon as
possible to avoid stalling exec during profile loading/replacement/removal.
-lock_dep reports a false 'possible irq lock inversion dependency detected'
-when the profile lock is taken in aa_release. This is due to that the
-task_lock is often taken inside the profile lock but other kernel code
-takes the task_lock with interrupts enabled. A deadlock will not actually
-occur because apparmor does not take the task_lock in hard_irq or soft_irq
-context.
+AppArmor uses lock subtyping to avoid false positives from lockdep. The
+profile lock is often taken nested, but it is guaranteed to be in a lock
+safe order and not the same lock when done, so it is safe.
+
+A third lock type (aa_lock_task_release) is given to the profile lock
+when it is taken in soft irq context during task release (aa_release).
+This is to avoid a false positive between the task lock and the profile
+lock. In task context the profile lock wraps the task lock with irqs
+off, but the kernel takes the task lock with irqs enabled. This won't
+result in a deadlock because for a deadlock to occur the kernel must
+take dead task A's lock (irqs on), the rcu callback hook freeing
+dead task A must be run and AppArmor must be changing the profile on
+dead task A. The kernel should not be taking a dead task's task_lock
+at the same time the task is being freed by task rcu cleanup other wise
+the task would not be out of its quiescent period.
--- a/security/apparmor/main.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/main.c
@@ -1081,8 +1081,8 @@ void aa_release(struct task_struct *task
* sufficient to prevent the replacement race so we do not lock
* the task.
*
- * lock_dep reports a false 'possible irq lock inversion dependency'
- * between the profile lock and the task_lock.
+ * Use lock subtyping to avoid lockdep reporting a false irq
+ * possible inversion between the task_lock and profile_lock
*
* We also avoid taking the task_lock here because lock_dep
* would report another false {softirq-on-W} potential irq_lock
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ void aa_release(struct task_struct *task
repeat:
profile = aa_get_profile(task);
if (profile) {
- lock_profile(profile);
+ lock_profile_nested(profile, aa_lock_task_release);
cxt = aa_task_context(task);
if (unlikely(!cxt || cxt->profile != profile)) {
unlock_profile(profile);
--
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