Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2023 09:08:22 -0700
From:   Jeff Xu <jeffxu@...omium.org>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
        Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, zhangpeng.00@...edance.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, koct9i@...il.com, david@...hat.com,
        ak@...ux.intel.com, hughd@...gle.com, emunson@...mai.com,
        rppt@...ux.ibm.com, aarcange@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>
Subject: Re: inconsistence in mprotect_fixup mlock_fixup madvise_update_vma

On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 10:56 PM Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 03:29:34PM -0700, Jeff Xu wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 5:58 AM Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 09:18:14PM -0400, Liam R. Howlett wrote:
> > > > * Jeff Xu <jeffxu@...omium.org> [230613 17:29]:
> > > > > Hello Peter,
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for responding.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 1:16 PM Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi, Jeff,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 08:26:26AM -0700, Jeff Xu wrote:
> > > > > > > + more ppl to the list.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 6:04 PM Jeff Xu <jeffxu@...omium.org> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > There seems to be inconsistency in different VMA fixup
> > > > > > > > implementations, for example:
> > > > > > > > mlock_fixup will skip VMA that is hugettlb, etc, but those checks do
> > > > > > > > not exist in mprotect_fixup and madvise_update_vma. Wouldn't this be a
> > > > > > > > problem? the merge/split skipped by mlock_fixup, might get acted on in
> > > > > > > > the madvice/mprotect case.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > mlock_fixup currently check for
> > > > > > > > if (newflags == oldflags ||
> > > >
> > > > newflags == oldflags, then we don't need to do anything here, it's
> > > > already at the desired mlock.  mprotect does this, madvise does this..
> > > > probably.. it's ugly.
> > > >
> > > > > > > > (oldflags & VM_SPECIAL) ||
> > > >
> > > > It's special, merging will fail always.  I don't know about splitting,
> > > > but I guess we don't want to alter the mlock state on special mappings.
> > > >
> > > > > > > > is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) || vma == get_gate_vma(current->mm) ||
> > > > > > > > vma_is_dax(vma) || vma_is_secretmem(vma))
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The special handling you mentioned in mlock_fixup mostly makes sense to me.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > E.g., I think we can just ignore mlock a hugetlb page if it won't be
> > > > > > swapped anyway.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Do you encounter any issue with above?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Should there be a common function to handle VMA merge/split ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > IMHO vma_merge() and split_vma() are the "common functions".  Copy Lorenzo
> > > > > > as I think he has plan to look into the interface to make it even easier to
> > > > > > use.
> > > > > >
> > > > > The mprotect_fixup doesn't have the same check as mlock_fixup. When
> > > > > userspace calls mlock(), two VMAs might not merge or split because of
> > > > > vma_is_secretmem check, However, when user space calls mprotect() with
> > > > > the same address range, it will merge/split.  If mlock() is doing the
> > > > > right thing to merge/split the VMAs, then mprotect() is not ?
> > > >
> > > > It looks like secretmem is mlock'ed to begin with so they don't want it
> > > > to be touched.  So, I think they will be treated differently and I think
> > > > it is correct.
> > >
> > > Right, they don't :)
> > >
> > > secretmem VMAs are always mlocked, they cannot be munlocked and there is no
> > > point trying to mlock them again.
> > >
> > > The mprotect for secretmem is Ok though, so e.g. if we (unlikely) have two
> > > adjacent secretmem VMAs in a range passed to mprotect, it's fine to merge
> > > them.
> > >
> >
> > I m thinking/brainstorming below, assuming:
> > Address range 1: 0x5000 to 0x6000 (regular mmap)
> > Address range 2: 0x6000 to 0x7000 (allocated to secretmem)
> > Address range 3: 0x7000 to 0x8000 (regular mmap)
> >
> > User space call: mlock(0x5000,0x3000)
> > range 1 and 2 won't merge.
> > range 2 and 3  could merge, when mlock_fixup  checks current vma
> > (range 3), it is not secretmem, so it will merge with prev vma.
>
> But 2 and 3 have different vm_file, they won't merge.
>
> > user space call: mprotect(0x5000,0x3000)
> > range 1 2 3 could merge,  all three can have the same flags.
> > Note: vma_is_secretmem() isn't checked in mprotect_fixup, same for
> > vma_is_dax and get_gate_vma, those doesn't have included in
> > vma->vm_flags
> >
> > Once 1 and 2 are merged, maybe user space is able to use
> > munlock(0x5000,0x3000)
> > to unlock range 1 to 3, this will include 2, right ? (haven't used the
> > code to prove it)
>
> But 1 and 2 won't merge because their vm_file's are different.
>
Is that possible to be staged the same ?

> > I'm using secretmem as an example here, having 3 different _fixup
> > implementations seems to be error prone to me.
>
> The actual decision whether to merge VMAs is taken in vma_merge rather than
> by the _fixup functions. So while the checks around vma_merge might be
> different in these functions, it does not mean it's possible to wrongly
> merge VMA unless there is a bug in vma_merge. So in the end it boils down
> to a single core implementation, don't you agree?
>
I agree that vma_merge should also check, but it doesn't seem to be
the case ? I looked for secretmem, get_gate_vma(current->mm),
vma_is_dax()

Ideally,  the skip/go decisions should be inside vma_merge/vma_split()
function, not in the _fixup(),  I think.

> > Thanks
> > -Jeff
>
> --
> Sincerely yours,
> Mike.

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