perf: Fix perf_pending_task() UaF

Per syzbot it is possible for perf_pending_task() to run after the
event is free()'d. There are two related but distinct cases:

 - the task_work was already queued before destroying the event;
 - destroying the event itself queues the task_work.

The first cannot be solved using task_work_cancel() since
perf_release() itself might be called from a task_work (____fput),
which means the current->task_works list is already empty and
task_work_cancel() won't be able to find the perf_pending_task()
entry.

The simplest alternative is extending the perf_event lifetime to cover
the task_work.

The second is just silly, queueing a task_work while you know the
event is going away makes no sense and is easily avoided by
re-arranging how the event is marked STATE_DEAD and ensuring it goes
through STATE_OFF on the way down.

Reported-by: syzbot+9228d6098455bb209ec8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 9d15d2d9611903..ad824794c30649 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -2291,6 +2291,7 @@ event_sched_out(struct perf_event *event,
 		    !event->pending_work) {
 			event->pending_work = 1;
 			dec = false;
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(!atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&event->refcount));
 			task_work_add(current, &event->pending_task, TWA_RESUME);
 		}
 		if (dec)
@@ -2336,6 +2337,7 @@ group_sched_out(struct perf_event *group_event,
 
 #define DETACH_GROUP	0x01UL
 #define DETACH_CHILD	0x02UL
+#define DETACH_DEAD	0x04UL
 
 /*
  * Cross CPU call to remove a performance event
@@ -2356,12 +2358,20 @@ __perf_remove_from_context(struct perf_event *event,
 		update_cgrp_time_from_cpuctx(cpuctx, false);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Ensure event_sched_out() switches to OFF, at the very least
+	 * this avoids raising perf_pending_task() at this time.
+	 */
+	if (flags & DETACH_DEAD)
+		event->pending_disable = 1;
 	event_sched_out(event, cpuctx, ctx);
 	if (flags & DETACH_GROUP)
 		perf_group_detach(event);
 	if (flags & DETACH_CHILD)
 		perf_child_detach(event);
 	list_del_event(event, ctx);
+	if (flags & DETACH_DEAD)
+		event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_DEAD;
 
 	if (!ctx->nr_events && ctx->is_active) {
 		if (ctx == &cpuctx->ctx)
@@ -5121,9 +5131,7 @@ int perf_event_release_kernel(struct perf_event *event)
 
 	ctx = perf_event_ctx_lock(event);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->parent_ctx);
-	perf_remove_from_context(event, DETACH_GROUP);
 
-	raw_spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
 	/*
 	 * Mark this event as STATE_DEAD, there is no external reference to it
 	 * anymore.
@@ -5135,8 +5143,7 @@ int perf_event_release_kernel(struct perf_event *event)
 	 * Thus this guarantees that we will in fact observe and kill _ALL_
 	 * child events.
 	 */
-	event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_DEAD;
-	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+	perf_remove_from_context(event, DETACH_GROUP|DETACH_DEAD);
 
 	perf_event_ctx_unlock(event, ctx);
 
@@ -6577,6 +6584,8 @@ static void perf_pending_task(struct callback_head *head)
 	if (rctx >= 0)
 		perf_swevent_put_recursion_context(rctx);
 	preempt_enable_notrace();
+
+	put_event(event);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GUEST_PERF_EVENTS