Merge tag 'timers-urgent-2023-02-19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull timer fix from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A fix for a long standing issue in the alarmtimer code.

  Posix-timers armed with a short interval with an ignored signal result
  in an unpriviledged DoS. Due to the ignored signal the timer switches
  into self rearm mode. This issue had been "fixed" before but a rework
  of the alarmtimer code 5 years ago lost that workaround.

  There is no real good solution for this issue, which is also worked
  around in the core posix-timer code in the same way, but it certainly
  moved way up on the ever growing todo list"

* tag 'timers-urgent-2023-02-19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  alarmtimer: Prevent starvation by small intervals and SIG_IGN

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
index 5897828b9d7ed9..7e5dff602585db 100644
--- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -470,11 +470,35 @@ u64 alarm_forward(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t now, ktime_t interval)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alarm_forward);
 
-u64 alarm_forward_now(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t interval)
+static u64 __alarm_forward_now(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t interval, bool throttle)
 {
 	struct alarm_base *base = &alarm_bases[alarm->type];
+	ktime_t now = base->get_ktime();
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS) && throttle) {
+		/*
+		 * Same issue as with posix_timer_fn(). Timers which are
+		 * periodic but the signal is ignored can starve the system
+		 * with a very small interval. The real fix which was
+		 * promised in the context of posix_timer_fn() never
+		 * materialized, but someone should really work on it.
+		 *
+		 * To prevent DOS fake @now to be 1 jiffie out which keeps
+		 * the overrun accounting correct but creates an
+		 * inconsistency vs. timer_gettime(2).
+		 */
+		ktime_t kj = NSEC_PER_SEC / HZ;
+
+		if (interval < kj)
+			now = ktime_add(now, kj);
+	}
+
+	return alarm_forward(alarm, now, interval);
+}
 
-	return alarm_forward(alarm, base->get_ktime(), interval);
+u64 alarm_forward_now(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t interval)
+{
+	return __alarm_forward_now(alarm, interval, false);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alarm_forward_now);
 
@@ -551,9 +575,10 @@ static enum alarmtimer_restart alarm_handle_timer(struct alarm *alarm,
 	if (posix_timer_event(ptr, si_private) && ptr->it_interval) {
 		/*
 		 * Handle ignored signals and rearm the timer. This will go
-		 * away once we handle ignored signals proper.
+		 * away once we handle ignored signals proper. Ensure that
+		 * small intervals cannot starve the system.
 		 */
-		ptr->it_overrun += alarm_forward_now(alarm, ptr->it_interval);
+		ptr->it_overrun += __alarm_forward_now(alarm, ptr->it_interval, true);
 		++ptr->it_requeue_pending;
 		ptr->it_active = 1;
 		result = ALARMTIMER_RESTART;