CVE: CVE-2023-52516
Published: 2024-03-02
Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dma-debug: don't call __dma_entry_alloc_check_leak() under free_entries_lock

__dma_entry_alloc_check_leak() calls into printk -> serial console
output (qcom geni) and grabs port->lock under free_entries_lock
spin lock, which is a reverse locking dependency chain as qcom_geni
IRQ handler can call into dma-debug code and grab free_entries_lock
under port->lock.

Move __dma_entry_alloc_check_leak() call out of free_entries_lock
scope so that we don't acquire serial console's port->lock under it.

Trimmed-down lockdep splat:

 The existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

               -> #2 (free_entries_lock){-.-.}-{2:2}:
        _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x60/0x80
        dma_entry_alloc+0x38/0x110
        debug_dma_map_page+0x60/0xf8
        dma_map_page_attrs+0x1e0/0x230
        dma_map_single_attrs.constprop.0+0x6c/0xc8
        geni_se_rx_dma_prep+0x40/0xcc
        qcom_geni_serial_isr+0x310/0x510
        __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x110/0x244
        handle_irq_event_percpu+0x20/0x54
        handle_irq_event+0x50/0x88
        handle_fasteoi_irq+0xa4/0xcc
        handle_irq_desc+0x28/0x40
        generic_handle_domain_irq+0x24/0x30
        gic_handle_irq+0xc4/0x148
        do_interrupt_handler+0xa4/0xb0
        el1_interrupt+0x34/0x64
        el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24
        el1h_64_irq+0x64/0x68
        arch_local_irq_enable+0x4/0x8
        ____do_softirq+0x18/0x24
        ...

               -> #1 (&port_lock_key){-.-.}-{2:2}:
        _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x60/0x80
        qcom_geni_serial_console_write+0x184/0x1dc
        console_flush_all+0x344/0x454
        console_unlock+0x94/0xf0
        vprintk_emit+0x238/0x24c
        vprintk_default+0x3c/0x48
        vprintk+0xb4/0xbc
        _printk+0x68/0x90
        register_console+0x230/0x38c
        uart_add_one_port+0x338/0x494
        qcom_geni_serial_probe+0x390/0x424
        platform_probe+0x70/0xc0
        really_probe+0x148/0x280
        __driver_probe_device+0xfc/0x114
        driver_probe_device+0x44/0x100
        __device_attach_driver+0x64/0xdc
        bus_for_each_drv+0xb0/0xd8
        __device_attach+0xe4/0x140
        device_initial_probe+0x1c/0x28
        bus_probe_device+0x44/0xb0
        device_add+0x538/0x668
        of_device_add+0x44/0x50
        of_platform_device_create_pdata+0x94/0xc8
        of_platform_bus_create+0x270/0x304
        of_platform_populate+0xac/0xc4
        devm_of_platform_populate+0x60/0xac
        geni_se_probe+0x154/0x160
        platform_probe+0x70/0xc0
        ...

               -> #0 (console_owner){-...}-{0:0}:
        __lock_acquire+0xdf8/0x109c
        lock_acquire+0x234/0x284
        console_flush_all+0x330/0x454
        console_unlock+0x94/0xf0
        vprintk_emit+0x238/0x24c
        vprintk_default+0x3c/0x48
        vprintk+0xb4/0xbc
        _printk+0x68/0x90
        dma_entry_alloc+0xb4/0x110
        debug_dma_map_sg+0xdc/0x2f8
        __dma_map_sg_attrs+0xac/0xe4
        dma_map_sgtable+0x30/0x4c
        get_pages+0x1d4/0x1e4 [msm]
        msm_gem_pin_pages_locked+0x38/0xac [msm]
        msm_gem_pin_vma_locked+0x58/0x88 [msm]
        msm_ioctl_gem_submit+0xde4/0x13ac [msm]
        drm_ioctl_kernel+0xe0/0x15c
        drm_ioctl+0x2e8/0x3f4
        vfs_ioctl+0x30/0x50
        ...

 Chain exists of:
   console_owner --> &port_lock_key --> free_entries_lock

  Possible unsafe locking scenario:

        CPU0                    CPU1
        ----                    ----
   lock(free_entries_lock);
                                lock(&port_lock_key);
                                lock(free_entries_lock);
   lock(console_owner);

                *** DEADLOCK ***

 Call trace:
  dump_backtrace+0xb4/0xf0
  show_stack+0x20/0x30
  dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x84
  dump_stack+0x18/0x24
  print_circular_bug+0x1cc/0x234
  check_noncircular+0x78/0xac
  __lock_acquire+0xdf8/0x109c
  lock_acquire+0x234/0x284
  console_flush_all+0x330/0x454
  consol
---truncated---
CVSS Score: 5.5 (MEDIUM)
CWE: CWE-667
References: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac0d068099349cbca3d93f2e3b15bb329364b08c; https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be8f49029eca3efbad0d74dbff3cb9129994ffab; https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c[PII_REDACTED]3daaa30f417c75555d5566b3d31ae