[alsa-devel] sound: use-after-free in snd_timer_interrupt

[Takashi Iwai]

On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:03:17 +0100,
Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:06:10 +0100,
> > Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:54:10 +0100,
> >> > Takashi Iwai wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> OK, then this might be a possible race at the current snd_timer_stop()
> >> >> implementation.  There is no sync action there, so the ISR might be
> >> >> still alive after snd_timer_close() call.  Or might be another race.
> >> >> This pattern looks a bit different, as it's involved with hrtimer.
> >> >>
> >> >> I'll take a look at it tomorrow.
> >> >
> >> > I've audited the code today, but the open window doesn't look like
> >> > what I expected.  I found only some possible cases with slave timer
> >> > instances.
> >> >
> >> > In anyway, below is a test fix patch.  Since I couldn't reproduce the
> >> > issue on my local machines, it's hard to say whether this covers the
> >> > holes you fell.  Let's see...
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Takashi,
> >>
> >> I would be interested to understand why other people can't reproduce
> >> issues that I hit pretty reliably.
> >> I suspect that it can be due to .config. Please try with the following
> >> config values.
> >
> > I guess rather other config, e.g. the kernel debug options.
> > I suppose you enabled KASAN and DEBUG_LIST.  What else?
> 
> I've attached my config (you will need to disable CONFIG_KCOV, it is
> not upstreamed).

Hm, that has lots of other drivers built-in...

> >> I also start qemu with "-soundhw all" arg.
> >
> > OK, so you're testing with VM?  This makes easier to recheck.
> 
> Yes, I start qemu as:
> 
> qemu-system-x86_64 -hda wheezy.img -net
> user,host=10.0.2.10,hostfwd=tcp::10022-:22 -net nic -nographic -kernel
> arch/x86/boot/bzImage -append "console=ttyS0 root=/dev/sda debug
> earlyprintk=serial slub_debug=UZ" -enable-kvm -m 2G -numa
> node,nodeid=0,cpus=0-1 -numa node,nodeid=1,cpus=2-3 -smp
> sockets=2,cores=2,threads=1 -usb -usbdevice mouse -usbdevice tablet
> -soundhw all

And which test did trigger use-after-free, even with all previous
patches?


Takashi