🇰🇷 한글 설명
Linux 커널 RCU 메커니즘의 ->defer_qs_iw_pending 필드에서 발생하는 데이터 레이스 취약점입니다. CONFIG_IRQ_WORK 활성화 상태에서 rcu_read_unlock()이 인터럽트 비활성화 영역에서 호출될 때, 인터럽트 핸들러와 RCU 코드 사이에 동시성 문제가 발생합니다. 패치는 defer_qs_iw_pending 업데이트 시 인터럽트를 비활성화하여 해결합니다.
💡 쉬운 설명
리눅스 커널 내부에서 메모리 접근 보호 메커니즘의 결함으로 인해 시스템 불안정성이 발생할 수 있습니다. 특정 조건에서 여러 처리 단계가 동시에 같은 데이터에 접근하여 충돌을 일으킵니다.
🇺🇸 원문 (English)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rcu: Protect ->defer_qs_iw_pending from data race
On kernels built with CONFIG_IRQ_WORK=y, when rcu_read_unlock() is
invoked within an interrupts-disabled region of code [1], it will invoke
rcu_read_unlock_special(), which uses an irq-work handler to force the
system to notice when the RCU read-side critical section actually ends.
That end won't happen until interrupts are enabled at the soonest.
In some kernels, such as those booted with rcutree.use_softirq=y, the
irq-work handler is used unconditionally.
The per-CPU rcu_data structure's ->defer_qs_iw_pending field is
updated by the irq-work handler and is both read and updated by
rcu_read_unlock_special(). This resulted in the following KCSAN splat:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_handler / rcu_read_unlock_special
read to 0xffff96b95f42d8d8 of 1 bytes by task 90 on cpu 8:
rcu_read_unlock_special+0x175/0x260
__rcu_read_unlock+0x92/0xa0
rt_spin_unlock+0x9b/0xc0
__local_bh_enable+0x10d/0x170
__local_bh_enable_ip+0xfb/0x150
rcu_do_batch+0x595/0xc40
rcu_cpu_kthread+0x4e9/0x830
smpboot_thread_fn+0x24d/0x3b0
kthread+0x3bd/0x410
ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
write to 0xffff96b95f42d8d8 of 1 bytes by task 88 on cpu 8:
rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_handler+0x1e/0x30
irq_work_single+0xaf/0x160
run_irq_workd+0x91/0xc0
smpboot_thread_fn+0x24d/0x3b0
kthread+0x3bd/0x410
ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
no locks held by irq_work/8/88.
irq event stamp: 200272
hardirqs last enabled at (200272): [<ffffffffb0f56121>] finish_task_switch+0x131/0x320
hardirqs last disabled at (200271): [<ffffffffb25c7859>] __schedule+0x129/0xd70
softirqs last enabled at (0): [<ffffffffb0ee093f>] copy_process+0x4df/0x1cc0
softirqs last disabled at (0): [<0000000000000000>] 0x0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The problem is that irq-work handlers run with interrupts enabled, which
means that rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_handler() could be interrupted,
and that interrupt handler might contain an RCU read-side critical
section, which might invoke rcu_read_unlock_special(). In the strict
KCSAN mode of operation used by RCU, this constitutes a data race on
the ->defer_qs_iw_pending field.
This commit therefore disables interrupts across the portion of the
rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_handler() that updates the ->defer_qs_iw_pending
field. This suffices because this handler is not a fast path.
📍 영향받는 시스템
CONFIG_IRQ_WORK=y 또는 rcutree.use_softirq=y로 구성된 Linux 커널 (영향받는 특정 버전 미지정)
⚔️ 공격 벡터
인터럽트 비활성화 영역에서 rcu_read_unlock() 호출을 통한 데이터 레이스 트리거
🛡️ 대응 방법
패치된 커널 버전으로 업데이트 또는 rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_handler() 함수의 인터럽트 보호 패치 적용
🔧 검증 코드
결과가 2이면 취약한 설정 활성화 상태, 0이면 영향 없음, 파일을 읽을 수 없으면 커널 설정 접근 불가
cat /boot/config-$(uname -r) 2>/dev/null | grep -E 'CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU|CONFIG_IRQ_WORK' | wc -l