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From: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
To: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>,
	Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
	Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] seccomp: restore knotif->state when SECCOMP_ADDFD_FLAG_SEND is interrupted
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 07:20:36 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260920072036.3888061-1-benquike@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202609192050.D1E0CD96@keescook>

In seccomp_notify_addfd(), when SECCOMP_ADDFD_FLAG_SEND is set in
addfd.flags, knotif->state is optimistically transitioned from
SECCOMP_NOTIFY_SENT to SECCOMP_NOTIFY_REPLIED before waking the tracee
and waiting on kaddfd.completion:

	if (addfd.flags & SECCOMP_ADDFD_FLAG_SEND) {
		knotif->state = SECCOMP_NOTIFY_REPLIED;
		...
	}

If wait_for_completion_interruptible(&kaddfd.completion) is interrupted
by a signal before the tracee dequeues the kaddfd request
(!list_empty(&kaddfd.list)), seccomp_notify_addfd() removes kaddfd from
knotif->addfd and returns -EINTR to the supervisor without having
installed the file descriptor.

However, knotif->state is left as SECCOMP_NOTIFY_REPLIED (with
knotif->error == 0 and knotif->val == 0). This causes two problems:

1. When the tracee runs in do_user_notif(), it checks
   if (knotif.state != SECCOMP_NOTIFY_REPLIED) after calling
   seccomp_handle_addfd(). Because knotif->state is already
   SECCOMP_NOTIFY_REPLIED, the tracee exits the notification wait loop
   prematurely and returns 0 from the trapped syscall without the file
   descriptor ever having been installed.

2. If the supervisor retries SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_ADDFD or
   SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_SEND before the tracee runs, it fails with
   -EINPROGRESS because knotif->state is no longer SECCOMP_NOTIFY_SENT.

Fix this by restoring knotif->state back to SECCOMP_NOTIFY_SENT if
SECCOMP_ADDFD_FLAG_SEND was set and kaddfd was not consumed before the
interrupted wait. Also add a seccomp_bpf selftest
(user_notification_addfd_send_interrupted) covering this race.

Fixes: 0ae71c1990f3 ("seccomp: Add a flag to atomically addfd and perform send")
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v3:
- Actually include the tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
  regression test in the patch diff (v2 accidentally omitted the selftest
  hunk), with detailed comments explaining the race and test setup.

Changes in v2:
- Add user_notification_addfd_send_interrupted regression test to
  tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c as requested by Kees Cook.

 kernel/seccomp.c                              |   2 +
 tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c | 161 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 163 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/seccomp.c b/kernel/seccomp.c
index 86cf4460d69e..94c7ba80a8f7 100644
--- a/kernel/seccomp.c
+++ b/kernel/seccomp.c
@@ -1808,10 +1808,13 @@ static long seccomp_notify_addfd(struct seccomp_filter *filter,
 	 * We need to check again if the addfd request has been handled,
 	 * and if not, we will remove it from the queue.
 	 */
-	if (list_empty(&kaddfd.list))
+	if (list_empty(&kaddfd.list)) {
 		ret = kaddfd.ret;
-	else
+	} else {
 		list_del(&kaddfd.list);
+		if (addfd.flags & SECCOMP_ADDFD_FLAG_SEND)
+			knotif->state = SECCOMP_NOTIFY_SENT;
+	}
 
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&filter->notify_lock);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
index 0622bc2acad4..e565728f9eb2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
@@ -4368,6 +4368,173 @@ TEST(user_notification_addfd_rlimit)
 	close(memfd);
 }
 
+static void sigusr1_handler(int signo)
+{
+}
+
+/*
+ * Verify that when SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_ADDFD with SECCOMP_ADDFD_FLAG_SEND is
+ * interrupted by a signal before the tracee dequeues the addfd request,
+ * knotif->state is restored from SECCOMP_NOTIFY_REPLIED back to
+ * SECCOMP_NOTIFY_SENT so that:
+ *   1. The woken tracee sees knotif->state == SECCOMP_NOTIFY_SENT in
+ *      do_user_notif() and goes back to sleep instead of prematurely
+ *      returning 0 from the trapped syscall without the FD installed.
+ *   2. The supervisor can retry SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_ADDFD (or
+ *      SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_SEND) instead of failing with -EINPROGRESS.
+ *
+ * To deterministically hit the race window where the supervisor sleeps in
+ * wait_for_completion_interruptible(&kaddfd.completion) after waking the
+ * tracee (complete(&knotif->ready)) but before the tracee runs
+ * seccomp_handle_addfd(), pin all processes to a single CPU and enforce a
+ * strict 3-tier scheduling priority hierarchy on that CPU:
+ *   - Supervisor:            SCHED_FIFO priority 99 (highest)
+ *   - Signal helper (sig_pid): SCHED_FIFO priority 50 (middle)
+ *   - Tracee (pid):          SCHED_IDLE             (lowest)
+ */
+TEST(user_notification_addfd_send_interrupted)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Save parent_pid before user_notif_syscall(__NR_getppid, ...) installs
+	 * the seccomp filter on the calling process; children inherit that
+	 * filter, so sig_pid must not call getppid().
+	 */
+	pid_t pid, sig_pid, parent_pid = getpid();
+	long ret;
+	int status, listener, memfd;
+	struct seccomp_notif_addfd addfd = {};
+	struct seccomp_notif req = {};
+	struct sigaction sa = {};
+	struct sched_param sp_tracee_idle = { .sched_priority = 0 };
+	struct sched_param sp_supervisor_fifo = { .sched_priority = 99 };
+	struct sched_param sp_sig_helper_fifo = { .sched_priority = 50 };
+	struct timespec delay = { .tv_nsec = 15000000 };
+	cpu_set_t cpuset;
+	int cpu;
+
+	/* Pin the supervisor (and its future child processes) to one CPU. */
+	cpu = sched_getcpu();
+	if (cpu >= 0) {
+		CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
+		CPU_SET(cpu, &cpuset);
+		sched_setaffinity(0, sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset);
+	}
+
+	sa.sa_handler = sigusr1_handler;
+	ASSERT_EQ(sigaction(SIGUSR1, &sa, NULL), 0);
+
+	memfd = memfd_create("test", 0);
+	ASSERT_GE(memfd, 0);
+
+	ret = prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, ret) {
+		TH_LOG("Kernel does not support PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS!");
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Follow the convention of other user_notification_* tests in this
+	 * file by trapping __NR_getppid: because the filter is installed on
+	 * the supervisor before fork(), the trapped syscall must be a
+	 * side-effect-free syscall that the supervisor itself never invokes.
+	 * Even though getppid() does not normally return an FD,
+	 * SECCOMP_ADDFD_FLAG_SEND replaces the trapped syscall's return value
+	 * with the newly installed FD number (42).
+	 */
+	listener = user_notif_syscall(__NR_getppid,
+				      SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_NEW_LISTENER);
+	ASSERT_GE(listener, 0);
+
+	pid = fork();
+	ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);
+
+	if (pid == 0) {
+		/*
+		 * Tracee: invoke __NR_getppid as a dummy trigger syscall to
+		 * trap into do_user_notif(). Verify that the syscall returns
+		 * the injected FD number (42) and that FD 42 is open.
+		 */
+		ret = syscall(__NR_getppid);
+		exit(ret != 42 || fcntl(42, F_GETFD) < 0);
+	}
+
+	/* Wait for the tracee to trap in do_user_notif(). */
+	ASSERT_EQ(ioctl(listener, SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_RECV, &req), 0);
+
+	/*
+	 * Demote the tracee to SCHED_IDLE and promote the supervisor to
+	 * SCHED_FIFO(99) on the same CPU.
+	 */
+	sched_setscheduler(pid, SCHED_IDLE, &sp_tracee_idle);
+	if (sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_FIFO, &sp_supervisor_fifo) != 0) {
+		close(listener);
+		close(memfd);
+		kill(pid, SIGKILL);
+		waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
+		SKIP(return, "SCHED_FIFO requires CAP_SYS_NICE");
+	}
+
+	addfd.srcfd = memfd;
+	addfd.newfd_flags = O_CLOEXEC;
+	addfd.newfd = 42;
+	addfd.id = req.id;
+	addfd.flags = SECCOMP_ADDFD_FLAG_SETFD | SECCOMP_ADDFD_FLAG_SEND;
+
+	/*
+	 * Fork a signal helper on the same CPU and set it to SCHED_FIFO(50).
+	 * Because the supervisor is currently running at SCHED_FIFO(99) on
+	 * this CPU, sig_pid is queued on the runqueue but cannot run until the
+	 * supervisor blocks inside the kernel.
+	 *
+	 * When the supervisor invokes ioctl(SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_ADDFD) below:
+	 *   1. seccomp_notify_addfd() sets knotif->state = SECCOMP_NOTIFY_REPLIED,
+	 *      wakes the tracee (SCHED_IDLE), and blocks in
+	 *      wait_for_completion_interruptible(&kaddfd.completion).
+	 *   2. The CPU scheduler immediately runs sig_pid (SCHED_FIFO 50)
+	 *      ahead of the woken tracee (SCHED_IDLE).
+	 *   3. sig_pid sends SIGUSR1 to parent_pid, waking the supervisor
+	 *      (SCHED_FIFO 99), which immediately preempts sig_pid, aborts the
+	 *      wait with -ERESTARTSYS (-EINTR), removes kaddfd from
+	 *      knotif->addfd, and restores knotif->state = SECCOMP_NOTIFY_SENT
+	 *      before the tracee has executed a single instruction.
+	 */
+	sig_pid = fork();
+	ASSERT_GE(sig_pid, 0);
+	if (sig_pid == 0) {
+		sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_FIFO, &sp_sig_helper_fifo);
+		kill(parent_pid, SIGUSR1);
+		_exit(0);
+	}
+
+	EXPECT_EQ(ioctl(listener, SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_ADDFD, &addfd), -1);
+	EXPECT_EQ(errno, EINTR);
+	EXPECT_EQ(waitpid(sig_pid, &status, 0), sig_pid);
+
+	/*
+	 * Restore normal scheduling and sleep briefly so the woken tracee
+	 * runs in do_user_notif(). With knotif->state restored to
+	 * SECCOMP_NOTIFY_SENT, the tracee must loop back to sleep waiting for
+	 * the notification reply rather than returning 0 from __NR_getppid.
+	 */
+	sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_OTHER, &sp_tracee_idle);
+	sched_setscheduler(pid, SCHED_OTHER, &sp_tracee_idle);
+	nanosleep(&delay, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * Retry SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_ADDFD. Because knotif->state is
+	 * SECCOMP_NOTIFY_SENT, the retry succeeds (returns 42) instead of
+	 * failing with -EINPROGRESS, installs FD 42 into the tracee, and wakes
+	 * the tracee to complete the syscall with return value 42.
+	 */
+	EXPECT_EQ(ioctl(listener, SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_ADDFD, &addfd), 42);
+
+	EXPECT_EQ(waitpid(pid, &status, 0), pid);
+	EXPECT_EQ(true, WIFEXITED(status));
+	EXPECT_EQ(0, WEXITSTATUS(status));
+
+	close(listener);
+	close(memfd);
+}
+
 #ifndef SECCOMP_USER_NOTIF_FD_SYNC_WAKE_UP
 #define SECCOMP_USER_NOTIF_FD_SYNC_WAKE_UP (1UL << 0)
 #define SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_SET_FLAGS  SECCOMP_IOW(4, __u64)
-- 
2.49.0

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-20  7:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-19 20:35 [PATCH] " Hui Peng
2026-09-19 22:22 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-09-20  3:50 ` Kees Cook
2026-09-20  4:16   ` [PATCH v2] " Hui Peng
2026-09-20  7:20   ` Hui Peng [this message]
2026-09-20 11:56     ` [PATCH v3] " Bradley Morgan
2026-09-20 10:10   ` [PATCH] " Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-20 11:55     ` Bradley Morgan

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