2024-05-06 22:09:34

by Justin Stitt

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Subject: [PATCH] ntp: safeguard against time_constant overflow case

Using syzkaller with the recently reintroduced signed integer overflow
sanitizer produces this UBSAN report:

[ 46.809326] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 46.812882] UBSAN: signed-integer-overflow in ../kernel/time/ntp.c:738:18
[ 46.817676] 9223372036854775806 + 4 cannot be represented in type 'long'
[ 46.822346] CPU: 1 PID: 685 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc2-00036-g679ee73ec453 #2
[ 46.828270] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
[ 46.834836] Call Trace:
[ 46.836625] <TASK>
[ 46.838147] dump_stack_lvl+0x93/0xd0
[ 46.840771] handle_overflow+0x171/0x1b0
[ 46.843516] __do_adjtimex+0x1236/0x1440
[ 46.846275] do_adjtimex+0x2be/0x740
[ 46.848864] __x64_sys_clock_adjtime+0x154/0x1d0
[ 46.852164] do_syscall_64+0xd7/0x1b0
[ 46.854783] ? arch_exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x11/0x60
[ 46.858426] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77
[ 46.861914] RIP: 0033:0x7fde90aaf539
[ 46.864500] Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 f1 14 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 8
[ 46.877151] RSP: 002b:00007ffebfe63358 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000131
[ 46.882279] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fde90be3f80 RCX: 00007fde90aaf539
[ 46.887270] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000020000280 RDI: 0000000000000000
[ 46.892174] RBP: 00007fde90b0e496 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 46.897061] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
[ 46.902020] R13: 0000000000000095 R14: 00007fde90be3f80 R15: 00007fde90be3f80
[ 46.906946] </TASK>
[ 46.908537] ---[ end trace ]---

Historically, the signed integer overflow sanitizer did not work in the
kernel due to its interaction with `-fwrapv` but this has since been
changed [1] in the newest version of Clang; It being re-enabled in the
kernel with Commit 557f8c582a9ba8ab ("ubsan: Reintroduce signed overflow
sanitizer").

Nonetheless, let's slightly rework the logic surrounding time_constant
and how it is incremented such that we avoid unintentional wrap-around
(even though it is extremely unlikely to be hit in non-fuzzing scenarios).

[1]: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/82432

Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <[email protected]>
---
kernel/time/ntp.c | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
index 406dccb79c2b..a9f039601968 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ static s64 time_offset;
/* pll time constant: */
static long time_constant = 2;

+/* pll time constant increment: */
+static long time_constant_inc = 4;
+
/* maximum error (usecs): */
static long time_maxerror = NTP_PHASE_LIMIT;

@@ -734,10 +737,10 @@ static inline void process_adjtimex_modes(const struct __kernel_timex *txc,

if (txc->modes & ADJ_TIMECONST) {
time_constant = txc->constant;
- if (!(time_status & STA_NANO))
- time_constant += 4;
- time_constant = min(time_constant, (long)MAXTC);
- time_constant = max(time_constant, 0l);
+ if (!(time_status & STA_NANO) &&
+ unlikely(LONG_MAX - time_constant_inc >= time_constant))
+ time_constant += time_constant_inc;
+ time_constant = clamp_t(long, time_constant, 0, MAXTC);
}

if (txc->modes & ADJ_TAI &&

---
base-commit: 0106679839f7c69632b3b9833c3268c316c0a9fc
change-id: 20240506-b4-sio-ntp-c-c227b02c65a3

Best regards,
--
Justin Stitt <[email protected]>



2024-05-07 06:02:39

by John Stultz

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ntp: safeguard against time_constant overflow case

On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 3:01 PM Justin Stitt <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Nonetheless, let's slightly rework the logic surrounding time_constant
> and how it is incremented such that we avoid unintentional wrap-around
> (even though it is extremely unlikely to be hit in non-fuzzing scenarios).
>
> [1]: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/82432
>
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <[email protected]>
> ---
> kernel/time/ntp.c | 11 +++++++----
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
> index 406dccb79c2b..a9f039601968 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
> @@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ static s64 time_offset;
> /* pll time constant: */
> static long time_constant = 2;
>
> +/* pll time constant increment: */
> +static long time_constant_inc = 4;
> +

I'd probably use a `#define TIME_CONSTANT_INC 4` for this.

> /* maximum error (usecs): */
> static long time_maxerror = NTP_PHASE_LIMIT;
>
> @@ -734,10 +737,10 @@ static inline void process_adjtimex_modes(const struct __kernel_timex *txc,
>
> if (txc->modes & ADJ_TIMECONST) {
> time_constant = txc->constant;
> - if (!(time_status & STA_NANO))
> - time_constant += 4;
> - time_constant = min(time_constant, (long)MAXTC);
> - time_constant = max(time_constant, 0l);
> + if (!(time_status & STA_NANO) &&
> + unlikely(LONG_MAX - time_constant_inc >= time_constant))
> + time_constant += time_constant_inc;
> + time_constant = clamp_t(long, time_constant, 0, MAXTC);
> }

Overall, this looks fine. Though the time_status conditional is now a
little unwieldy.

I wonder if some sort of a helper like:
time_constant = safe_add(time_constant, TIME_CONSTANT_INC, LONG_MAX);

Might make this a little easier to read?

thanks
-john

2024-05-07 22:04:32

by Justin Stitt

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ntp: safeguard against time_constant overflow case

Hi,

On Mon, May 06, 2024 at 11:02:17PM -0700, John Stultz wrote:
> On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 3:01 PM Justin Stitt <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Nonetheless, let's slightly rework the logic surrounding time_constant
> > and how it is incremented such that we avoid unintentional wrap-around
> > (even though it is extremely unlikely to be hit in non-fuzzing scenarios).
> >
> > [1]: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/82432
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > kernel/time/ntp.c | 11 +++++++----
> > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
> > index 406dccb79c2b..a9f039601968 100644
> > --- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
> > +++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
> > @@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ static s64 time_offset;
> > /* pll time constant: */
> > static long time_constant = 2;
> >
> > +/* pll time constant increment: */
> > +static long time_constant_inc = 4;
> > +
>
> I'd probably use a `#define TIME_CONSTANT_INC 4` for this.
>
> > /* maximum error (usecs): */
> > static long time_maxerror = NTP_PHASE_LIMIT;
> >
> > @@ -734,10 +737,10 @@ static inline void process_adjtimex_modes(const struct __kernel_timex *txc,
> >
> > if (txc->modes & ADJ_TIMECONST) {
> > time_constant = txc->constant;
> > - if (!(time_status & STA_NANO))
> > - time_constant += 4;
> > - time_constant = min(time_constant, (long)MAXTC);
> > - time_constant = max(time_constant, 0l);
> > + if (!(time_status & STA_NANO) &&
> > + unlikely(LONG_MAX - time_constant_inc >= time_constant))
> > + time_constant += time_constant_inc;
> > + time_constant = clamp_t(long, time_constant, 0, MAXTC);
> > }
>
> Overall, this looks fine. Though the time_status conditional is now a
> little unwieldy.
>
> I wonder if some sort of a helper like:
> time_constant = safe_add(time_constant, TIME_CONSTANT_INC, LONG_MAX);
>
> Might make this a little easier to read?

How about something like this:

if (txc->modes & ADJ_TIMECONST) {
if (!(time_status & STA_NANO))
time_constant = clamp_t(long, txc->constant,
-TIME_CONSTANT_INC,
MAXTC - TIME_CONSTANT_INC) +
TIME_CONSTANT_INC;
else
time_constant = clamp_t(long, txc->constant, 0, MAXTC);
}

We can remove the initial assignment and use some fancy clamps.

>
> thanks
> -john

Thanks
Justin

2024-05-14 08:53:10

by Thomas Gleixner

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ntp: safeguard against time_constant overflow case

On Tue, May 07 2024 at 22:03, Justin Stitt wrote:
> On Mon, May 06, 2024 at 11:02:17PM -0700, John Stultz wrote:
>> > @@ -734,10 +737,10 @@ static inline void process_adjtimex_modes(const struct __kernel_timex *txc,
>> >
>> > if (txc->modes & ADJ_TIMECONST) {
>> > time_constant = txc->constant;
>> > - if (!(time_status & STA_NANO))
>> > - time_constant += 4;
>> > - time_constant = min(time_constant, (long)MAXTC);
>> > - time_constant = max(time_constant, 0l);
>> > + if (!(time_status & STA_NANO) &&
>> > + unlikely(LONG_MAX - time_constant_inc >= time_constant))
>> > + time_constant += time_constant_inc;
>> > + time_constant = clamp_t(long, time_constant, 0, MAXTC);
>> > }
>>
>> Overall, this looks fine. Though the time_status conditional is now a
>> little unwieldy.
>>
>> I wonder if some sort of a helper like:
>> time_constant = safe_add(time_constant, TIME_CONSTANT_INC, LONG_MAX);
>>
>> Might make this a little easier to read?
>
> How about something like this:
>
> if (txc->modes & ADJ_TIMECONST) {
> if (!(time_status & STA_NANO))
> time_constant = clamp_t(long, txc->constant,
> -TIME_CONSTANT_INC,
> MAXTC - TIME_CONSTANT_INC) +
> TIME_CONSTANT_INC;
> else
> time_constant = clamp_t(long, txc->constant, 0, MAXTC);
> }
>
> We can remove the initial assignment and use some fancy clamps.

That's unreadable TBH.

2024-05-14 09:17:33

by Thomas Gleixner

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ntp: safeguard against time_constant overflow case

On Mon, May 06 2024 at 22:01, Justin Stitt wrote:

> Using syzkaller with the recently reintroduced signed integer overflow
> sanitizer produces this UBSAN report:
>
> [ 46.809326] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [ 46.812882] UBSAN: signed-integer-overflow in ../kernel/time/ntp.c:738:18
> [ 46.817676] 9223372036854775806 + 4 cannot be represented in type 'long'
> [ 46.822346] CPU: 1 PID: 685 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc2-00036-g679ee73ec453 #2
> [ 46.828270] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
> [ 46.834836] Call Trace:
> [ 46.836625] <TASK>
> [ 46.838147] dump_stack_lvl+0x93/0xd0
> [ 46.840771] handle_overflow+0x171/0x1b0
> [ 46.843516] __do_adjtimex+0x1236/0x1440
> [ 46.846275] do_adjtimex+0x2be/0x740
> [ 46.848864] __x64_sys_clock_adjtime+0x154/0x1d0
> [ 46.852164] do_syscall_64+0xd7/0x1b0
> [ 46.854783] ? arch_exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x11/0x60
> [ 46.858426] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77
> [ 46.861914] RIP: 0033:0x7fde90aaf539
> [ 46.864500] Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 f1 14 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 8
> [ 46.877151] RSP: 002b:00007ffebfe63358 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000131
> [ 46.882279] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fde90be3f80 RCX: 00007fde90aaf539
> [ 46.887270] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000020000280 RDI: 0000000000000000
> [ 46.892174] RBP: 00007fde90b0e496 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
> [ 46.897061] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
> [ 46.902020] R13: 0000000000000095 R14: 00007fde90be3f80 R15: 00007fde90be3f80
> [ 46.906946] </TASK>
> [ 46.908537] ---[ end trace ]---

Please trim stack traces so they contain only useful information.

UBSAN: signed-integer-overflow in ../kernel/time/ntp.c:738:18
9223372036854775806 + 4 cannot be represented in type 'long'
Call Trace:
<TASK>
handle_overflow+0x171/0x1b0
__do_adjtimex+0x1236/0x1440
do_adjtimex+0x2be/0x740
__x64_sys_clock_adjtime+0x154/0x1d0
do_syscall_64+0xd7/0x1b0

Is completely sufficient, no?

> Historically, the signed integer overflow sanitizer did not work in the
> kernel due to its interaction with `-fwrapv` but this has since been
> changed [1] in the newest version of Clang; It being re-enabled in the
> kernel with Commit 557f8c582a9ba8ab ("ubsan: Reintroduce signed overflow
> sanitizer").

How is that relevant to the problem?

> Nonetheless, let's slightly rework the logic surrounding time_constant

s/Nonetheless, let's slightly /Rework/

> and how it is incremented such that we avoid unintentional wrap-around
> (even though it is extremely unlikely to be hit in non-fuzzing
> scenarios).

We don't avoid anything. Please write change logs in imperative mood.

> if (txc->modes & ADJ_TIMECONST) {
> time_constant = txc->constant;
> - if (!(time_status & STA_NANO))
> - time_constant += 4;
> - time_constant = min(time_constant, (long)MAXTC);
> - time_constant = max(time_constant, 0l);
> + if (!(time_status & STA_NANO) &&
> + unlikely(LONG_MAX - time_constant_inc >= time_constant))

What's unlikely about this? Correct operation of adjtimex() will
increment, no?

As this obviously will be clamped to MAXTC anyway, you can spare that whole
LONG_MAX - time_constant_inc dance and simply do:

if (!(time_status & STA_NANO) && time_constant < MAXTC)
time_constant += 4;

No?

> + time_constant += time_constant_inc;
> + time_constant = clamp_t(long, time_constant, 0, MAXTC);

Thanks,

tglx