Merge tag 'timers-urgent-2023-02-19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull timer fix from Thomas Gleixner:
"A fix for a long standing issue in the alarmtimer code.
Posix-timers armed with a short interval with an ignored signal result
in an unpriviledged DoS. Due to the ignored signal the timer switches
into self rearm mode. This issue had been "fixed" before but a rework
of the alarmtimer code 5 years ago lost that workaround.
There is no real good solution for this issue, which is also worked
around in the core posix-timer code in the same way, but it certainly
moved way up on the ever growing todo list"
* tag 'timers-urgent-2023-02-19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
alarmtimer: Prevent starvation by small intervals and SIG_IGN
diff --git a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
index 5897828..7e5dff6 100644
--- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -470,11 +470,35 @@ u64 alarm_forward(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t now, ktime_t interval)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alarm_forward);
-u64 alarm_forward_now(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t interval)
+static u64 __alarm_forward_now(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t interval, bool throttle)
{
struct alarm_base *base = &alarm_bases[alarm->type];
+ ktime_t now = base->get_ktime();
- return alarm_forward(alarm, base->get_ktime(), interval);
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS) && throttle) {
+ /*
+ * Same issue as with posix_timer_fn(). Timers which are
+ * periodic but the signal is ignored can starve the system
+ * with a very small interval. The real fix which was
+ * promised in the context of posix_timer_fn() never
+ * materialized, but someone should really work on it.
+ *
+ * To prevent DOS fake @now to be 1 jiffie out which keeps
+ * the overrun accounting correct but creates an
+ * inconsistency vs. timer_gettime(2).
+ */
+ ktime_t kj = NSEC_PER_SEC / HZ;
+
+ if (interval < kj)
+ now = ktime_add(now, kj);
+ }
+
+ return alarm_forward(alarm, now, interval);
+}
+
+u64 alarm_forward_now(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t interval)
+{
+ return __alarm_forward_now(alarm, interval, false);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alarm_forward_now);
@@ -551,9 +575,10 @@ static enum alarmtimer_restart alarm_handle_timer(struct alarm *alarm,
if (posix_timer_event(ptr, si_private) && ptr->it_interval) {
/*
* Handle ignored signals and rearm the timer. This will go
- * away once we handle ignored signals proper.
+ * away once we handle ignored signals proper. Ensure that
+ * small intervals cannot starve the system.
*/
- ptr->it_overrun += alarm_forward_now(alarm, ptr->it_interval);
+ ptr->it_overrun += __alarm_forward_now(alarm, ptr->it_interval, true);
++ptr->it_requeue_pending;
ptr->it_active = 1;
result = ALARMTIMER_RESTART;
