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* [glibc/release/2.35/master] x86: Prevent SIGSEGV in memcmp-sse2 when data is concurrently modified [BZ #29863]
@ 2023-01-14  1:21 Sunil Pandey
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From: Sunil Pandey @ 2023-01-14  1:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
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https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=6bcd5d8e3668d52388a6e0580611749f93e6871f

commit 6bcd5d8e3668d52388a6e0580611749f93e6871f
Author: Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed Dec 14 10:52:10 2022 -0800

    x86: Prevent SIGSEGV in memcmp-sse2 when data is concurrently modified [BZ #29863]
    
    In the case of INCORRECT usage of `memcmp(a, b, N)` where `a` and `b`
    are concurrently modified as `memcmp` runs, there can be a SIGSEGV
    in `L(ret_nonzero_vec_end_0)` because the sequential logic
    assumes that `(rdx - 32 + rax)` is a positive 32-bit integer.
    
    To be clear, this change does not mean the usage of `memcmp` is
    supported.  The program behaviour is undefined (UB) in the
    presence of data races, and `memcmp` is incorrect when the values
    of `a` and/or `b` are modified concurrently (data race). This UB
    may manifest itself as a SIGSEGV. That being said, if we can
    allow the idiomatic use cases, like those in yottadb with
    opportunistic concurrency control (OCC), to execute without a
    SIGSEGV, at no cost to regular use cases, then we can aim to
    minimize harm to those existing users.
    
    The fix replaces a 32-bit `addl %edx, %eax` with the 64-bit variant
    `addq %rdx, %rax`. The 1-extra byte of code size from using the
    64-bit instruction doesn't contribute to overall code size as the
    next target is aligned and has multiple bytes of `nop` padding
    before it. As well all the logic between the add and `ret` still
    fits in the same fetch block, so the cost of this change is
    basically zero.
    
    The relevant sequential logic can be seen in the following
    pseudo-code:
    ```
        /*
         * rsi = a
         * rdi = b
         * rdx = len - 32
         */
        /* cmp a[0:15] and b[0:15]. Since length is known to be [17, 32]
        in this case, this check is also assumed to cover a[0:(31 - len)]
        and b[0:(31 - len)].  */
        movups  (%rsi), %xmm0
        movups  (%rdi), %xmm1
        PCMPEQ  %xmm0, %xmm1
        pmovmskb %xmm1, %eax
        subl    %ecx, %eax
        jnz L(END_NEQ)
    
        /* cmp a[len-16:len-1] and b[len-16:len-1].  */
        movups  16(%rsi, %rdx), %xmm0
        movups  16(%rdi, %rdx), %xmm1
        PCMPEQ  %xmm0, %xmm1
        pmovmskb %xmm1, %eax
        subl    %ecx, %eax
        jnz L(END_NEQ2)
        ret
    
    L(END2):
        /* Position first mismatch.  */
        bsfl    %eax, %eax
    
        /* The sequential version is able to assume this value is a
        positive 32-bit value because the first check included bytes in
        range a[0:(31 - len)] and b[0:(31 - len)] so `eax` must be
        greater than `31 - len` so the minimum value of `edx` + `eax` is
        `(len - 32) + (32 - len) >= 0`. In the concurrent case, however,
        `a` or `b` could have been changed so a mismatch in `eax` less or
        equal than `(31 - len)` is possible (the new low bound is `(16 -
        len)`. This can result in a negative 32-bit signed integer, which
        when zero extended to 64-bits is a random large value this out
        out of bounds. */
        addl %edx, %eax
    
        /* Crash here because 32-bit negative number in `eax` zero
        extends to out of bounds 64-bit offset.  */
        movzbl  16(%rdi, %rax), %ecx
        movzbl  16(%rsi, %rax), %eax
    ```
    
    This fix is quite simple, just make the `addl %edx, %eax` 64 bit (i.e
    `addq %rdx, %rax`). This prevents the 32-bit zero extension
    and since `eax` is still a low bound of `16 - len` the `rdx + rax`
    is bound by `(len - 32) - (16 - len) >= -16`. Since we have a
    fixed offset of `16` in the memory access this must be in bounds.
    
    (cherry picked from commit b712be52645282c706a5faa038242504feb06db5)

Diff:
---
 sysdeps/x86_64/memcmp.S | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/memcmp.S b/sysdeps/x86_64/memcmp.S
index 5718a7da86..8eb76d133c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/memcmp.S
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/memcmp.S
@@ -297,7 +297,17 @@ L(ret_nonzero_vec_end_0):
 	setg	%dl
 	leal	-1(%rdx, %rdx), %eax
 # else
-	addl	%edx, %eax
+	/* Use `addq` instead of `addl` here so that even if `rax` + `rdx`
+       is negative value of the sum will be usable as a 64-bit offset
+       (negative 32-bit numbers zero-extend to a large and often
+       out-of-bounds 64-bit offsets).  Note that `rax` + `rdx` >= 0 is
+       an invariant when `memcmp` is used correctly, but if the input
+       strings `rsi`/`rdi` are concurrently modified as the function
+       runs (there is a Data-Race) it is possible for `rax` + `rdx` to
+       be negative.  Given that there is virtually no extra to cost
+       using `addq` instead of `addl` we may as well protect the
+       data-race case.  */
+	addq	%rdx, %rax
 	movzbl	(VEC_SIZE * -1 + SIZE_OFFSET)(%rsi, %rax), %ecx
 	movzbl	(VEC_SIZE * -1 + SIZE_OFFSET)(%rdi, %rax), %eax
 	subl	%ecx, %eax

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