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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:42:52 -0500
From: Satadru Pramanik <satadru@...il.com>
To: Rich Felker <dalias@...ifal.cx>
Cc: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Re: musl getaddr info breakage on older kernels

Just adding this to arch/i386/syscall_arch.h solves the build...
#define ENOSYS          38      /* Invalid system call number */

On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 4:39 PM Satadru Pramanik <satadru@...il.com> wrote:

> I'm noticing one small issue with this suggested patch:
>
> In file included from ../src_musl/src/internal/syscall.h:6,
>                  from ../src_musl/src/dirent/opendir.c:6:
> ../src_musl/arch/i386/syscall_arch.h: In function ‘__syscall0’:
> ../src_musl/arch/i386/syscall_arch.h:17:28: error: ‘ENOSYS’ undeclared
> (first use in this function)
>    17 |         if (n>350) return -ENOSYS;
>       |                            ^~~~~~
> ../src_musl/arch/i386/syscall_arch.h:17:28: note: each undeclared
> identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
> ../src_musl/arch/i386/syscall_arch.h: In function ‘__syscall1’:
> ../src_musl/arch/i386/syscall_arch.h:25:28: error: ‘ENOSYS’ undeclared
> (first use in this function)
>    25 |         if (n>350) return -ENOSYS;
>       |                            ^~~~~~
> ../src_musl/arch/i386/syscall_arch.h: In function ‘__syscall2’:
> ../src_musl/arch/i386/syscall_arch.h:33:28: error: ‘ENOSYS’ undeclared
> (first use in this function)
>    33 |         if (n>350) return -ENOSYS;
>
> Should we be adding an include or just defining this locally?
>
> Satadru
>
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 1:17 PM Rich Felker <dalias@...ifal.cx> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 11:36:31AM -0500, Satadru Pramanik wrote:
>> >  This machine is a EOL Samsung Series 5 Chromebook
>> > <
>> https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os-devices/samsung-series-5-chromebook/
>> >
>> > code
>> > named Alex
>> > <
>> https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os-devices/#:~:text=Series%205%20Chromebook-,Alex,-x86%2Dalex%20%26%20x86
>> >
>> > ..
>> > It is the target device for our i686 builds for Chromebrew.
>> >
>> > It is running a 3.8.11 kernel, and I believe the kernel source for that
>> is
>> > here:
>> >
>> https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/third_party/kernel/+/refs/heads/chromeos-3.8
>> >
>> > Getting a signed kernel update for an EOL kernel for an EOL machine is
>> > close to impossible from Google, so we're just trying to work around
>> these
>>
>> If these are machines you're in control of, you may be able to load a
>> module to patch it. If this is something you're deploying to users
>> stuck on that kernel who don't want to fix their systems, then of
>> course that's not a practical option.
>>
>> > issues in userspace to maintain some functionality for any users who may
>> > still be using the device.
>> >
>> > The simplest workaround possible would be ideal.
>>
>> If you're shipping binaries specifically for these devices, the
>> simplest fix is just to emulate the failure that should happen in the
>> kernel in userspace, using the attached patch. DO NOT deploy this
>> patch in binaries meant to be used on modern systems, since they will
>> break when Y2038 rolls around. (Your old Chromebooks will break then
>> too.)
>>
>> > It is interesting though
>> > that the sample program works fine when built against near-stock glibc
>> > 2.23, no?
>>
>> No. If your kernel has a bug that makes something behave wildly wrong,
>> whether you do or don't see that as visible breakage with a particular
>> piece of software is not particularly interesting.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure, however, that you just haven't tested enough to see
>> any failures. glibc 2.23 is from 2016, so any functionality in it
>> using syscalls added after 2011 (3.8 kernel) is going to blow up
>> badly, thinking the syscall succeeded and returned some positive value
>> when actually the kernel lacks it.
>>
>> In the particular case of clock_gettime, it's just that your glibc
>> 2.23 has a hard Y2038 EOL and does not use/support the missing time64
>> syscalls.
>>
>>
>> > On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 11:05 AM Rich Felker <dalias@...ifal.cx> wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 10:53:52AM -0500, Rich Felker wrote:
>> > > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 09:49:45AM -0500, Satadru Pramanik wrote:
>> > > > > Apologies for not being as familiar with gdb as I ought to be.
>> > > > > I used the __clock_gettime64 breakpoint and did a backtrace and
>> finish
>> > > > > repeatedly.
>> > > > > I couldn't figure out how to best get the timespec struct info.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Alternately if you want to throw out a sample test program for me
>> to
>> > > build
>> > > > > and run, and what gdb commands to run to get the right info,
>> happy to
>> > > do
>> > > > > that too.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > gdb output is attached.
>> > > >
>> > > > If gdb reported it correctly, clock_gettime returned 403, which
>> should
>> > > > be impossible. It can only return 0 or -1. Incidentally, 403 is the
>> > > > syscall number for SYS_clock_gettime64, which suggests your kernel
>> is
>> > > > simply *returning the syscall number* instead of -ENOSYS for
>> syscalls
>> > > > that don't exist on it. Is this a stock kernel (3.8 IIRC) or does it
>> > > > have any sort of weird vendor patching? Any LSMs loaded?
>> > > >
>> > > > If you'd like to run a test just to make sure we're accurately
>> seeing
>> > > > what's happening, the attached should work. It should print 0
>> followed
>> > > > by the current time in seconds and nanoseconds.
>> > >
>> > > It looks like you hit the bug introduced in commit
>> > > 554086d85e71f30abe46fc014fea31929a7c6a8a and fixed in commit
>> > > 8142b215501f8b291a108a202b3a053a265b03dd. It looks like, since the
>> > > former was a CVE fix, somebody backported it to the kernel you're
>> > > using, but they failed to backport the fix-for-the-fix, so you have a
>> > > kernel that operates dangerously incorrectly for syscall numbers it's
>> > > unaware of.
>> > >
>> > > This really needs to be fixed in the kernel if you can. On our side
>> > > (musl) we probably need to find out if such kernels are actually out
>> > > in the wild, and if so, whether there's any reasonable way to detect
>> > > the false success and treat it as failure.
>> > >
>> > > > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 8:46 AM Rich Felker <dalias@...ifal.cx>
>> wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 08:30:47AM -0500, Satadru Pramanik
>> wrote:
>> > > > > > > *This is a failure:*
>> > > > > > > tcpdump -i any -vvv host 192.168.0.115
>> > > > > > > tcpdump: listening on any, link-type LINUX_SLL (Linux cooked
>> v1),
>> > > capture
>> > > > > > > size 262144 bytes
>> > > > > > > 08:29:38.043849 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 0, offset 0, flags
>> [DF],
>> > > proto
>> > > > > > UDP
>> > > > > > > (17), length 56)
>> > > > > > >     192.168.0.115.60625 > office.lan.53: [udp sum ok] 0+ A?
>> > > google.com.
>> > > > > > (28)
>> > > > > > > 08:29:38.044237 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 11463, offset 0, flags
>> > > [DF],
>> > > > > > proto
>> > > > > > > UDP (17), length 72)
>> > > > > > >     office.lan.53 > 192.168.0.115.60625: [bad udp cksum
>> 0x820a ->
>> > > > > > 0x5c7d!]
>> > > > > > > 0 q: A? google.com. 1/0/0 google.com. [2m15s] A
>> 142.250.80.110
>> > > (44)
>> > > > > > > 08:29:38.047754 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 0, offset 0, flags
>> [DF],
>> > > proto
>> > > > > > UDP
>> > > > > > > (17), length 56)
>> > > > > > >     192.168.0.115.60625 > office.lan.53: [udp sum ok] 0+ AAAA?
>> > > > > > google.com.
>> > > > > > > (28)
>> > > > > > > 08:29:38.048078 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 11464, offset 0, flags
>> > > [DF],
>> > > > > > proto
>> > > > > > > UDP (17), length 84)
>> > > > > > >     office.lan.53 > 192.168.0.115.60625: [bad udp cksum
>> 0x8216 ->
>> > > > > > 0xb42f!]
>> > > > > > > 0 q: AAAA? google.com. 1/0/0 google.com. [4m26s] AAAA
>> > > > > > > 2607:f8b0:4006:80d::200e (56)
>> > > > > > > 08:29:38.048955 IP (tos 0xc0, ttl 64, id 59728, offset 0,
>> flags
>> > > [none],
>> > > > > > > proto ICMP (1), length 112)
>> > > > > > >     192.168.0.115 > office.lan: ICMP 192.168.0.115 udp port
>> 60625
>> > > > > > > unreachable, length 92
>> > > > > >
>>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > OK, this shows that the client has requested both answers and
>> the
>> > > > > > nameserver replied almost immediately (about 0.5ms later), but
>> when
>> > > > > > the second reply arrives (to the AAAA), the client has already
>> closed
>> > > > > > the listening port, despite only a few ms having passed. The
>> only way
>> > > > > > I see this could happen is by "timing out". This suggests that
>> > > > > > something is wrong with telling time.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Can you either put a breakpoint in __clock_gettime64 (this is
>> the
>> > > name
>> > > > > > you have to use for a breakpoint -- sorry I messed it up last
>> time)
>> > > > > > and then see what it returns when you "finish" it and what's in
>> the
>> > > > > > timespec struct after that? Or just write a test program to call
>> > > > > > clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts) (note: you do NOT need or
>> want to
>> > > > > > use the time64 symbol name here) and print the results (return
>> value
>> > > > > > and contents of the timespec struct).
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > >         IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 11464, offset 0, flags [DF],
>> proto
>> > > UDP
>> > > > > > > (17), length 84)
>> > > > > > >     office.lan.53 > 192.168.0.115.60625: [udp sum ok] 0 q:
>> AAAA?
>> > > > > > google.com.
>> > > > > > > 1/0/0 google.com. [4m26s] AAAA 2607:f8b0:4006:80d::200e (56)
>> > > > > > > 08:29:39.476101 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 12690, offset 0, flags
>> > > [DF],
>> > > > > > proto
>> > > > > > > TCP (6), length 52)
>> > > > > > >     192.168.0.115.51204 > lga34s35-in-f3.1e100.net.80: Flags
>> [.],
>> > > cksum
>> > > > > > > 0xa666 (correct), seq 1466707759, ack 3358943837, win 115,
>> options
>> > > > > > > [nop,nop,TS val 198422160 ecr 2351261566], length 0
>> > > > > > > 08:29:39.478914 IP (tos 0x80, ttl 122, id 6227, offset 0,
>> flags
>> > > [none],
>> > > > > > > proto TCP (6), length 52)
>> > > > > > >     lga34s35-in-f3.1e100.net.80 > 192.168.0.115.51204: Flags
>> [.],
>> > > cksum
>> > > > > > > 0xa5b7 (correct), seq 1, ack 1, win 282, options [nop,nop,TS
>> val
>> > > > > > 2351306585
>> > > > > > > ecr 198377148], length 0
>> > > > > > > ^C
>> > > > > > > 7 packets captured
>> > > > > > > 7 packets received by filter
>> > > > > > > 0 packets dropped by kernel
>> > > > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > > #include <time.h>
>> > > > #include <stdio.h>
>> > > > int main()
>> > > > {
>> > > >       struct timespec ts;
>> > > >       printf("%d", clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts));
>> > > >       printf(" %lld %.9ld\n", (long long)ts.tv_sec, ts.tv_nsec);
>> > > > }
>> > >
>> > >
>>
>

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