From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> vt_in_use() dereferences console_driver->ttys[i] without proper locking. This is broken because the tty can be closed and freed concurrently. We could fix this by using 'READ_ONCE(console_driver->ttys[i]) != NULL' and skipping the check of tty_struct::count. But, looking at console_driver->ttys[i] isn't really appropriate anyway because even if it is NULL the tty can still be in the process of being closed. Instead, fix it by making vt_in_use() require console_lock() and check whether the vt is allocated and has port refcount > 1. This works since following the patch "vt: vt_ioctl: fix VT_DISALLOCATE freeing in-use virtual console" the port refcount is incremented while the vt is open. Reproducer (very unreliable, but it worked for me after a few minutes): #include <fcntl.h> #include <linux/vt.h> int main() { int fd, nproc; struct vt_stat state; char ttyname[16]; fd = open("/dev/tty10", O_RDONLY); for (nproc = 1; nproc < 8; nproc *= 2) fork(); for (;;) { sprintf(ttyname, "/dev/tty%d", rand() % 8); close(open(ttyname, O_RDONLY)); ioctl(fd, VT_GETSTATE, &state); } } KASAN report: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in vt_in_use drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c:48 [inline] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in vt_ioctl+0x1ad3/0x1d70 drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c:657 Read of size 4 at addr ffff888065722468 by task syz-vt2/132 CPU: 0 PID: 132 Comm: syz-vt2 Not tainted 5.6.0-rc5-00130-g089b6d3654916 #13 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ?-20191223_100556-anatol 04/01/2014 Call Trace: [...] vt_in_use drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c:48 [inline] vt_ioctl+0x1ad3/0x1d70 drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c:657 tty_ioctl+0x9db/0x11b0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2660 [...] Allocated by task 136: [...] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:669 [inline] alloc_tty_struct+0x96/0x8a0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2982 tty_init_dev+0x23/0x350 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1334 tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1987 [inline] tty_open+0x3ca/0xb30 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2035 [...] Freed by task 41: [...] kfree+0xbf/0x200 mm/slab.c:3757 free_tty_struct+0x8d/0xb0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:177 release_one_tty+0x22d/0x2f0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1468 process_one_work+0x7f1/0x14b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2264 worker_thread+0x8b/0xc80 kernel/workqueue.c:2410 [...] Fixes: 4001d7b7fc27 ("vt: push down the tty lock so we can see what is left to tackle") Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v3.4+ Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c index f62f498f63c05..daf61c28ba766 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c @@ -43,9 +43,15 @@ bool vt_dont_switch; static inline bool vt_in_use(unsigned int i) { - extern struct tty_driver *console_driver; + const struct vc_data *vc = vc_cons[i].d; - return console_driver->ttys[i] && console_driver->ttys[i]->count; + /* + * console_lock must be held to prevent the vc from being deallocated + * while we're checking whether it's in-use. + */ + WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED(); + + return vc && kref_read(&vc->port.kref) > 1; } static inline bool vt_busy(int i) @@ -643,15 +649,16 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct vt_stat __user *vtstat = up; unsigned short state, mask; - /* Review: FIXME: Console lock ? */ if (put_user(fg_console + 1, &vtstat->v_active)) ret = -EFAULT; else { state = 1; /* /dev/tty0 is always open */ + console_lock(); /* required by vt_in_use() */ for (i = 0, mask = 2; i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES && mask; ++i, mask <<= 1) if (vt_in_use(i)) state |= mask; + console_unlock(); ret = put_user(state, &vtstat->v_state); } break; @@ -661,10 +668,11 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, * Returns the first available (non-opened) console. */ case VT_OPENQRY: - /* FIXME: locking ? - but then this is a stupid API */ + console_lock(); /* required by vt_in_use() */ for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES; ++i) if (!vt_in_use(i)) break; + console_unlock(); uival = i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES ? (i+1) : -1; goto setint; -- 2.25.2