This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled blktrace: Fix uaf in blk_trace access after removing by sysfs to the 5.14-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: blktrace-fix-uaf-in-blk_trace-access-after-removing-.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 3e201a536efc3b9c761b5a02b16988dc5809c41f Author: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Sep 23 21:49:21 2021 +0800 blktrace: Fix uaf in blk_trace access after removing by sysfs [ Upstream commit 5afedf670caf30a2b5a52da96eb7eac7dee6a9c9 ] There is an use-after-free problem triggered by following process: P1(sda) P2(sdb) echo 0 > /sys/block/sdb/trace/enable blk_trace_remove_queue synchronize_rcu blk_trace_free relay_close rcu_read_lock __blk_add_trace trace_note_tsk (Iterate running_trace_list) relay_close_buf relay_destroy_buf kfree(buf) trace_note(sdb's bt) relay_reserve buf->offset <- nullptr deference (use-after-free) !!! rcu_read_unlock [ 502.714379] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010 [ 502.715260] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 502.715903] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 502.716546] PGD 103984067 P4D 103984067 PUD 17592b067 PMD 0 [ 502.717252] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 502.720308] RIP: 0010:trace_note.isra.0+0x86/0x360 [ 502.732872] Call Trace: [ 502.733193] __blk_add_trace.cold+0x137/0x1a3 [ 502.733734] blk_add_trace_rq+0x7b/0xd0 [ 502.734207] blk_add_trace_rq_issue+0x54/0xa0 [ 502.734755] blk_mq_start_request+0xde/0x1b0 [ 502.735287] scsi_queue_rq+0x528/0x1140 ... [ 502.742704] sg_new_write.isra.0+0x16e/0x3e0 [ 502.747501] sg_ioctl+0x466/0x1100 Reproduce method: ioctl(/dev/sda, BLKTRACESETUP, blk_user_trace_setup[buf_size=127]) ioctl(/dev/sda, BLKTRACESTART) ioctl(/dev/sdb, BLKTRACESETUP, blk_user_trace_setup[buf_size=127]) ioctl(/dev/sdb, BLKTRACESTART) echo 0 > /sys/block/sdb/trace/enable & // Add delay(mdelay/msleep) before kernel enters blk_trace_free() ioctl$SG_IO(/dev/sda, SG_IO, ...) // Enters trace_note_tsk() after blk_trace_free() returned // Use mdelay in rcu region rather than msleep(which may schedule out) Remove blk_trace from running_list before calling blk_trace_free() by sysfs if blk_trace is at Blktrace_running state. Fixes: c71a896154119f ("blktrace: add ftrace plugin") Signed-off-by: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210923134921.109194-1-chengzhihao1@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c index c221e4c3f625..fa91f398f28b 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c @@ -1605,6 +1605,14 @@ static int blk_trace_remove_queue(struct request_queue *q) if (bt == NULL) return -EINVAL; + if (bt->trace_state == Blktrace_running) { + bt->trace_state = Blktrace_stopped; + spin_lock_irq(&running_trace_lock); + list_del_init(&bt->running_list); + spin_unlock_irq(&running_trace_lock); + relay_flush(bt->rchan); + } + put_probe_ref(); synchronize_rcu(); blk_trace_free(bt);