This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
NFC: add NCI_UNREG flag to eliminate the race
to the 5.10-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:
nfc-add-nci_unreg-flag-to-eliminate-the-race.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit b92f5c2d7595629c0446de24cbb6fc1fddc9935e
Author: Lin Ma <linma@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Nov 16 23:27:32 2021 +0800
NFC: add NCI_UNREG flag to eliminate the race
[ Upstream commit 48b71a9e66c2eab60564b1b1c85f4928ed04e406 ]
There are two sites that calls queue_work() after the
destroy_workqueue() and lead to possible UAF.
The first site is nci_send_cmd(), which can happen after the
nci_close_device as below
nfcmrvl_nci_unregister_dev | nfc_genl_dev_up
nci_close_device |
flush_workqueue |
del_timer_sync |
nci_unregister_device | nfc_get_device
destroy_workqueue | nfc_dev_up
nfc_unregister_device | nci_dev_up
device_del | nci_open_device
| __nci_request
| nci_send_cmd
| queue_work !!!
Another site is nci_cmd_timer, awaked by the nci_cmd_work from the
nci_send_cmd.
... | ...
nci_unregister_device | queue_work
destroy_workqueue |
nfc_unregister_device | ...
device_del | nci_cmd_work
| mod_timer
| ...
| nci_cmd_timer
| queue_work !!!
For the above two UAF, the root cause is that the nfc_dev_up can race
between the nci_unregister_device routine. Therefore, this patch
introduce NCI_UNREG flag to easily eliminate the possible race. In
addition, the mutex_lock in nci_close_device can act as a barrier.
Signed-off-by: Lin Ma <linma@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 6a2968aaf50c ("NFC: basic NCI protocol implementation")
Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211116152732.19238-1-linma@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h b/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h
index 33979017b7824..004e49f748419 100644
--- a/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h
+++ b/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ enum nci_flag {
NCI_UP,
NCI_DATA_EXCHANGE,
NCI_DATA_EXCHANGE_TO,
+ NCI_UNREG,
};
/* NCI device states */
diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/core.c b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
index 4d3ab0f44c9f4..e38719e2ee582 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
@@ -473,6 +473,11 @@ static int nci_open_device(struct nci_dev *ndev)
mutex_lock(&ndev->req_lock);
+ if (test_bit(NCI_UNREG, &ndev->flags)) {
+ rc = -ENODEV;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
if (test_bit(NCI_UP, &ndev->flags)) {
rc = -EALREADY;
goto done;
@@ -536,6 +541,10 @@ static int nci_open_device(struct nci_dev *ndev)
static int nci_close_device(struct nci_dev *ndev)
{
nci_req_cancel(ndev, ENODEV);
+
+ /* This mutex needs to be held as a barrier for
+ * caller nci_unregister_device
+ */
mutex_lock(&ndev->req_lock);
if (!test_and_clear_bit(NCI_UP, &ndev->flags)) {
@@ -573,8 +582,8 @@ static int nci_close_device(struct nci_dev *ndev)
del_timer_sync(&ndev->cmd_timer);
- /* Clear flags */
- ndev->flags = 0;
+ /* Clear flags except NCI_UNREG */
+ ndev->flags &= BIT(NCI_UNREG);
mutex_unlock(&ndev->req_lock);
@@ -1259,6 +1268,12 @@ void nci_unregister_device(struct nci_dev *ndev)
{
struct nci_conn_info *conn_info, *n;
+ /* This set_bit is not protected with specialized barrier,
+ * However, it is fine because the mutex_lock(&ndev->req_lock);
+ * in nci_close_device() will help to emit one.
+ */
+ set_bit(NCI_UNREG, &ndev->flags);
+
nci_close_device(ndev);
destroy_workqueue(ndev->cmd_wq);
