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 4.14-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: nfc-add-nci_unreg-flag-to-eliminate-the-race.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 48b71a9e66c2eab60564b1b1c85f4928ed04e406 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lin Ma <linma@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 23:27:32 +0800 Subject: NFC: add NCI_UNREG flag to eliminate the race From: Lin Ma <linma@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 48b71a9e66c2eab60564b1b1c85f4928ed04e406 upstream. 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: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/net/nfc/nci_core.h | 1 + net/nfc/nci/core.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h +++ b/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ enum nci_flag { NCI_UP, NCI_DATA_EXCHANGE, NCI_DATA_EXCHANGE_TO, + NCI_UNREG, }; /* NCI device states */ --- a/net/nfc/nci/core.c +++ b/net/nfc/nci/core.c @@ -485,6 +485,11 @@ static int nci_open_device(struct nci_de 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; @@ -548,6 +553,10 @@ done: 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)) { @@ -585,8 +594,8 @@ static int nci_close_device(struct nci_d /* Flush cmd wq */ flush_workqueue(ndev->cmd_wq); - /* Clear flags */ - ndev->flags = 0; + /* Clear flags except NCI_UNREG */ + ndev->flags &= BIT(NCI_UNREG); mutex_unlock(&ndev->req_lock); @@ -1270,6 +1279,12 @@ void nci_unregister_device(struct nci_de { 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); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from linma@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.14/nfc-add-nci_unreg-flag-to-eliminate-the-race.patch