This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
media: dvbdev: adopts refcnt to avoid UAF
to the 5.4-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:
media-dvbdev-adopts-refcnt-to-avoid-uaf.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit bba9f084ed18af08909a0238cd5b55d9c4b4971b
Author: Lin Ma <linma@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun Aug 7 15:59:52 2022 +0100
media: dvbdev: adopts refcnt to avoid UAF
[ Upstream commit 0fc044b2b5e2d05a1fa1fb0d7f270367a7855d79 ]
dvb_unregister_device() is known that prone to use-after-free.
That is, the cleanup from dvb_unregister_device() releases the dvb_device
even if there are pointers stored in file->private_data still refer to it.
This patch adds a reference counter into struct dvb_device and delays its
deallocation until no pointer refers to the object.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20220807145952.10368-1-linma@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Lin Ma <linma@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c
index cfc27629444f..fd476536d32e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static void dvb_ca_private_free(struct dvb_ca_private *ca)
{
unsigned int i;
- dvb_free_device(ca->dvbdev);
+ dvb_device_put(ca->dvbdev);
for (i = 0; i < ca->slot_count; i++)
vfree(ca->slot_info[i].rx_buffer.data);
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
index b28ea7204f23..b04638321b75 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static void __dvb_frontend_free(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
struct dvb_frontend_private *fepriv = fe->frontend_priv;
if (fepriv)
- dvb_free_device(fepriv->dvbdev);
+ dvb_device_put(fepriv->dvbdev);
dvb_frontend_invoke_release(fe, fe->ops.release);
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index 197cf17b246f..f4eb89aa9e98 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static int dvb_device_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
new_fops = fops_get(dvbdev->fops);
if (!new_fops)
goto fail;
- file->private_data = dvbdev;
+ file->private_data = dvb_device_get(dvbdev);
replace_fops(file, new_fops);
if (file->f_op->open)
err = file->f_op->open(inode, file);
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ int dvb_generic_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
}
dvbdev->users++;
+
+ dvb_device_put(dvbdev);
+
return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dvb_generic_release);
@@ -487,6 +490,7 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev,
return -ENOMEM;
}
+ kref_init(&dvbdev->ref);
memcpy(dvbdev, template, sizeof(struct dvb_device));
dvbdev->type = type;
dvbdev->id = id;
@@ -517,7 +521,7 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev,
#endif
dvbdev->minor = minor;
- dvb_minors[minor] = dvbdev;
+ dvb_minors[minor] = dvb_device_get(dvbdev);
up_write(&minor_rwsem);
ret = dvb_register_media_device(dvbdev, type, minor, demux_sink_pads);
@@ -557,6 +561,7 @@ void dvb_remove_device(struct dvb_device *dvbdev)
down_write(&minor_rwsem);
dvb_minors[dvbdev->minor] = NULL;
+ dvb_device_put(dvbdev);
up_write(&minor_rwsem);
dvb_media_device_free(dvbdev);
@@ -568,21 +573,34 @@ void dvb_remove_device(struct dvb_device *dvbdev)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dvb_remove_device);
-void dvb_free_device(struct dvb_device *dvbdev)
+static void dvb_free_device(struct kref *ref)
{
- if (!dvbdev)
- return;
+ struct dvb_device *dvbdev = container_of(ref, struct dvb_device, ref);
kfree (dvbdev->fops);
kfree (dvbdev);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dvb_free_device);
+
+
+struct dvb_device *dvb_device_get(struct dvb_device *dvbdev)
+{
+ kref_get(&dvbdev->ref);
+ return dvbdev;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dvb_device_get);
+
+
+void dvb_device_put(struct dvb_device *dvbdev)
+{
+ if (dvbdev)
+ kref_put(&dvbdev->ref, dvb_free_device);
+}
void dvb_unregister_device(struct dvb_device *dvbdev)
{
dvb_remove_device(dvbdev);
- dvb_free_device(dvbdev);
+ dvb_device_put(dvbdev);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dvb_unregister_device);
diff --git a/include/media/dvbdev.h b/include/media/dvbdev.h
index 551325858de3..b44ef98232f5 100644
--- a/include/media/dvbdev.h
+++ b/include/media/dvbdev.h
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ struct dvb_adapter {
*/
struct dvb_device {
struct list_head list_head;
+ struct kref ref;
const struct file_operations *fops;
struct dvb_adapter *adapter;
enum dvb_device_type type;
@@ -187,6 +188,20 @@ struct dvb_device {
void *priv;
};
+/**
+ * dvb_device_get - Increase dvb_device reference
+ *
+ * @dvbdev: pointer to struct dvb_device
+ */
+struct dvb_device *dvb_device_get(struct dvb_device *dvbdev);
+
+/**
+ * dvb_device_get - Decrease dvb_device reference
+ *
+ * @dvbdev: pointer to struct dvb_device
+ */
+void dvb_device_put(struct dvb_device *dvbdev);
+
/**
* dvb_register_adapter - Registers a new DVB adapter
*
@@ -231,29 +246,17 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap,
/**
* dvb_remove_device - Remove a registered DVB device
*
- * This does not free memory. To do that, call dvb_free_device().
+ * This does not free memory. dvb_free_device() will do that when
+ * reference counter is empty
*
* @dvbdev: pointer to struct dvb_device
*/
void dvb_remove_device(struct dvb_device *dvbdev);
-/**
- * dvb_free_device - Free memory occupied by a DVB device.
- *
- * Call dvb_unregister_device() before calling this function.
- *
- * @dvbdev: pointer to struct dvb_device
- */
-void dvb_free_device(struct dvb_device *dvbdev);
/**
* dvb_unregister_device - Unregisters a DVB device
*
- * This is a combination of dvb_remove_device() and dvb_free_device().
- * Using this function is usually a mistake, and is often an indicator
- * for a use-after-free bug (when a userspace process keeps a file
- * handle to a detached device).
- *
* @dvbdev: pointer to struct dvb_device
*/
void dvb_unregister_device(struct dvb_device *dvbdev);
