This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
nfc: llcp_core: Hold a ref to llcp_local->dev when holding a ref to llcp_local
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:
nfc-llcp_core-hold-a-ref-to-llcp_local-dev-when-hold.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 ca4a3af8c76a69f4405024d141d9857b16090aa2
Author: Siddh Raman Pant <code@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Dec 19 23:19:43 2023 +0530
nfc: llcp_core: Hold a ref to llcp_local->dev when holding a ref to llcp_local
[ Upstream commit c95f919567d6f1914f13350af61a1b044ac85014 ]
llcp_sock_sendmsg() calls nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame() which in turn calls
nfc_alloc_send_skb(), which accesses the nfc_dev from the llcp_sock for
getting the headroom and tailroom needed for skb allocation.
Parallelly the nfc_dev can be freed, as the refcount is decreased via
nfc_free_device(), leading to a UAF reported by Syzkaller, which can
be summarized as follows:
(1) llcp_sock_sendmsg() -> nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame()
-> nfc_alloc_send_skb() -> Dereference *nfc_dev
(2) virtual_ncidev_close() -> nci_free_device() -> nfc_free_device()
-> put_device() -> nfc_release() -> Free *nfc_dev
When a reference to llcp_local is acquired, we do not acquire the same
for the nfc_dev. This leads to freeing even when the llcp_local is in
use, and this is the case with the UAF described above too.
Thus, when we acquire a reference to llcp_local, we should acquire a
reference to nfc_dev, and release the references appropriately later.
References for llcp_local is initialized in nfc_llcp_register_device()
(which is called by nfc_register_device()). Thus, we should acquire a
reference to nfc_dev there.
nfc_unregister_device() calls nfc_llcp_unregister_device() which in
turn calls nfc_llcp_local_put(). Thus, the reference to nfc_dev is
appropriately released later.
Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+bbe84a4010eeea00982d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=bbe84a4010eeea00982d
Fixes: c7aa12252f51 ("NFC: Take a reference on the LLCP local pointer when creating a socket")
Reviewed-by: Suman Ghosh <sumang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Siddh Raman Pant <code@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp_core.c b/net/nfc/llcp_core.c
index 92f70686bee0a..da3cb0d29b972 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp_core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp_core.c
@@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ static void nfc_llcp_socket_release(struct nfc_llcp_local *local, bool device,
static struct nfc_llcp_local *nfc_llcp_local_get(struct nfc_llcp_local *local)
{
+ /* Since using nfc_llcp_local may result in usage of nfc_dev, whenever
+ * we hold a reference to local, we also need to hold a reference to
+ * the device to avoid UAF.
+ */
+ if (!nfc_get_device(local->dev->idx))
+ return NULL;
+
kref_get(&local->ref);
return local;
@@ -179,10 +186,18 @@ static void local_release(struct kref *ref)
int nfc_llcp_local_put(struct nfc_llcp_local *local)
{
+ struct nfc_dev *dev;
+ int ret;
+
if (local == NULL)
return 0;
- return kref_put(&local->ref, local_release);
+ dev = local->dev;
+
+ ret = kref_put(&local->ref, local_release);
+ nfc_put_device(dev);
+
+ return ret;
}
static struct nfc_llcp_sock *nfc_llcp_sock_get(struct nfc_llcp_local *local,
@@ -968,8 +983,17 @@ static void nfc_llcp_recv_connect(struct nfc_llcp_local *local,
}
new_sock = nfc_llcp_sock(new_sk);
- new_sock->dev = local->dev;
+
new_sock->local = nfc_llcp_local_get(local);
+ if (!new_sock->local) {
+ reason = LLCP_DM_REJ;
+ sock_put(&new_sock->sk);
+ release_sock(&sock->sk);
+ sock_put(&sock->sk);
+ goto fail;
+ }
+
+ new_sock->dev = local->dev;
new_sock->rw = sock->rw;
new_sock->miux = sock->miux;
new_sock->nfc_protocol = sock->nfc_protocol;
@@ -1607,7 +1631,16 @@ int nfc_llcp_register_device(struct nfc_dev *ndev)
if (local == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
- local->dev = ndev;
+ /* As we are going to initialize local's refcount, we need to get the
+ * nfc_dev to avoid UAF, otherwise there is no point in continuing.
+ * See nfc_llcp_local_get().
+ */
+ local->dev = nfc_get_device(ndev->idx);
+ if (!local->dev) {
+ kfree(local);
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&local->list);
kref_init(&local->ref);
mutex_init(&local->sdp_lock);
