This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
tls: fix missing memory barrier in tls_init
to the 5.15-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:
tls-fix-missing-memory-barrier-in-tls_init.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit e7f2cee08c9c8f4b707f8b7de4961f4ab1cece26
Author: Dae R. Jeong <threeearcat@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue May 21 19:34:38 2024 +0900
tls: fix missing memory barrier in tls_init
[ Upstream commit 91e61dd7a0af660408e87372d8330ceb218be302 ]
In tls_init(), a write memory barrier is missing, and store-store
reordering may cause NULL dereference in tls_{setsockopt,getsockopt}.
CPU0 CPU1
----- -----
// In tls_init()
// In tls_ctx_create()
ctx = kzalloc()
ctx->sk_proto = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_prot) -(1)
// In update_sk_prot()
WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_prot, tls_prots) -(2)
// In sock_common_setsockopt()
READ_ONCE(sk->sk_prot)->setsockopt()
// In tls_{setsockopt,getsockopt}()
ctx->sk_proto->setsockopt() -(3)
In the above scenario, when (1) and (2) are reordered, (3) can observe
the NULL value of ctx->sk_proto, causing NULL dereference.
To fix it, we rely on rcu_assign_pointer() which implies the release
barrier semantic. By moving rcu_assign_pointer() after ctx->sk_proto is
initialized, we can ensure that ctx->sk_proto are visible when
changing sk->sk_prot.
Fixes: d5bee7374b68 ("net/tls: Annotate access to sk_prot with READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE")
Signed-off-by: Yewon Choi <woni9911@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dae R. Jeong <threeearcat@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/ZU4OJG56g2V9z_H7@dragonet/T/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/Zkx4vjSFp0mfpjQ2@libra05
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_main.c b/net/tls/tls_main.c
index 79ea1ab34570f..4a3bf8528da7c 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_main.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_main.c
@@ -636,9 +636,17 @@ struct tls_context *tls_ctx_create(struct sock *sk)
return NULL;
mutex_init(&ctx->tx_lock);
- rcu_assign_pointer(icsk->icsk_ulp_data, ctx);
ctx->sk_proto = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_prot);
ctx->sk = sk;
+ /* Release semantic of rcu_assign_pointer() ensures that
+ * ctx->sk_proto is visible before changing sk->sk_prot in
+ * update_sk_prot(), and prevents reading uninitialized value in
+ * tls_{getsockopt, setsockopt}. Note that we do not need a
+ * read barrier in tls_{getsockopt,setsockopt} as there is an
+ * address dependency between sk->sk_proto->{getsockopt,setsockopt}
+ * and ctx->sk_proto.
+ */
+ rcu_assign_pointer(icsk->icsk_ulp_data, ctx);
return ctx;
}
