This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
padata: fix UAF in padata_reorder
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:
padata-fix-uaf-in-padata_reorder.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 d32c71e93d8b59a6b19e16753b56da238ac83149
Author: Chen Ridong <chenridong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Jan 10 06:16:38 2025 +0000
padata: fix UAF in padata_reorder
[ Upstream commit e01780ea4661172734118d2a5f41bc9720765668 ]
A bug was found when run ltp test:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in padata_find_next+0x29/0x1a0
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88bbfe003524 by task kworker/u113:2/3039206
CPU: 0 PID: 3039206 Comm: kworker/u113:2 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.6.0+
Workqueue: pdecrypt_parallel padata_parallel_worker
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x32/0x50
print_address_description.constprop.0+0x6b/0x3d0
print_report+0xdd/0x2c0
kasan_report+0xa5/0xd0
padata_find_next+0x29/0x1a0
padata_reorder+0x131/0x220
padata_parallel_worker+0x3d/0xc0
process_one_work+0x2ec/0x5a0
If 'mdelay(10)' is added before calling 'padata_find_next' in the
'padata_reorder' function, this issue could be reproduced easily with
ltp test (pcrypt_aead01).
This can be explained as bellow:
pcrypt_aead_encrypt
...
padata_do_parallel
refcount_inc(&pd->refcnt); // add refcnt
...
padata_do_serial
padata_reorder // pd
while (1) {
padata_find_next(pd, true); // using pd
queue_work_on
...
padata_serial_worker crypto_del_alg
padata_put_pd_cnt // sub refcnt
padata_free_shell
padata_put_pd(ps->pd);
// pd is freed
// loop again, but pd is freed
// call padata_find_next, UAF
}
In the padata_reorder function, when it loops in 'while', if the alg is
deleted, the refcnt may be decreased to 0 before entering
'padata_find_next', which leads to UAF.
As mentioned in [1], do_serial is supposed to be called with BHs disabled
and always happen under RCU protection, to address this issue, add
synchronize_rcu() in 'padata_free_shell' wait for all _do_serial calls
to finish.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221028160401.cccypv4euxikusiq@parnassus.localdomain/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/jfjz5d7zwbytztackem7ibzalm5lnxldi2eofeiczqmqs2m7o6@fq426cwnjtkm/
Fixes: b128a3040935 ("padata: allocate workqueue internally")
Signed-off-by: Chen Ridong <chenridong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Qu Zicheng <quzicheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/kernel/padata.c b/kernel/padata.c
index a2badc5dd922e..e4e0121ef3da2 100644
--- a/kernel/padata.c
+++ b/kernel/padata.c
@@ -1123,6 +1123,12 @@ void padata_free_shell(struct padata_shell *ps)
if (!ps)
return;
+ /*
+ * Wait for all _do_serial calls to finish to avoid touching
+ * freed pd's and ps's.
+ */
+ synchronize_rcu();
+
mutex_lock(&ps->pinst->lock);
list_del(&ps->list);
pd = rcu_dereference_protected(ps->pd, 1);
