Re: [PATCH 5.4 1/2] hamradio: defer 6pack kfree after unregister_netdev

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On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 04:31:10PM +0300, Ovidiu Panait wrote:
> From: Lin Ma <linma@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> commit 0b9111922b1f399aba6ed1e1b8f2079c3da1aed8 upstream.
> 
> There is a possible race condition (use-after-free) like below
> 
>  (USE)                       |  (FREE)
>   dev_queue_xmit             |
>    __dev_queue_xmit          |
>     __dev_xmit_skb           |
>      sch_direct_xmit         | ...
>       xmit_one               |
>        netdev_start_xmit     | tty_ldisc_kill
>         __netdev_start_xmit  |  6pack_close
>          sp_xmit             |   kfree
>           sp_encaps          |
>                              |
> 
> According to the patch "defer ax25 kfree after unregister_netdev", this
> patch reorder the kfree after the unregister_netdev to avoid the possible
> UAF as the unregister_netdev() is well synchronized and won't return if
> there is a running routine.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lin Ma <linma@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Xu Jia <xujia39@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ovidiu Panait <ovidiu.panait@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> These commits are part of CVE-2022-1195 patchset.
> Reference: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2056381
> [1] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3e0588c291d6ce225f2b891753ca41d45ba42469
> [2] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b2f37aead1b82a770c48b5d583f35ec22aabb61e
> [3] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0b9111922b1f399aba6ed1e1b8f2079c3da1aed8
> [4] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/81b1d548d00bcd028303c4f3150fa753b9b8aa71
> 
> Commits [1] and [2] are already present in 5.4-stable, this patchset includes
> backports for [3] and [4] (clean cherry-picks from 5.10 stable).
> 
>  drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
> index 02d6f3ad9aca..82507a688efe 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
> @@ -679,9 +679,11 @@ static void sixpack_close(struct tty_struct *tty)
>  	del_timer_sync(&sp->tx_t);
>  	del_timer_sync(&sp->resync_t);
>  
> -	/* Free all 6pack frame buffers. */
> +	/* Free all 6pack frame buffers after unreg. */
>  	kfree(sp->rbuff);
>  	kfree(sp->xbuff);
> +
> +	free_netdev(sp->dev);
>  }
>  
>  /* Perform I/O control on an active 6pack channel. */
> -- 
> 2.36.0
> 

All backports now queued up, thanks!

greg k-h



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