Vulnerability CVE-2021-47375

Vulnerability CVE-2021-47375

Published: 2024-05-21

Description:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

blktrace: Fix uaf in blk_trace access after removing by sysfs

There is an use-after-free problem triggered by following process:

P1(sda) P2(sdb)
echo 0 > /sys/block/sdb/trace/enable
blk_trace_remove_queue
synchronize_rcu
blk_trace_free
relay_close
rcu_read_lock
__blk_add_trace
trace_note_tsk
(Iterate running_trace_list)
relay_close_buf
relay_destroy_buf
kfree(buf)
trace_note(sdb's bt)
relay_reserve
buf->offset <- nullptr deference (use-after-free) !!!
rcu_read_unlock

[ 502.714379] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address:
0000000000000010
[ 502.715260] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 502.715903] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 502.716546] PGD 103984067 P4D 103984067 PUD 17592b067 PMD 0
[ 502.717252] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
[ 502.720308] RIP: 0010:trace_note.isra.0+0x86/0x360
[ 502.732872] Call Trace:
[ 502.733193] __blk_add_trace.cold+0x137/0x1a3
[ 502.733734] blk_add_trace_rq+0x7b/0xd0
[ 502.734207] blk_add_trace_rq_issue+0x54/0xa0
[ 502.734755] blk_mq_start_request+0xde/0x1b0
[ 502.735287] scsi_queue_rq+0x528/0x1140
...
[ 502.742704] sg_new_write.isra.0+0x16e/0x3e0
[ 502.747501] sg_ioctl+0x466/0x1100

Reproduce method:
ioctl(/dev/sda, BLKTRACESETUP, blk_user_trace_setup[buf_size=127])
ioctl(/dev/sda, BLKTRACESTART)
ioctl(/dev/sdb, BLKTRACESETUP, blk_user_trace_setup[buf_size=127])
ioctl(/dev/sdb, BLKTRACESTART)

echo 0 > /sys/block/sdb/trace/enable &
// Add delay(mdelay/msleep) before kernel enters blk_trace_free()

ioctl$SG_IO(/dev/sda, SG_IO, ...)
// Enters trace_note_tsk() after blk_trace_free() returned
// Use mdelay in rcu region rather than msleep(which may schedule out)

Remove blk_trace from running_list before calling blk_trace_free() by
sysfs if blk_trace is at Blktrace_running state.

References:

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/488da313edf3abea7f7733efe011c96b23740ab5

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dacfd5e4d1142bfb3809aab3634a375f6f373269

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d56171d9360c0170c5c5f8f7e2362a2e999eca40

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/677e362ba807f3aafe6f405c07e0b37244da5222

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebb8d26d93c3ec3c7576c52a8373a2309423c069

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3815fe7371d2411ce164281cef40d9fc7b323dee

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5f8e86192612d0183047448d8bbe7918b3f1a26

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5afedf670caf30a2b5a52da96eb7eac7dee6a9c9

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