Vulnerability CVE-2023-52851
Published: 2024-05-21

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

IB/mlx5: Fix init stage error handling to avoid double free of same QP and UAF

In the unlikely event that workqueue allocation fails and returns NULL in
mlx5_mkey_cache_init(), delete the call to
mlx5r_umr_resource_cleanup() (which frees the QP) in
mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init(). This will avoid attempted double
free of the same QP when __mlx5_ib_add() does its cleanup.

Resolves a splat:

Syzkaller reported a UAF in ib_destroy_qp_user

workqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq "mkey_cache": -EINTR
infiniband mlx5_0: mlx5_mkey_cache_init:981:(pid 1642):
failed to create work queue
infiniband mlx5_0: mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init:4075:(pid 1642):
mr cache init failed -12
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ib_destroy_qp_user (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:2073)
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810da310a8 by task repro_upstream/1642

Call Trace:
<TASK>
kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:590)
ib_destroy_qp_user (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:2073)
mlx5r_umr_resource_cleanup (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c:198)
__mlx5_ib_add (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4178)
mlx5r_probe (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4402)
...
</TASK>

Allocated by task 1642:
__kmalloc (./include/linux/kasan.h:198 mm/slab_common.c:1026
mm/slab_common.c:1039)
create_qp (./include/linux/slab.h:603 ./include/linux/slab.h:720
./include/rdma/ib_verbs.h:2795 drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:1209)
ib_create_qp_kernel (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:1347)
mlx5r_umr_resource_init (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c:164)
mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4070)
__mlx5_ib_add (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4168)
mlx5r_probe (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4402)
...

Freed by task 1642:
__kmem_cache_free (mm/slub.c:1826 mm/slub.c:3809 mm/slub.c:3822)
ib_destroy_qp_user (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:2112)
mlx5r_umr_resource_cleanup (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c:198)
mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4076
drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4065)
__mlx5_ib_add (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4168)
mlx5r_probe (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4402)
...

 References:
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/437f033e30c897bb3723eac9e9003cd9f88d00a3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f4a7a7d1404297f2a92df0046f7e64dc5c52dd9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6387f269d84e6e149499408c4d1fc805017729b2
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ef422f063b74adcc4a4a9004b0a87bb55e0a836
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