Vulnerability CVE-2024-35854

Vulnerability CVE-2024-35854

Published: 2024-05-17

Description:

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

mlxsw: spectrum_acl_tcam: Fix possible use-after-free during rehash

The rehash delayed work migrates filters from one region to another
according to the number of available credits.

The migrated from region is destroyed at the end of the work if the
number of credits is non-negative as the assumption is that this is
indicative of migration being complete. This assumption is incorrect as
a non-negative number of credits can also be the result of a failed
migration.

The destruction of a region that still has filters referencing it can
result in a use-after-free [1].

Fix by not destroying the region if migration failed.

[1]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mlxsw_sp_acl_ctcam_region_entry_remove+0x21d/0x230
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881735319e8 by task kworker/0:31/3858

CPU: 0 PID: 3858 Comm: kworker/0:31 Tainted: G W 6.9.0-rc2-custom-00782-gf2275c2157d8 #5
Hardware name: Mellanox Technologies Ltd. MSN3700/VMOD0005, BIOS 5.11 01/06/2019
Workqueue: mlxsw_core mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vregion_rehash_work
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xc6/0x120
print_report+0xce/0x670
kasan_report+0xd7/0x110
mlxsw_sp_acl_ctcam_region_entry_remove+0x21d/0x230
mlxsw_sp_acl_ctcam_entry_del+0x2e/0x70
mlxsw_sp_acl_atcam_entry_del+0x81/0x210
mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vchunk_migrate_all+0x3cd/0xb50
mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vregion_rehash_work+0x157/0x1300
process_one_work+0x8eb/0x19b0
worker_thread+0x6c9/0xf70
kthread+0x2c9/0x3b0
ret_from_fork+0x4d/0x80
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
</TASK>

Allocated by task 174:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
__kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0
__kmalloc+0x19c/0x360
mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_region_create+0xdf/0x9c0
mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vregion_rehash_work+0x954/0x1300
process_one_work+0x8eb/0x19b0
worker_thread+0x6c9/0xf70
kthread+0x2c9/0x3b0
ret_from_fork+0x4d/0x80
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

Freed by task 7:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60
poison_slab_object+0x102/0x170
__kasan_slab_free+0x14/0x30
kfree+0xc1/0x290
mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_region_destroy+0x272/0x310
mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vregion_rehash_work+0x731/0x1300
process_one_work+0x8eb/0x19b0
worker_thread+0x6c9/0xf70
kthread+0x2c9/0x3b0
ret_from_fork+0x4d/0x80
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

References:

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e118e7ea24d1392878ef85926627c6bc640c4388

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a429a912d6c779807f4d72a6cc0a1efaaa3613e1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c89642ca47fb620914780c7c51d8d1248201121

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/813e2ab753a8f8c243a39ede20c2e0adc15f3887

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/311eeaa7b9e26aba5b3d57b09859f07d8e9fc049

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a02687044e124f8ccb427cd3632124a4e1a7d7c1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54225988889931467a9b55fdbef534079b665519

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