Vulnerability CVE-2024-46770

Vulnerability CVE-2024-46770

Published: 2024-09-18

Description:

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

ice: Add netif_device_attach/detach into PF reset flow

Ethtool callbacks can be executed while reset is in progress and try to
access deleted resources, e.g. getting coalesce settings can result in a
NULL pointer dereference seen below.

Reproduction steps:
Once the driver is fully initialized, trigger reset:
# echo 1 > /sys/class/net/<interface>/device/reset
when reset is in progress try to get coalesce settings using ethtool:
# ethtool -c <interface>

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
CPU: 11 PID: 19713 Comm: ethtool Tainted: G S 6.10.0-rc7+ #7
RIP: 0010:ice_get_q_coalesce+0x2e/0xa0 [ice]
RSP: 0018:ffffbab1e9bcf6a8 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 000000000000000c RBX: ffff94512305b028 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff9451c3f2e588 RDI: ffff9451c3f2e588
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffff9451c3f2e580 R11: 000000000000001f R12: ffff945121fa9000
R13: ffffbab1e9bcf760 R14: 0000000000000013 R15: ffffffff9e65dd40
FS: 00007faee5fbe740(0000) GS:ffff94546fd80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000020 CR3: 0000000106c2e005 CR4: 00000000001706f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
ice_get_coalesce+0x17/0x30 [ice]
coalesce_prepare_data+0x61/0x80
ethnl_default_doit+0xde/0x340
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xf2/0x150
genl_rcv_msg+0x1b3/0x2c0
netlink_rcv_skb+0x5b/0x110
genl_rcv+0x28/0x40
netlink_unicast+0x19c/0x290
netlink_sendmsg+0x222/0x490
__sys_sendto+0x1df/0x1f0
__x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30
do_syscall_64+0x82/0x160
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
RIP: 0033:0x7faee60d8e27

Calling netif_device_detach() before reset makes the net core not call
the driver when ethtool command is issued, the attempt to execute an
ethtool command during reset will result in the following message:

netlink error: No such device

instead of NULL pointer dereference. Once reset is done and
ice_rebuild() is executing, the netif_device_attach() is called to allow
for ethtool operations to occur again in a safe manner.

References:

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e3ffb839249eca113062587659224f856fe14e5

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efe8effe138044a4747d1112ebb8c454d1663723

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36486c9e8e01b84faaee47203eac0b7e9cc7fa4a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d11a67634227f9f9da51938af085fb41a733848f

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