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[v4] netrom: Fix use-after-free caused by accept on already connected socket

Message ID 20230127023250.GA71840@ubuntu (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 611792920925fb088ddccbe2783c7f92fdfb6b64
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Series [v4] netrom: Fix use-after-free caused by accept on already connected socket | expand

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Commit Message

Hyunwoo Kim Jan. 27, 2023, 2:32 a.m. UTC
If you call listen() and accept() on an already connect()ed
AF_NETROM socket, accept() can successfully connect.
This is because when the peer socket sends data to sendmsg,
the skb with its own sk stored in the connected socket's
sk->sk_receive_queue is connected, and nr_accept() dequeues
the skb waiting in the sk->sk_receive_queue.

As a result, nr_accept() allocates and returns a sock with
the sk of the parent AF_NETROM socket.

And here use-after-free can happen through complex race conditions:
```
                  cpu0                                                     cpu1
                                                               1. socket_2 = socket(AF_NETROM)
                                                                        .
                                                                        .
                                                                  listen(socket_2)
                                                                  accepted_socket = accept(socket_2)
       2. socket_1 = socket(AF_NETROM)
            nr_create()    // sk refcount : 1
          connect(socket_1)
                                                               3. write(accepted_socket)
                                                                    nr_sendmsg()
                                                                    nr_output()
                                                                    nr_kick()
                                                                    nr_send_iframe()
                                                                    nr_transmit_buffer()
                                                                    nr_route_frame()
                                                                    nr_loopback_queue()
                                                                    nr_loopback_timer()
                                                                    nr_rx_frame()
                                                                    nr_process_rx_frame(sk, skb);    // sk : socket_1's sk
                                                                    nr_state3_machine()
                                                                    nr_queue_rx_frame()
                                                                    sock_queue_rcv_skb()
                                                                    sock_queue_rcv_skb_reason()
                                                                    __sock_queue_rcv_skb()
                                                                    __skb_queue_tail(list, skb);    // list : socket_1's sk->sk_receive_queue
       4. listen(socket_1)
            nr_listen()
          uaf_socket = accept(socket_1)
            nr_accept()
            skb_dequeue(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
                                                               5. close(accepted_socket)
                                                                    nr_release()
                                                                    nr_write_internal(sk, NR_DISCREQ)
                                                                    nr_transmit_buffer()    // NR_DISCREQ
                                                                    nr_route_frame()
                                                                    nr_loopback_queue()
                                                                    nr_loopback_timer()
                                                                    nr_rx_frame()    // sk : socket_1's sk
                                                                    nr_process_rx_frame()  // NR_STATE_3
                                                                    nr_state3_machine()    // NR_DISCREQ
                                                                    nr_disconnect()
                                                                    nr_sk(sk)->state = NR_STATE_0;
       6. close(socket_1)    // sk refcount : 3
            nr_release()    // NR_STATE_0
            sock_put(sk);    // sk refcount : 0
            sk_free(sk);
          close(uaf_socket)
            nr_release()
            sock_hold(sk);    // UAF
```

KASAN report by syzbot:
```
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in nr_release+0x66/0x460 net/netrom/af_netrom.c:520
Write of size 4 at addr ffff8880235d8080 by task syz-executor564/5128

Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0xd1/0x138 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:306 [inline]
 print_report+0x15e/0x461 mm/kasan/report.c:417
 kasan_report+0xbf/0x1f0 mm/kasan/report.c:517
 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:183 [inline]
 kasan_check_range+0x141/0x190 mm/kasan/generic.c:189
 instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:102 [inline]
 atomic_fetch_add_relaxed include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:116 [inline]
 __refcount_add include/linux/refcount.h:193 [inline]
 __refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:250 [inline]
 refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:267 [inline]
 sock_hold include/net/sock.h:775 [inline]
 nr_release+0x66/0x460 net/netrom/af_netrom.c:520
 __sock_release+0xcd/0x280 net/socket.c:650
 sock_close+0x1c/0x20 net/socket.c:1365
 __fput+0x27c/0xa90 fs/file_table.c:320
 task_work_run+0x16f/0x270 kernel/task_work.c:179
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:38 [inline]
 do_exit+0xaa8/0x2950 kernel/exit.c:867
 do_group_exit+0xd4/0x2a0 kernel/exit.c:1012
 get_signal+0x21c3/0x2450 kernel/signal.c:2859
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x79/0x5c0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:306
 exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:168 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x15f/0x250 kernel/entry/common.c:203
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:285 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x50 kernel/entry/common.c:296
 do_syscall_64+0x46/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
RIP: 0033:0x7f6c19e3c9b9
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7f6c19e3c98f.
RSP: 002b:00007fffd4ba2ce8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000133
RAX: 0000000000000116 RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 00007f6c19e3c9b9
RDX: 0000000000000318 RSI: 00000000200bd000 RDI: 0000000000000006
RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 000000000000000d R09: 000000000000000d
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000055555566a2c0
R13: 0000000000000011 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 5128:
 kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x40 mm/kasan/common.c:45
 kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:52
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:371 [inline]
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:330 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0xa3/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:380
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:211 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:968 [inline]
 __kmalloc+0x5a/0xd0 mm/slab_common.c:981
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:584 [inline]
 sk_prot_alloc+0x140/0x290 net/core/sock.c:2038
 sk_alloc+0x3a/0x7a0 net/core/sock.c:2091
 nr_create+0xb6/0x5f0 net/netrom/af_netrom.c:433
 __sock_create+0x359/0x790 net/socket.c:1515
 sock_create net/socket.c:1566 [inline]
 __sys_socket_create net/socket.c:1603 [inline]
 __sys_socket_create net/socket.c:1588 [inline]
 __sys_socket+0x133/0x250 net/socket.c:1636
 __do_sys_socket net/socket.c:1649 [inline]
 __se_sys_socket net/socket.c:1647 [inline]
 __x64_sys_socket+0x73/0xb0 net/socket.c:1647
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x39/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Freed by task 5128:
 kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x40 mm/kasan/common.c:45
 kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:52
 kasan_save_free_info+0x2b/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:518
 ____kasan_slab_free mm/kasan/common.c:236 [inline]
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x13b/0x1a0 mm/kasan/common.c:200
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:177 [inline]
 __cache_free mm/slab.c:3394 [inline]
 __do_kmem_cache_free mm/slab.c:3580 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_free+0xcd/0x3b0 mm/slab.c:3587
 sk_prot_free net/core/sock.c:2074 [inline]
 __sk_destruct+0x5df/0x750 net/core/sock.c:2166
 sk_destruct net/core/sock.c:2181 [inline]
 __sk_free+0x175/0x460 net/core/sock.c:2192
 sk_free+0x7c/0xa0 net/core/sock.c:2203
 sock_put include/net/sock.h:1991 [inline]
 nr_release+0x39e/0x460 net/netrom/af_netrom.c:554
 __sock_release+0xcd/0x280 net/socket.c:650
 sock_close+0x1c/0x20 net/socket.c:1365
 __fput+0x27c/0xa90 fs/file_table.c:320
 task_work_run+0x16f/0x270 kernel/task_work.c:179
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:38 [inline]
 do_exit+0xaa8/0x2950 kernel/exit.c:867
 do_group_exit+0xd4/0x2a0 kernel/exit.c:1012
 get_signal+0x21c3/0x2450 kernel/signal.c:2859
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x79/0x5c0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:306
 exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:168 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x15f/0x250 kernel/entry/common.c:203
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:285 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x50 kernel/entry/common.c:296
 do_syscall_64+0x46/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
```

To fix this issue, nr_listen() returns -EINVAL for sockets that
successfully nr_connect().

Reported-by: syzbot+caa188bdfc1eeafeb418@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <v4bel@theori.io>
---
v1 -> v2 : Change the flag to check to SS_UNCONNECTED
v2 -> v3 : Fix wrong patch description
v3 -> v4 : Fix flow chart of patch description
---
 net/netrom/af_netrom.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Comments

Kuniyuki Iwashima Jan. 27, 2023, 4:54 p.m. UTC | #1
From:   Hyunwoo Kim <v4bel@theori.io>
Date:   Thu, 26 Jan 2023 18:32:50 -0800
> If you call listen() and accept() on an already connect()ed
> AF_NETROM socket, accept() can successfully connect.
> This is because when the peer socket sends data to sendmsg,
> the skb with its own sk stored in the connected socket's
> sk->sk_receive_queue is connected, and nr_accept() dequeues
> the skb waiting in the sk->sk_receive_queue.
> 
> As a result, nr_accept() allocates and returns a sock with
> the sk of the parent AF_NETROM socket.
> 
> And here use-after-free can happen through complex race conditions:
> ```
>                   cpu0                                                     cpu1
>                                                                1. socket_2 = socket(AF_NETROM)
>                                                                         .
>                                                                         .
>                                                                   listen(socket_2)
>                                                                   accepted_socket = accept(socket_2)
>        2. socket_1 = socket(AF_NETROM)
>             nr_create()    // sk refcount : 1
>           connect(socket_1)
>                                                                3. write(accepted_socket)
>                                                                     nr_sendmsg()
>                                                                     nr_output()
>                                                                     nr_kick()
>                                                                     nr_send_iframe()
>                                                                     nr_transmit_buffer()
>                                                                     nr_route_frame()
>                                                                     nr_loopback_queue()
>                                                                     nr_loopback_timer()
>                                                                     nr_rx_frame()
>                                                                     nr_process_rx_frame(sk, skb);    // sk : socket_1's sk
>                                                                     nr_state3_machine()
>                                                                     nr_queue_rx_frame()
>                                                                     sock_queue_rcv_skb()
>                                                                     sock_queue_rcv_skb_reason()
>                                                                     __sock_queue_rcv_skb()
>                                                                     __skb_queue_tail(list, skb);    // list : socket_1's sk->sk_receive_queue
>        4. listen(socket_1)
>             nr_listen()
>           uaf_socket = accept(socket_1)
>             nr_accept()
>             skb_dequeue(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
>                                                                5. close(accepted_socket)
>                                                                     nr_release()
>                                                                     nr_write_internal(sk, NR_DISCREQ)
>                                                                     nr_transmit_buffer()    // NR_DISCREQ
>                                                                     nr_route_frame()
>                                                                     nr_loopback_queue()
>                                                                     nr_loopback_timer()
>                                                                     nr_rx_frame()    // sk : socket_1's sk
>                                                                     nr_process_rx_frame()  // NR_STATE_3
>                                                                     nr_state3_machine()    // NR_DISCREQ
>                                                                     nr_disconnect()
>                                                                     nr_sk(sk)->state = NR_STATE_0;
>        6. close(socket_1)    // sk refcount : 3
>             nr_release()    // NR_STATE_0
>             sock_put(sk);    // sk refcount : 0
>             sk_free(sk);
>           close(uaf_socket)
>             nr_release()
>             sock_hold(sk);    // UAF
> ```
> 
> KASAN report by syzbot:
> ```
> BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in nr_release+0x66/0x460 net/netrom/af_netrom.c:520
> Write of size 4 at addr ffff8880235d8080 by task syz-executor564/5128
> 
> Call Trace:
>  <TASK>
>  __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
>  dump_stack_lvl+0xd1/0x138 lib/dump_stack.c:106
>  print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:306 [inline]
>  print_report+0x15e/0x461 mm/kasan/report.c:417
>  kasan_report+0xbf/0x1f0 mm/kasan/report.c:517
>  check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:183 [inline]
>  kasan_check_range+0x141/0x190 mm/kasan/generic.c:189
>  instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:102 [inline]
>  atomic_fetch_add_relaxed include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:116 [inline]
>  __refcount_add include/linux/refcount.h:193 [inline]
>  __refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:250 [inline]
>  refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:267 [inline]
>  sock_hold include/net/sock.h:775 [inline]
>  nr_release+0x66/0x460 net/netrom/af_netrom.c:520
>  __sock_release+0xcd/0x280 net/socket.c:650
>  sock_close+0x1c/0x20 net/socket.c:1365
>  __fput+0x27c/0xa90 fs/file_table.c:320
>  task_work_run+0x16f/0x270 kernel/task_work.c:179
>  exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:38 [inline]
>  do_exit+0xaa8/0x2950 kernel/exit.c:867
>  do_group_exit+0xd4/0x2a0 kernel/exit.c:1012
>  get_signal+0x21c3/0x2450 kernel/signal.c:2859
>  arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x79/0x5c0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:306
>  exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:168 [inline]
>  exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x15f/0x250 kernel/entry/common.c:203
>  __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:285 [inline]
>  syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x50 kernel/entry/common.c:296
>  do_syscall_64+0x46/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
>  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
> RIP: 0033:0x7f6c19e3c9b9
> Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7f6c19e3c98f.
> RSP: 002b:00007fffd4ba2ce8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000133
> RAX: 0000000000000116 RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 00007f6c19e3c9b9
> RDX: 0000000000000318 RSI: 00000000200bd000 RDI: 0000000000000006
> RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 000000000000000d R09: 000000000000000d
> R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000055555566a2c0
> R13: 0000000000000011 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
>  </TASK>
> 
> Allocated by task 5128:
>  kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x40 mm/kasan/common.c:45
>  kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:52
>  ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:371 [inline]
>  ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:330 [inline]
>  __kasan_kmalloc+0xa3/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:380
>  kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:211 [inline]
>  __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:968 [inline]
>  __kmalloc+0x5a/0xd0 mm/slab_common.c:981
>  kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:584 [inline]
>  sk_prot_alloc+0x140/0x290 net/core/sock.c:2038
>  sk_alloc+0x3a/0x7a0 net/core/sock.c:2091
>  nr_create+0xb6/0x5f0 net/netrom/af_netrom.c:433
>  __sock_create+0x359/0x790 net/socket.c:1515
>  sock_create net/socket.c:1566 [inline]
>  __sys_socket_create net/socket.c:1603 [inline]
>  __sys_socket_create net/socket.c:1588 [inline]
>  __sys_socket+0x133/0x250 net/socket.c:1636
>  __do_sys_socket net/socket.c:1649 [inline]
>  __se_sys_socket net/socket.c:1647 [inline]
>  __x64_sys_socket+0x73/0xb0 net/socket.c:1647
>  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
>  do_syscall_64+0x39/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
>  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
> 
> Freed by task 5128:
>  kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x40 mm/kasan/common.c:45
>  kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:52
>  kasan_save_free_info+0x2b/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:518
>  ____kasan_slab_free mm/kasan/common.c:236 [inline]
>  ____kasan_slab_free+0x13b/0x1a0 mm/kasan/common.c:200
>  kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:177 [inline]
>  __cache_free mm/slab.c:3394 [inline]
>  __do_kmem_cache_free mm/slab.c:3580 [inline]
>  __kmem_cache_free+0xcd/0x3b0 mm/slab.c:3587
>  sk_prot_free net/core/sock.c:2074 [inline]
>  __sk_destruct+0x5df/0x750 net/core/sock.c:2166
>  sk_destruct net/core/sock.c:2181 [inline]
>  __sk_free+0x175/0x460 net/core/sock.c:2192
>  sk_free+0x7c/0xa0 net/core/sock.c:2203
>  sock_put include/net/sock.h:1991 [inline]
>  nr_release+0x39e/0x460 net/netrom/af_netrom.c:554
>  __sock_release+0xcd/0x280 net/socket.c:650
>  sock_close+0x1c/0x20 net/socket.c:1365
>  __fput+0x27c/0xa90 fs/file_table.c:320
>  task_work_run+0x16f/0x270 kernel/task_work.c:179
>  exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:38 [inline]
>  do_exit+0xaa8/0x2950 kernel/exit.c:867
>  do_group_exit+0xd4/0x2a0 kernel/exit.c:1012
>  get_signal+0x21c3/0x2450 kernel/signal.c:2859
>  arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x79/0x5c0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:306
>  exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:168 [inline]
>  exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x15f/0x250 kernel/entry/common.c:203
>  __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:285 [inline]
>  syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x50 kernel/entry/common.c:296
>  do_syscall_64+0x46/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
>  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
> ```
> 
> To fix this issue, nr_listen() returns -EINVAL for sockets that
> successfully nr_connect().
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+caa188bdfc1eeafeb418@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <v4bel@theori.io>

Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com>

Thanks!


> ---
> v1 -> v2 : Change the flag to check to SS_UNCONNECTED
> v2 -> v3 : Fix wrong patch description
> v3 -> v4 : Fix flow chart of patch description
> ---
>  net/netrom/af_netrom.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
> index 6f7f4392cffb..5a4cb796150f 100644
> --- a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
> +++ b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
> @@ -400,6 +400,11 @@ static int nr_listen(struct socket *sock, int backlog)
>  	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
>  
>  	lock_sock(sk);
> +	if (sock->state != SS_UNCONNECTED) {
> +		release_sock(sk);
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
>  	if (sk->sk_state != TCP_LISTEN) {
>  		memset(&nr_sk(sk)->user_addr, 0, AX25_ADDR_LEN);
>  		sk->sk_max_ack_backlog = backlog;
> -- 
> 2.25.1
patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org Jan. 30, 2023, 7:40 a.m. UTC | #2
Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>:

On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 18:32:50 -0800 you wrote:
> If you call listen() and accept() on an already connect()ed
> AF_NETROM socket, accept() can successfully connect.
> This is because when the peer socket sends data to sendmsg,
> the skb with its own sk stored in the connected socket's
> sk->sk_receive_queue is connected, and nr_accept() dequeues
> the skb waiting in the sk->sk_receive_queue.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v4] netrom: Fix use-after-free caused by accept on already connected socket
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/611792920925

You are awesome, thank you!
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
index 6f7f4392cffb..5a4cb796150f 100644
--- a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
+++ b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
@@ -400,6 +400,11 @@  static int nr_listen(struct socket *sock, int backlog)
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
+	if (sock->state != SS_UNCONNECTED) {
+		release_sock(sk);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (sk->sk_state != TCP_LISTEN) {
 		memset(&nr_sk(sk)->user_addr, 0, AX25_ADDR_LEN);
 		sk->sk_max_ack_backlog = backlog;