CVE-2024-53168

Description

From CVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sunrpc: fix one UAF issue caused by sunrpc kernel tcp socket BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tcp_write_timer_handler+0x156/0x3e0 Read of size 1 at addr ffff888111f322cd by task swapper/0/0 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc4-dirty #7 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 Call Trace: <IRQ> dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0xa0 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x2c/0x3d0 print_report+0xb4/0x270 kasan_report+0xbd/0xf0 tcp_write_timer_handler+0x156/0x3e0 tcp_write_timer+0x66/0x170 call_timer_fn+0xfb/0x1d0 __run_timers+0x3f8/0x480 run_timer_softirq+0x9b/0x100 handle_softirqs+0x153/0x390 __irq_exit_rcu+0x103/0x120 irq_exit_rcu+0xe/0x20 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x76/0x90 </IRQ> <TASK> asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 RIP: 0010:default_idle+0xf/0x20 Code: 4c 01 c7 4c 29 c2 e9 72 ff ff ff 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 33 f8 25 00 fb f4 <fa> c3 cc cc cc cc 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 RSP: 0018:ffffffffa2007e28 EFLAGS: 00000242 RAX: 00000000000f3b31 RBX: 1ffffffff4400fc7 RCX: ffffffffa09c3196 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffffff9f00590f RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed102360835d R10: ffff88811b041aeb R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffffffffa202d7c0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00000000000147d0 default_idle_call+0x6b/0xa0 cpuidle_idle_call+0x1af/0x1f0 do_idle+0xbc/0x130 cpu_startup_entry+0x33/0x40 rest_init+0x11f/0x210 start_kernel+0x39a/0x420 x86_64_start_reservations+0x18/0x30 x86_64_start_kernel+0x97/0xa0 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x141 </TASK> Allocated by task 595: kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x87/0x90 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x12b/0x3f0 copy_net_ns+0x94/0x380 create_new_namespaces+0x24c/0x500 unshare_nsproxy_namespaces+0x75/0xf0 ksys_unshare+0x24e/0x4f0 __x64_sys_unshare+0x1f/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x70/0x180 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Freed by task 100: kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 __kasan_slab_free+0x54/0x70 kmem_cache_free+0x156/0x5d0 cleanup_net+0x5d3/0x670 process_one_work+0x776/0xa90 worker_thread+0x2e2/0x560 kthread+0x1a8/0x1f0 ret_from_fork+0x34/0x60 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 Reproduction script: mkdir -p /mnt/nfsshare mkdir -p /mnt/nfs/netns_1 mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb mount /dev/sdb /mnt/nfsshare systemctl restart nfs-server chmod 777 /mnt/nfsshare exportfs -i -o rw,no_root_squash *:/mnt/nfsshare ip netns add netns_1 ip link add name veth_1_peer type veth peer veth_1 ifconfig veth_1_peer 11.11.0.254 up ip link set veth_1 netns netns_1 ip netns exec netns_1 ifconfig veth_1 11.11.0.1 ip netns exec netns_1 /root/iptables -A OUTPUT -d 11.11.0.254 -p tcp \ --tcp-flags FIN FIN -j DROP (note: In my environment, a DESTROY_CLIENTID operation is always sent immediately, breaking the nfs tcp connection.) ip netns exec netns_1 timeout -s 9 300 mount -t nfs -o proto=tcp,vers=4.1 \ 11.11.0.254:/mnt/nfsshare /mnt/nfs/netns_1 ip netns del netns_1 The reason here is that the tcp socket in netns_1 (nfs side) has been shutdown and closed (done in xs_destroy), but the FIN message (with ack) is discarded, and the nfsd side keeps sending retransmission messages. As a result, when the tcp sock in netns_1 processes the received message, it sends the message (FIN message) in the sending queue, and the tcp timer is re-established. When the network namespace is deleted, the net structure accessed by tcp's timer handler function causes problems. To fix this problem, let's hold netns refcnt for the tcp kernel socket as done in other modules. This is an ugly hack which can easily be backported to earlier kernels. A proper fix which cleans up the interfaces will follow, but may not be so easy to backport.

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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score6.77.8N/A
Attack VectorLocalLocalN/A
Attack ComplexityLowLowN/A
Privileges RequiredHighLowN/A
User InteractionNoneNoneN/A
ScopeUnchangedUnchangedN/A
ConfidentialityHighHighN/A
Integrity ImpactHighHighN/A
Availability ImpactHighHighN/A

Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-416

Integrity

Technical Impact: Modify Memory

The use of previously freed memory may corrupt valid data, if the memory area in question has been allocated and used properly elsewhere.

Availability

Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

If chunk consolidation occurs after the use of previously freed data, the process may crash when invalid data is used as chunk information.

Confidentiality

Technical Impact: Read Memory

Read operations on freed memory can sometimes leak sensitive information instead of causing a crash

Integrity,Confidentiality,Availability

Technical Impact: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands

If malicious data is entered before chunk consolidation can take place, it may be possible to take advantage of a write-what-where primitive to execute arbitrary code. If the newly allocated data happens to hold a class, in C++ for example, various function pointers may be scattered within the heap data. If one of these function pointers is overwritten with an address to valid shellcode, execution of arbitrary code can be achieved.

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