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CVE-2023-52587 IB/ipoib: Fix mcast list locking

2024-03-0606:45:21
Linux
github.com
linux kernel
vulnerability resolution
mcast list locking
ib/ipoib
hard lockup
code review
fix
rhel 4.18.0-372.75.1.el8_6
spin lock
crash
kworker/u72:2
kworker/u72:0
multicast list
list locking
task
spin_unlock_irq
spin_lock_irqsave
spin_lock_irqrestore
wait_for_completion
ipoib_mcast_join_task
ipoib_mcast_dev_flush
ipoib_mcast_remove_list

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

13.2%

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

IB/ipoib: Fix mcast list locking

Releasing the priv->lock while iterating the priv->multicast_list in
ipoib_mcast_join_task() opens a window for ipoib_mcast_dev_flush() to
remove the items while in the middle of iteration. If the mcast is removed
while the lock was dropped, the for loop spins forever resulting in a hard
lockup (as was reported on RHEL 4.18.0-372.75.1.el8_6 kernel):

Task A (kworker/u72:2 below)       | Task B (kworker/u72:0 below)
-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------
ipoib_mcast_join_task(work)        | ipoib_ib_dev_flush_light(work)
  spin_lock_irq(&priv->lock)       | __ipoib_ib_dev_flush(priv, ...)
  list_for_each_entry(mcast,       | ipoib_mcast_dev_flush(dev = priv->dev)
      &priv->multicast_list, list) |
    ipoib_mcast_join(dev, mcast)   |
      spin_unlock_irq(&priv->lock) |
                                   |   spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags)
                                   |   list_for_each_entry_safe(mcast, tmcast,
                                   |                  &priv->multicast_list, list)
                                   |     list_del(&mcast->list);
                                   |     list_add_tail(&mcast->list, &remove_list)
                                   |   spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags)
      spin_lock_irq(&priv->lock)   |
                                   |   ipoib_mcast_remove_list(&remove_list)

(Here, mcast is no longer on the | list_for_each_entry_safe(mcast, tmcast,
priv->multicast_list and we keep | remove_list, list)
spinning on the remove_list of | >>> wait_for_completion(&mcast->done)
the other thread which is blocked |
and the list is still valid on |
it’s stack.)

Fix this by keeping the lock held and changing to GFP_ATOMIC to prevent
eventual sleeps.
Unfortunately we could not reproduce the lockup and confirm this fix but
based on the code review I think this fix should address such lockups.

crash> bc 31
PID: 747 TASK: ff1c6a1a007e8000 CPU: 31 COMMAND: “kworker/u72:2”

[exception RIP: ipoib_mcast_join_task+0x1b1]
RIP: ffffffffc0944ac1  RSP: ff646f199a8c7e00  RFLAGS: 00000002
RAX: 0000000000000000  RBX: ff1c6a1a04dc82f8  RCX: 0000000000000000
                              work (&priv->mcast_task{,.work})
RDX: ff1c6a192d60ac68  RSI: 0000000000000286  RDI: ff1c6a1a04dc8000
       &mcast->list
RBP: ff646f199a8c7e90   R8: ff1c699980019420   R9: ff1c6a1920c9a000
R10: ff646f199a8c7e00  R11: ff1c6a191a7d9800  R12: ff1c6a192d60ac00
                                                     mcast
R13: ff1c6a1d82200000  R14: ff1c6a1a04dc8000  R15: ff1c6a1a04dc82d8
       dev                    priv (&priv->lock)     &priv->multicast_list (aka head)
ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff  CS: 0010  SS: 0018

— <NMI exception stack> —
#5 [ff646f199a8c7e00] ipoib_mcast_join_task+0x1b1 at ffffffffc0944ac1 [ib_ipoib]
#6 [ff646f199a8c7e98] process_one_work+0x1a7 at ffffffff9bf10967

crash> rx ff646f199a8c7e68
ff646f199a8c7e68: ff1c6a1a04dc82f8 <<< work = &priv->mcast_task.work

crash> list -hO ipoib_dev_priv.multicast_list ff1c6a1a04dc8000
(empty)

crash> ipoib_dev_priv.mcast_task.work.func,mcast_mutex.owner.counter ff1c6a1a04dc8000
mcast_task.work.func = 0xffffffffc0944910 <ipoib_mcast_join_task>,
mcast_mutex.owner.counter = 0xff1c69998efec000

crash> b 8
PID: 8 TASK: ff1c69998efec000 CPU: 33 COMMAND: “kworker/u72:0”

#3 [ff646f1980153d50] wait_for_completion+0x96 at ffffffff9c7d7646
#4 [ff646f1980153d90] ipoib_mcast_remove_list+0x56 at ffffffffc0944dc6 [ib_ipoib]
#5 [ff646f1980153de8] ipoib_mcast_dev_flush+0x1a7 at ffffffffc09455a7 [ib_ipoib]
#6 [ff646f1980153e58] __ipoib_ib_dev_flush+0x1a4 at ffffffffc09431a4 [ib_ipoib]
#7 [ff
—truncated—

CNA Affected

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    "vendor": "Linux",
    "product": "Linux",
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        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "4c8922ae8eb8",
        "versionType": "git"
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        "status": "affected",
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        "lessThan": "615e3adc2042",
        "versionType": "git"
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        "versionType": "git"
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        "status": "affected",
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        "lessThan": "ed790bd0903e",
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        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "4f973e211b3b",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "product": "Linux",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "4.19.307",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.19.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "5.4.269",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "5.10.210",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "5.15.149",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.1.77",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.6.16",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.7.4",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.7.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.8",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*"
      }
    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  }
]

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

13.2%