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HistoryAug 17, 2024 - 8:54 a.m.

CVE-2024-42271 net/iucv: fix use after free in iucv_sock_close()

2024-08-1708:54:26
Linux
github.com
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linux kernel
vulnerability
iucv_sock_close
use after free
iucv_sever_path
atomic compare and swap
iucv_callback_connrej
iucv_tasklet_fn
bh_lock_sock
process context
tasklet context
kernel panic
tasklet
worker

AI Score

6.9

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

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

net/iucv: fix use after free in iucv_sock_close()

iucv_sever_path() is called from process context and from bh context.
iucv->path is used as indicator whether somebody else is taking care of
severing the path (or it is already removed / never existed).
This needs to be done with atomic compare and swap, otherwise there is a
small window where iucv_sock_close() will try to work with a path that has
already been severed and freed by iucv_callback_connrej() called by
iucv_tasklet_fn().

Example:
[452744.123844] Call Trace:
[452744.123845] ([<0000001e87f03880>] 0x1e87f03880)
[452744.123966] [<00000000d593001e>] iucv_path_sever+0x96/0x138
[452744.124330] [<000003ff801ddbca>] iucv_sever_path+0xc2/0xd0 [af_iucv]
[452744.124336] [<000003ff801e01b6>] iucv_sock_close+0xa6/0x310 [af_iucv]
[452744.124341] [<000003ff801e08cc>] iucv_sock_release+0x3c/0xd0 [af_iucv]
[452744.124345] [<00000000d574794e>] __sock_release+0x5e/0xe8
[452744.124815] [<00000000d5747a0c>] sock_close+0x34/0x48
[452744.124820] [<00000000d5421642>] __fput+0xba/0x268
[452744.124826] [<00000000d51b382c>] task_work_run+0xbc/0xf0
[452744.124832] [<00000000d5145710>] do_notify_resume+0x88/0x90
[452744.124841] [<00000000d5978096>] system_call+0xe2/0x2c8
[452744.125319] Last Breaking-Event-Address:
[452744.125321] [<00000000d5930018>] iucv_path_sever+0x90/0x138
[452744.125324]
[452744.125325] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt

Note that bh_lock_sock() is not serializing the tasklet context against
process context, because the check for sock_owned_by_user() and
corresponding handling is missing.

Ideas for a future clean-up patch:
A) Correct usage of bh_lock_sock() in tasklet context, as described in
Re-enqueue, if needed. This may require adding return values to the
tasklet functions and thus changes to all users of iucv.

B) Change iucv tasklet into worker and use only lock_sock() in af_iucv.

AI Score

6.9

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial