In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipc/mqueue, msg, sem: avoid relying on a stack reference past its expiry
do_mq_timedreceive calls wq_sleep with a stack local address. The sender (do_mq_timedsend) uses this address to later call pipelined_send.
This leads to a very hard to trigger race where a do_mq_timedreceive call might return and leave do_mq_timedsend to rely on an invalid address, causing the following crash:
RIP: 0010:wake_q_add_safe+0x13/0x60 Call Trace: __x64_sys_mq_timedsend+0x2a9/0x490 do_syscall_64+0x80/0x680 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 RIP: 0033:0x7f5928e40343
The race occurs as:
1. do_mq_timedreceive calls wq_sleep with the address of `struct ext_wait_queue` on function stack (aliased as `ewq_addr` here) - it holds a valid `struct ext_wait_queue *` as long as the stack has not been overwritten.
2. `ewq_addr` gets added to info->e_wait_q[RECV].list in wq_add, and do_mq_timedsend receives it via wq_get_first_waiter(info, RECV) to call __pipelined_op.
3. Sender calls __pipelined_op::smp_store_release(&this->state, STATE_READY). Here is where the race window begins. (`this` is `ewq_addr`.)
4. If the receiver wakes up now in do_mq_timedreceive::wq_sleep, it will see `state == STATE_READY` and break.
5. do_mq_timedreceive returns, and `ewq_addr` is no longer guaranteed to be a `struct ext_wait_queue *` since it was on do_mq_timedreceive's stack. (Although the address may not get overwritten until another function happens to touch it, which means it can persist around for an indefinite time.)
6. do_mq_timedsend::__pipelined_op() still believes `ewq_addr` is a `struct ext_wait_queue *`, and uses it to find a task_struct to pass to the wake_q_add_safe call. In the lucky case where nothing has overwritten `ewq_addr` yet, `ewq_addr->task` is the right task_struct. In the unlucky case, __pipelined_op::wake_q_add_safe gets handed a bogus address as the receiver's task_struct causing the crash.
do_mq_timedsend::__pipelined_op() should not dereference `this` after setting STATE_READY, as the receiver counterpart is now free to return. Change __pipelined_op to call wake_q_add_safe on the receiver's task_struct returned by get_task_struct, instead of dereferencing `this` which sits on the receiver's stack.
As Manfred pointed out, the race potentially also exists in ipc/msg.c::expunge_all and ipc/sem.c::wake_up_sem_queue_prepare. Fix those in the same way.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-rt-kvmUpgrade kernel-coreUpgrade kernel-debug-develUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-debugUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-rt-debugUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-debug-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-modulesUpgrade kernel-modulesUpgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-modulesUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-debug-modulesUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-rt-modulesUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-coreUpgrade kernel-debug-coreUpgrade kernel-rtUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-kvmUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-develUpgrade kernel-rt-develUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-coreUpgrade kernel-docUpgrade kernel-cross-headersUpgrade kernel-rt-coreUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-develUpgrade kernel-rt-modules-extraUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-tools-libs-devel | Jul 3, 2024 | Mar 1, 2024 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade python-perf-debuginfo | Aug 2, 2024 | Mar 1, 2024 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 30, 2024 | Mar 1, 2024 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade kernel | Jul 3, 2024 | Mar 1, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution existsUpgrade kernel-rtUpgrade kernel | Jul 3, 2024 | Mar 1, 2024 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-debugUpgrade kernel-debug-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-debug-develUpgrade kernel-rt-modulesUpgrade kernel-debug-modulesUpgrade kernel-debug-coreUpgrade kernel-modulesUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-coreUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-develUpgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-modules-extraUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-kvmUpgrade kernel-rt-debugUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-rt-coreUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-rt-develUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-modulesUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-coreUpgrade kernel-tools-libs-develUpgrade kernel-cross-headersUpgrade kernel-debug-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-rt-modules-extraUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-rtUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-rt-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-rt-kvm | Jul 16, 2024 | Mar 1, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-macrosUpgrade kernel-symsUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-default-baseUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-64kb-develUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade kernel-preempt-develUpgrade kernel-default-develUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-64kbUpgrade kernel-preempt | Aug 9, 2024 | Mar 1, 2024 |
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