In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: iscsi_tcp: Fix UAF during logout when accessing the shost ipaddress
Bug report and analysis from Ding Hui.
During iSCSI session logout, if another task accesses the shost ipaddress attr, we can get a KASAN UAF report like this:
[ 276.942144] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x78/0xe0 [ 276.942535] Write of size 4 at addr ffff8881053b45b8 by task cat/4088 [ 276.943511] CPU: 2 PID: 4088 Comm: cat Tainted: G E 6.1.0-rc8+ #3 [ 276.943997] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 11/12/2020 [ 276.944470] Call Trace: [ 276.944943] <TASK> [ 276.945397] dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x48 [ 276.945887] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x86/0x1e7 [ 276.946421] print_report+0x36/0x4f [ 276.947358] kasan_report+0xad/0x130 [ 276.948234] kasan_check_range+0x35/0x1c0 [ 276.948674] _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x78/0xe0 [ 276.949989] iscsi_sw_tcp_host_get_param+0xad/0x2e0 [iscsi_tcp] [ 276.951765] show_host_param_ISCSI_HOST_PARAM_IPADDRESS+0xe9/0x130 [scsi_transport_iscsi] [ 276.952185] dev_attr_show+0x3f/0x80 [ 276.953005] sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x1fb/0x3e0 [ 276.953401] seq_read_iter+0x402/0x1020 [ 276.954260] vfs_read+0x532/0x7b0 [ 276.955113] ksys_read+0xed/0x1c0 [ 276.955952] do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 [ 276.956347] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [ 276.956769] RIP: 0033:0x7f5d3a679222 [ 276.957161] Code: c0 e9 b2 fe ff ff 50 48 8d 3d 32 c0 0b 00 e8 a5 fe 01 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 56 c3 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 83 ec 28 48 89 54 24 [ 276.958009] RSP: 002b:00007ffc864d16a8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000 [ 276.958431] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000020000 RCX: 00007f5d3a679222 [ 276.958857] RDX: 0000000000020000 RSI: 00007f5d3a4fe000 RDI: 0000000000000003 [ 276.959281] RBP: 00007f5d3a4fe000 R08: 00000000ffffffff R09: 0000000000000000 [ 276.959682] R10: 0000000000000022 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000020000 [ 276.960126] R13: 0000000000000003 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000557a26dada58 [ 276.960536] </TASK> [ 276.961357] Allocated by task 2209: [ 276.961756] kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 [ 276.962170] kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 [ 276.962557] __kasan_kmalloc+0x7e/0x90 [ 276.962923] __kmalloc+0x5b/0x140 [ 276.963308] iscsi_alloc_session+0x28/0x840 [scsi_transport_iscsi] [ 276.963712] iscsi_session_setup+0xda/0xba0 [libiscsi] [ 276.964078] iscsi_sw_tcp_session_create+0x1fd/0x330 [iscsi_tcp] [ 276.964431] iscsi_if_create_session.isra.0+0x50/0x260 [scsi_transport_iscsi] [ 276.964793] iscsi_if_recv_msg+0xc5a/0x2660 [scsi_transport_iscsi] [ 276.965153] iscsi_if_rx+0x198/0x4b0 [scsi_transport_iscsi] [ 276.965546] netlink_unicast+0x4d5/0x7b0 [ 276.965905] netlink_sendmsg+0x78d/0xc30 [ 276.966236] sock_sendmsg+0xe5/0x120 [ 276.966576] ____sys_sendmsg+0x5fe/0x860 [ 276.966923] ___sys_sendmsg+0xe0/0x170 [ 276.967300] __sys_sendmsg+0xc8/0x170 [ 276.967666] do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 [ 276.968028] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [ 276.968773] Freed by task 2209: [ 276.969111] kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 [ 276.969449] kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 [ 276.969789] kasan_save_free_info+0x2a/0x50 [ 276.970146] __kasan_slab_free+0x106/0x190 [ 276.970470] __kmem_cache_free+0x133/0x270 [ 276.970816] device_release+0x98/0x210 [ 276.971145] kobject_cleanup+0x101/0x360 [ 276.971462] iscsi_session_teardown+0x3fb/0x530 [libiscsi] [ 276.971775] iscsi_sw_tcp_session_destroy+0xd8/0x130 [iscsi_tcp] [ 276.972143] iscsi_if_recv_msg+0x1bf1/0x2660 [scsi_transport_iscsi] [ 276.972485] iscsi_if_rx+0x198/0x4b0 [scsi_transport_iscsi] [ 276.972808] netlink_unicast+0x4d5/0x7b0 [ 276.973201] netlink_sendmsg+0x78d/0xc30 [ 276.973544] sock_sendmsg+0xe5/0x120 [ 276.973864] ____sys_sendmsg+0x5fe/0x860 [ 276.974248] ___sys_ ---truncated---
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade kernel-livepatch-5.10.236-227.928Upgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-4.14.355-276.639Upgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel | Apr 30, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade kernel | May 22, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Mar 31, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp13 | — | Upgrade python3-perfUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade kernel | Jul 1, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-rtNo solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-oracle-5.4Upgrade linux-image-bluefieldUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-trustyUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1191-azureUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1145-oracleUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1176-gcpUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1166-kvmUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-5.4Upgrade linux-image-virtual-5.4Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1123-fipsUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1154-azureUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-5.4Upgrade linux-image-aws-hweUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp-5.4Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1148-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-220-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-2100-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-271-genericUpgrade linux-image-gcp-4.15Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1147-kvmUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1184-awsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-quantalUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-snapdragon-5.4Upgrade linux-image-gcp-fips-4.15Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-fips-5.4Upgrade linux-image-fipsUpgrade linux-image-oemUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-aws-4.15Upgrade linux-image-bluefield-5.4Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1108-bluefieldUpgrade linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1152-gcpUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1147-oracleUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fips-5.4Upgrade linux-image-generic-lts-raringUpgrade linux-image-oracle-4.15Upgrade linux-image-kvm-5.4Upgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1152-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-5.4Upgrade linux-image-aws-5.4Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-240-genericUpgrade linux-image-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-220-genericUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1149-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-saucyUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-5.4Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-2084-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1183-awsUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1053-iotUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1116-fipsUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-gcp-5.4Upgrade linux-image-3.13.0-209-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1138-fipsUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-fips-4.15Upgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1132-raspiUpgrade linux-image-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-271-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-serverUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-220-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1136-kvmUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-209-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-raspi-5.4Upgrade linux-image-ibm-5.4Upgrade linux-image-azure-fips-5.4Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1155-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-osp1Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1146-awsUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1067-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-240-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1149-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-fips-5.4Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1095-ibmUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-2121-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-azure-4.15Upgrade linux-image-azure-fips-4.15 | Apr 1, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Oct 10, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 |
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