7.8

CVE-2023-52851

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

IB/mlx5: Fix init stage error handling to avoid double free of same QP and UAF

In the unlikely event that workqueue allocation fails and returns NULL in
mlx5_mkey_cache_init(), delete the call to
mlx5r_umr_resource_cleanup() (which frees the QP) in
mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init().  This will avoid attempted double
free of the same QP when __mlx5_ib_add() does its cleanup.

Resolves a splat:

   Syzkaller reported a UAF in ib_destroy_qp_user

   workqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq "mkey_cache": -EINTR
   infiniband mlx5_0: mlx5_mkey_cache_init:981:(pid 1642):
   failed to create work queue
   infiniband mlx5_0: mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init:4075:(pid 1642):
   mr cache init failed -12
   ==================================================================
   BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ib_destroy_qp_user (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:2073)
   Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810da310a8 by task repro_upstream/1642

   Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:590)
   ib_destroy_qp_user (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:2073)
   mlx5r_umr_resource_cleanup (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c:198)
   __mlx5_ib_add (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4178)
   mlx5r_probe (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4402)
   ...
   </TASK>

   Allocated by task 1642:
   __kmalloc (./include/linux/kasan.h:198 mm/slab_common.c:1026
   mm/slab_common.c:1039)
   create_qp (./include/linux/slab.h:603 ./include/linux/slab.h:720
   ./include/rdma/ib_verbs.h:2795 drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:1209)
   ib_create_qp_kernel (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:1347)
   mlx5r_umr_resource_init (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c:164)
   mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4070)
   __mlx5_ib_add (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4168)
   mlx5r_probe (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4402)
   ...

   Freed by task 1642:
   __kmem_cache_free (mm/slub.c:1826 mm/slub.c:3809 mm/slub.c:3822)
   ib_destroy_qp_user (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:2112)
   mlx5r_umr_resource_cleanup (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c:198)
   mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4076
   drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4065)
   __mlx5_ib_add (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4168)
   mlx5r_probe (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4402)
   ...
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.19 < 6.1.63
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.5.12
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.6 < 6.6.2
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.02% 0.042
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 1.8 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-415 Double Free

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.

CWE-416 Use After Free

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.