7.8

CVE-2024-41070

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

KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Prevent UAF in kvm_spapr_tce_attach_iommu_group()

Al reported a possible use-after-free (UAF) in kvm_spapr_tce_attach_iommu_group().

It looks up `stt` from tablefd, but then continues to use it after doing
fdput() on the returned fd. After the fdput() the tablefd is free to be
closed by another thread. The close calls kvm_spapr_tce_release() and
then release_spapr_tce_table() (via call_rcu()) which frees `stt`.

Although there are calls to rcu_read_lock() in
kvm_spapr_tce_attach_iommu_group() they are not sufficient to prevent
the UAF, because `stt` is used outside the locked regions.

With an artifcial delay after the fdput() and a userspace program which
triggers the race, KASAN detects the UAF:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in kvm_spapr_tce_attach_iommu_group+0x298/0x720 [kvm]
  Read of size 4 at addr c000200027552c30 by task kvm-vfio/2505
  CPU: 54 PID: 2505 Comm: kvm-vfio Not tainted 6.10.0-rc3-next-20240612-dirty #1
  Hardware name: 8335-GTH POWER9 0x4e1202 opal:skiboot-v6.5.3-35-g1851b2a06 PowerNV
  Call Trace:
    dump_stack_lvl+0xb4/0x108 (unreliable)
    print_report+0x2b4/0x6ec
    kasan_report+0x118/0x2b0
    __asan_load4+0xb8/0xd0
    kvm_spapr_tce_attach_iommu_group+0x298/0x720 [kvm]
    kvm_vfio_set_attr+0x524/0xac0 [kvm]
    kvm_device_ioctl+0x144/0x240 [kvm]
    sys_ioctl+0x62c/0x1810
    system_call_exception+0x190/0x440
    system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec
  ...
  Freed by task 0:
   ...
   kfree+0xec/0x3e0
   release_spapr_tce_table+0xd4/0x11c [kvm]
   rcu_core+0x568/0x16a0
   handle_softirqs+0x23c/0x920
   do_softirq_own_stack+0x6c/0x90
   do_softirq_own_stack+0x58/0x90
   __irq_exit_rcu+0x218/0x2d0
   irq_exit+0x30/0x80
   arch_local_irq_restore+0x128/0x230
   arch_local_irq_enable+0x1c/0x30
   cpuidle_enter_state+0x134/0x5cc
   cpuidle_enter+0x6c/0xb0
   call_cpuidle+0x7c/0x100
   do_idle+0x394/0x410
   cpu_startup_entry+0x60/0x70
   start_secondary+0x3fc/0x410
   start_secondary_prolog+0x10/0x14

Fix it by delaying the fdput() until `stt` is no longer in use, which
is effectively the entire function. To keep the patch minimal add a call
to fdput() at each of the existing return paths. Future work can convert
the function to goto or __cleanup style cleanup.

With the fix in place the test case no longer triggers the UAF.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version < 5.4.281
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.5 < 5.10.223
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.164
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.101
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.42
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.9.11
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.02% 0.041
CVSS Metriken
Quelle 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-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.