7.8

CVE-2024-56640

net/smc: fix LGR and link use-after-free issue

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

net/smc: fix LGR and link use-after-free issue

We encountered a LGR/link use-after-free issue, which manifested as
the LGR/link refcnt reaching 0 early and entering the clear process,
making resource access unsafe.

 refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.
 WARNING: CPU: 14 PID: 107447 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0x9c/0x140
 Workqueue: events smc_lgr_terminate_work [smc]
 Call trace:
  refcount_warn_saturate+0x9c/0x140
  __smc_lgr_terminate.part.45+0x2a8/0x370 [smc]
  smc_lgr_terminate_work+0x28/0x30 [smc]
  process_one_work+0x1b8/0x420
  worker_thread+0x158/0x510
  kthread+0x114/0x118

or

 refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.
 WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 93140 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0xf0/0x140
 Workqueue: smc_hs_wq smc_listen_work [smc]
 Call trace:
  refcount_warn_saturate+0xf0/0x140
  smcr_link_put+0x1cc/0x1d8 [smc]
  smc_conn_free+0x110/0x1b0 [smc]
  smc_conn_abort+0x50/0x60 [smc]
  smc_listen_find_device+0x75c/0x790 [smc]
  smc_listen_work+0x368/0x8a0 [smc]
  process_one_work+0x1b8/0x420
  worker_thread+0x158/0x510
  kthread+0x114/0x118

It is caused by repeated release of LGR/link refcnt. One suspect is that
smc_conn_free() is called repeatedly because some smc_conn_free() from
server listening path are not protected by sock lock.

e.g.

Calls under socklock        | smc_listen_work
-------------------------------------------------------
lock_sock(sk)               | smc_conn_abort
smc_conn_free               | \- smc_conn_free
\- smcr_link_put            |    \- smcr_link_put (duplicated)
release_sock(sk)

So here add sock lock protection in smc_listen_work() path, making it
exclusive with other connection operations.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.18 < 5.15.174
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.120
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.66
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.5
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.22% 0.125
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
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 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.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cf598548a6c36d90681d53c6b77d52363f2f295
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c7f14ed9c19ec0f149479d1c2842ec1f9bf76d7
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/673d606683ac70bc074ca6676b938bff18635226
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f0ae06a234a78ae137064f2c89135ac078a00eb
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f502a88fdd415647a1f2dc45fac71b9c522a052b
Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html