Message-ID: <2024081729-CVE-2024-43837-63d2@gregkh>
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2024 11:22:41 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: linux-cve-announce@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: CVE-2024-43837: bpf: Fix null pointer dereference in resolve_prog_type() for BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT

Description
===========

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

bpf: Fix null pointer dereference in resolve_prog_type() for BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT

When loading a EXT program without specifying `attr->attach_prog_fd`,
the `prog->aux->dst_prog` will be null. At this time, calling
resolve_prog_type() anywhere will result in a null pointer dereference.

Example stack trace:

[    8.107863] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000004
[    8.108262] Mem abort info:
[    8.108384]   ESR = 0x0000000096000004
[    8.108547]   EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[    8.108722]   SET = 0, FnV = 0
[    8.108827]   EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[    8.108939]   FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
[    8.109102] Data abort info:
[    8.109203]   ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000
[    8.109399]   CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
[    8.109614]   GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
[    8.109836] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000101354000
[    8.110011] [0000000000000004] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000
[    8.112624] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[    8.112783] Modules linked in:
[    8.113120] CPU: 0 PID: 99 Comm: may_access_dire Not tainted 6.10.0-rc3-next-20240613-dirty #1
[    8.113230] Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
[    8.113390] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[    8.113429] pc : may_access_direct_pkt_data+0x24/0xa0
[    8.113746] lr : add_subprog_and_kfunc+0x634/0x8e8
[    8.113798] sp : ffff80008283b9f0
[    8.113813] x29: ffff80008283b9f0 x28: ffff800082795048 x27: 0000000000000001
[    8.113881] x26: ffff0000c0bb2600 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000
[    8.113897] x23: ffff0000c1134000 x22: 000000000001864f x21: ffff0000c1138000
[    8.113912] x20: 0000000000000001 x19: ffff0000c12b8000 x18: ffffffffffffffff
[    8.113929] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0720072007200720
[    8.113944] x14: 0720072007200720 x13: 0720072007200720 x12: 0720072007200720
[    8.113958] x11: 0720072007200720 x10: 0000000000f9fca4 x9 : ffff80008021f4e4
[    8.113991] x8 : 0101010101010101 x7 : 746f72705f6d656d x6 : 000000001e0e0f5f
[    8.114006] x5 : 000000000001864f x4 : ffff0000c12b8000 x3 : 000000000000001c
[    8.114020] x2 : 0000000000000002 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000
[    8.114126] Call trace:
[    8.114159]  may_access_direct_pkt_data+0x24/0xa0
[    8.114202]  bpf_check+0x3bc/0x28c0
[    8.114214]  bpf_prog_load+0x658/0xa58
[    8.114227]  __sys_bpf+0xc50/0x2250
[    8.114240]  __arm64_sys_bpf+0x28/0x40
[    8.114254]  invoke_syscall.constprop.0+0x54/0xf0
[    8.114273]  do_el0_svc+0x4c/0xd8
[    8.114289]  el0_svc+0x3c/0x140
[    8.114305]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0x134/0x150
[    8.114331]  el0t_64_sync+0x168/0x170
[    8.114477] Code: 7100707f 54000081 f9401c00 f9403800 (b9400403)
[    8.118672] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

One way to fix it is by forcing `attach_prog_fd` non-empty when
bpf_prog_load(). But this will lead to `libbpf_probe_bpf_prog_type`
API broken which use verifier log to probe prog type and will log
nothing if we reject invalid EXT prog before bpf_check().

Another way is by adding null check in resolve_prog_type().

The issue was introduced by commit 4a9c7bbe2ed4 ("bpf: Resolve to
prog->aux->dst_prog->type only for BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT") which wanted
to correct type resolution for BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACING programs. Before
that, the type resolution of BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT prog actually follows
the logic below:

  prog->aux->dst_prog ? prog->aux->dst_prog->type : prog->type;

It implies that when EXT program is not yet attached to `dst_prog`,
the prog type should be EXT itself. This code worked fine in the past.
So just keep using it.

Fix this by returning `prog->type` for BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT if `dst_prog`
is not present in resolve_prog_type().

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-43837 to this issue.


Affected and fixed versions
===========================

	Issue introduced in 5.18 with commit 4a9c7bbe2ed4 and fixed in 6.1.103 with commit fcac5feb06f3
	Issue introduced in 5.18 with commit 4a9c7bbe2ed4 and fixed in 6.6.44 with commit 9d40fd516aea
	Issue introduced in 5.18 with commit 4a9c7bbe2ed4 and fixed in 6.10.3 with commit b29a880bb145
	Issue introduced in 5.18 with commit 4a9c7bbe2ed4 and fixed in 6.11-rc1 with commit f7866c358733

Please see https://www.kernel.org for a full list of currently supported
kernel versions by the kernel community.

Unaffected versions might change over time as fixes are backported to
older supported kernel versions.  The official CVE entry at
	https://cve.org/CVERecord/?id=CVE-2024-43837
will be updated if fixes are backported, please check that for the most
up to date information about this issue.


Affected files
==============

The file(s) affected by this issue are:
	include/linux/bpf_verifier.h


Mitigation
==========

The Linux kernel CVE team recommends that you update to the latest
stable kernel version for this, and many other bugfixes.  Individual
changes are never tested alone, but rather are part of a larger kernel
release.  Cherry-picking individual commits is not recommended or
supported by the Linux kernel community at all.  If however, updating to
the latest release is impossible, the individual changes to resolve this
issue can be found at these commits:
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcac5feb06f31ee4c88bca9bf98d8bc3ca7d2615
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d40fd516aeae6779e3c84c6b96700ca76285847
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b29a880bb145e1f1c1df5ab88ed26b1495ff9f09
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7866c35873377313ff94398f17d425b28b71de1

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