Message-ID: <2024122837-CVE-2024-56703-683a@gregkh>
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 10:45:55 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: linux-cve-announce@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: CVE-2024-56703: ipv6: Fix soft lockups in fib6_select_path under high next hop churn

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

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

ipv6: Fix soft lockups in fib6_select_path under high next hop churn

Soft lockups have been observed on a cluster of Linux-based edge routers
located in a highly dynamic environment. Using the `bird` service, these
routers continuously update BGP-advertised routes due to frequently
changing nexthop destinations, while also managing significant IPv6
traffic. The lockups occur during the traversal of the multipath
circular linked-list in the `fib6_select_path` function, particularly
while iterating through the siblings in the list. The issue typically
arises when the nodes of the linked list are unexpectedly deleted
concurrently on a different core—indicated by their 'next' and
'previous' elements pointing back to the node itself and their reference
count dropping to zero. This results in an infinite loop, leading to a
soft lockup that triggers a system panic via the watchdog timer.

Apply RCU primitives in the problematic code sections to resolve the
issue. Where necessary, update the references to fib6_siblings to
annotate or use the RCU APIs.

Include a test script that reproduces the issue. The script
periodically updates the routing table while generating a heavy load
of outgoing IPv6 traffic through multiple iperf3 clients. It
consistently induces infinite soft lockups within a couple of minutes.

Kernel log:

 0 [ffffbd13003e8d30] machine_kexec at ffffffff8ceaf3eb
 1 [ffffbd13003e8d90] __crash_kexec at ffffffff8d0120e3
 2 [ffffbd13003e8e58] panic at ffffffff8cef65d4
 3 [ffffbd13003e8ed8] watchdog_timer_fn at ffffffff8d05cb03
 4 [ffffbd13003e8f08] __hrtimer_run_queues at ffffffff8cfec62f
 5 [ffffbd13003e8f70] hrtimer_interrupt at ffffffff8cfed756
 6 [ffffbd13003e8fd0] __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt at ffffffff8cea01af
 7 [ffffbd13003e8ff0] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt at ffffffff8df1b83d
-- <IRQ stack> --
 8 [ffffbd13003d3708] asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt at ffffffff8e000ecb
    [exception RIP: fib6_select_path+299]
    RIP: ffffffff8ddafe7b  RSP: ffffbd13003d37b8  RFLAGS: 00000287
    RAX: ffff975850b43600  RBX: ffff975850b40200  RCX: 0000000000000000
    RDX: 000000003fffffff  RSI: 0000000051d383e4  RDI: ffff975850b43618
    RBP: ffffbd13003d3800   R8: 0000000000000000   R9: ffff975850b40200
    R10: 0000000000000000  R11: 0000000000000000  R12: ffffbd13003d3830
    R13: ffff975850b436a8  R14: ffff975850b43600  R15: 0000000000000007
    ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff  CS: 0010  SS: 0018
 9 [ffffbd13003d3808] ip6_pol_route at ffffffff8ddb030c
10 [ffffbd13003d3888] ip6_pol_route_input at ffffffff8ddb068c
11 [ffffbd13003d3898] fib6_rule_lookup at ffffffff8ddf02b5
12 [ffffbd13003d3928] ip6_route_input at ffffffff8ddb0f47
13 [ffffbd13003d3a18] ip6_rcv_finish_core.constprop.0 at ffffffff8dd950d0
14 [ffffbd13003d3a30] ip6_list_rcv_finish.constprop.0 at ffffffff8dd96274
15 [ffffbd13003d3a98] ip6_sublist_rcv at ffffffff8dd96474
16 [ffffbd13003d3af8] ipv6_list_rcv at ffffffff8dd96615
17 [ffffbd13003d3b60] __netif_receive_skb_list_core at ffffffff8dc16fec
18 [ffffbd13003d3be0] netif_receive_skb_list_internal at ffffffff8dc176b3
19 [ffffbd13003d3c50] napi_gro_receive at ffffffff8dc565b9
20 [ffffbd13003d3c80] ice_receive_skb at ffffffffc087e4f5 [ice]
21 [ffffbd13003d3c90] ice_clean_rx_irq at ffffffffc0881b80 [ice]
22 [ffffbd13003d3d20] ice_napi_poll at ffffffffc088232f [ice]
23 [ffffbd13003d3d80] __napi_poll at ffffffff8dc18000
24 [ffffbd13003d3db8] net_rx_action at ffffffff8dc18581
25 [ffffbd13003d3e40] __do_softirq at ffffffff8df352e9
26 [ffffbd13003d3eb0] run_ksoftirqd at ffffffff8ceffe47
27 [ffffbd13003d3ec0] smpboot_thread_fn at ffffffff8cf36a30
28 [ffffbd13003d3ee8] kthread at ffffffff8cf2b39f
29 [ffffbd13003d3f28] ret_from_fork at ffffffff8ce5fa64
30 [ffffbd13003d3f50] ret_from_fork_asm at ffffffff8ce03cbb

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-56703 to this issue.


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

	Issue introduced in 4.15 with commit 66f5d6ce53e665477d2a33e8f539d4fa4ca81c83 and fixed in 6.11.11 with commit 11edcd026012ac18acee0f1514db3ed1b160fc6f
	Issue introduced in 4.15 with commit 66f5d6ce53e665477d2a33e8f539d4fa4ca81c83 and fixed in 6.12.2 with commit 34a949e7a0869dfa31a40416d2a56973fae1807b
	Issue introduced in 4.15 with commit 66f5d6ce53e665477d2a33e8f539d4fa4ca81c83 and fixed in 6.13-rc1 with commit d9ccb18f83ea2bb654289b6ecf014fd267cc988b

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-2024-56703
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:
	net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
	net/ipv6/route.c
	tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
	tools/testing/selftests/net/ipv6_route_update_soft_lockup.sh


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/11edcd026012ac18acee0f1514db3ed1b160fc6f
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34a949e7a0869dfa31a40416d2a56973fae1807b
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9ccb18f83ea2bb654289b6ecf014fd267cc988b

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