linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipmi: Prevent use-after-free in deliver

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Date:   Sat, 19 Jan 2019 09:10:33 +0100
From:   "Greg Kroah-Hartman (supporter:CHAR and MISC DRIVERS)" 
        <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Fred Klassen <fklassen@...neta.com>
Cc:     "Corey Minyard (supporter:IPMI SUBSYSTEM)" <minyard@....org>,
        "Arnd Bergmann (supporter:CHAR and MISC DRIVERS)" <arnd@...db.de>,
        "moderated list:IPMI SUBSYSTEM" 
        <openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipmi: Prevent use-after-free in deliver_response

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 03:10:39PM -0800, Fred Klassen wrote:
> Some IPMI modules (e.g. ibmpex_msg_handler()) will have ipmi_usr_hdlr
> handlers that call ipmi_free_recv_msg() directly. This will essentially
> kfree(msg), leading to use-after-free.
> 
> This does not happen in the ipmi_devintf module, which will queue the
> message and run ipmi_free_recv_msg() later.
> 
>  BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in deliver_response+0x12f/0x1b0
>  Read of size 8 at addr ffff888a7bf20018 by task ksoftirqd/3/27
>  CPU: 3 PID: 27 Comm: ksoftirqd/3 Tainted: G           O      4.19.11-amd64-ani99-debug #12.0.1.601133+pv
>  Hardware name: AppNeta r1000/X11SPW-TF, BIOS 2.1a-AP 09/17/2018
>  Call Trace:
>   dump_stack+0x92/0xeb
>   print_address_description+0x73/0x290
>   kasan_report+0x258/0x380
>   deliver_response+0x12f/0x1b0
>   ? ipmi_free_recv_msg+0x50/0x50
>   deliver_local_response+0xe/0x50
>   handle_one_recv_msg+0x37a/0x21d0
>   handle_new_recv_msgs+0x1ce/0x440
>   ...
> 
>  Allocated by task 9885:
>   kasan_kmalloc+0xa0/0xd0
>   kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x116/0x290
>   ipmi_alloc_recv_msg+0x28/0x70
>   i_ipmi_request+0xb4a/0x1640
>   ipmi_request_settime+0x1b8/0x1e0
>   ...
> 
>  Freed by task 27:
>   __kasan_slab_free+0x12e/0x180
>   kfree+0xe9/0x280
>   deliver_response+0x122/0x1b0
>   deliver_local_response+0xe/0x50
>   handle_one_recv_msg+0x37a/0x21d0
>   handle_new_recv_msgs+0x1ce/0x440
>   tasklet_action_common.isra.19+0xc4/0x250
>   __do_softirq+0x11f/0x51f
> 
> Fixes: e86ee2d44b4 ("ipmi: Rework locking and shutdown for hot remove")
> Signed-off-by: Fred Klassen <fklassen@...neta.com>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

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