linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vgacon: fix a UAF in do_update_region()

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Date:   Sat, 17 Oct 2020 14:25:06 +0200
From:   Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:     Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@...wei.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     b.zolnierkie@...sung.com, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vgacon: fix a UAF in do_update_region()

Hi Yang.

Can you please resend and include Greg in the recipient list.
Greg is maintainer of the console subsystem these days.

	Sam

On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 11:04:45AM +0000, Yang Yingliang wrote:
> I got a UAF report in do_update_region() when I doing fuzz test.
> 
> [   51.161905] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in do_update_region+0x579/0x600
> [   51.161918] Read of size 2 at addr ffff888000100000 by task test/295
> 
> [   51.161957] CPU: 2 PID: 295 Comm: test Not tainted 5.7.0+ #975
> [   51.161969] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
> [   51.161976] Call Trace:
> [   51.162001]  dump_stack+0xc6/0x11e
> [   51.162019]  ? do_update_region+0x579/0x600
> [   51.162047]  print_address_description.constprop.6+0x1a/0x220
> [   51.162083]  ? vprintk_func+0x66/0xed
> [   51.162100]  ? do_update_region+0x579/0x600
> [   51.162112]  ? do_update_region+0x579/0x600
> [   51.162128]  kasan_report.cold.9+0x37/0x7c
> [   51.162151]  ? do_update_region+0x579/0x600
> [   51.162173]  do_update_region+0x579/0x600
> [   51.162207]  ? con_get_trans_old+0x230/0x230
> [   51.162229]  ? retint_kernel+0x10/0x10
> [   51.162278]  csi_J+0x557/0xa00
> [   51.162307]  do_con_trol+0x49af/0x5cc0
> [   51.162330]  ? lock_downgrade+0x720/0x720
> [   51.162347]  ? reset_palette+0x1b0/0x1b0
> [   51.162369]  ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x379/0x540
> [   51.162393]  ? notifier_call_chain+0x11b/0x160
> [   51.162438]  do_con_write.part.24+0xb0a/0x1a30
> [   51.162501]  ? do_con_trol+0x5cc0/0x5cc0
> [   51.162522]  ? console_unlock+0x7b8/0xb00
> [   51.162555]  ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0xd4/0x670
> [   51.162574]  ? this_tty+0xe0/0xe0
> [   51.162589]  ? console_unlock+0x559/0xb00
> [   51.162605]  ? wait_for_completion+0x260/0x260
> [   51.162638]  con_write+0x31/0xb0
> [   51.162658]  n_tty_write+0x4fa/0xd40
> [   51.162710]  ? n_tty_read+0x1800/0x1800
> [   51.162730]  ? prepare_to_wait_exclusive+0x270/0x270
> [   51.162754]  ? __might_fault+0x175/0x1b0
> [   51.162783]  tty_write+0x42b/0x8d0
> [   51.162795]  ? n_tty_read+0x1800/0x1800
> [   51.162825]  ? tty_lookup_driver+0x450/0x450
> [   51.162848]  __vfs_write+0x7c/0x100
> [   51.162875]  vfs_write+0x1c9/0x510
> [   51.162901]  ksys_write+0xff/0x200
> [   51.162918]  ? __ia32_sys_read+0xb0/0xb0
> [   51.162940]  ? do_syscall_64+0x1a/0x520
> [   51.162957]  ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x379/0x540
> [   51.162984]  do_syscall_64+0xa1/0x520
> [   51.163008]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xb3
> 
> After vgacon_set_origin() is called in set_origin(), the vc_origin is
> set to vga_vram_base, the vc_pos should between vga_vram_base and
> vga_vram_end. But we still use vc_screenbuf_size, if the vga_vram_size
> is smaller than vc_screenbuf_size, vc_pos may be out of bound, using it
> will cause a use-after-free(or out-of-bounds). Fix this by calling
> vc_resize() if vga_vram_size is smaller than vc_screenbuf_size.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@...wei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/video/console/vgacon.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
> index b51ffb9a208d..2eabb86bb0dd 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
> @@ -1341,6 +1341,9 @@ static int vgacon_set_origin(struct vc_data *c)
>  	if (vga_is_gfx ||	/* We don't play origin tricks in graphic modes */
>  	    (console_blanked && !vga_palette_blanked))	/* Nor we write to blanked screens */
>  		return 0;
> +
> +	if (c->vc_screenbuf_size > vga_vram_size)
> +		vc_resize(c, screen_info.orig_video_cols, screen_info.orig_video_lines);
>  	c->vc_origin = c->vc_visible_origin = vga_vram_base;
>  	vga_set_mem_top(c);
>  	vga_rolled_over = 0;
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 
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