linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.4 39/78] Bluetooth: use correct lock to prevent UAF of hdev object

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Date:   Wed, 16 Jun 2021 17:01:08 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, Lin Ma <linma@....edu.cn>,
        Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.4 39/78] Bluetooth: use correct lock to prevent UAF of
 hdev object

On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 04:15:02PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> 
> On 6/8/21 8:27 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > From: Lin Ma <linma@....edu.cn>
> > 
> > commit e305509e678b3a4af2b3cfd410f409f7cdaabb52 upstream.
> > 
> > The hci_sock_dev_event() function will cleanup the hdev object for
> > sockets even if this object may still be in used within the
> > hci_sock_bound_ioctl() function, result in UAF vulnerability.
> > 
> > This patch replace the BH context lock to serialize these affairs
> > and prevent the race condition.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lin Ma <linma@....edu.cn>
> > Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > ---
> >  net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c |    4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > --- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
> > +++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
> > @@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ void hci_sock_dev_event(struct hci_dev *
> >  		/* Detach sockets from device */
> >  		read_lock(&hci_sk_list.lock);
> >  		sk_for_each(sk, &hci_sk_list.head) {
> > -			bh_lock_sock_nested(sk);
> > +			lock_sock(sk);
> >  			if (hci_pi(sk)->hdev == hdev) {
> >  				hci_pi(sk)->hdev = NULL;
> >  				sk->sk_err = EPIPE;
> > @@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ void hci_sock_dev_event(struct hci_dev *
> >  
> >  				hci_dev_put(hdev);
> >  			}
> > -			bh_unlock_sock(sk);
> > +			release_sock(sk);
> >  		}
> >  		read_unlock(&hci_sk_list.lock);
> >  	}
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> This patch is buggy.
> 
> lock_sock() can sleep.
> 
> But the read_lock(&hci_sk_list.lock) two lines before is not going to allow the sleep.
> 
> Hmmm ?
> 
> 

Odd, Lin, did you see any problems with your testing of this?