linux-kernel - Re: [patch v8 7/7] nbd: fix uaf in nbd_handle

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Date:   Thu, 16 Sep 2021 22:05:44 +0800
From:   "yukuai (C)" <yukuai3@...wei.com>
To:     Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
CC:     <josef@...icpanda.com>, <axboe@...nel.dk>, <hch@...radead.org>,
        <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>, <nbd@...er.debian.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [patch v8 7/7] nbd: fix uaf in nbd_handle_reply()

On 2021/09/16 21:55, Ming Lei write:
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 09:10:37PM +0800, yukuai (C) wrote:
>> On 2021/09/16 20:58, Ming Lei wrote:
>>> On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 05:33:50PM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
>>>> There is a problem that nbd_handle_reply() might access freed request:
>>>>
>>>> 1) At first, a normal io is submitted and completed with scheduler:
>>>>
>>>> internel_tag = blk_mq_get_tag -> get tag from sched_tags
>>>>    blk_mq_rq_ctx_init
>>>>     sched_tags->rq[internel_tag] = sched_tag->static_rq[internel_tag]
>>>> ...
>>>> blk_mq_get_driver_tag
>>>>    __blk_mq_get_driver_tag -> get tag from tags
>>>>    tags->rq[tag] = sched_tag->static_rq[internel_tag]
>>>>
>>>> So, both tags->rq[tag] and sched_tags->rq[internel_tag] are pointing
>>>> to the request: sched_tags->static_rq[internal_tag]. Even if the
>>>> io is finished.
>>>>
>>>> 2) nbd server send a reply with random tag directly:
>>>>
>>>> recv_work
>>>>    nbd_handle_reply
>>>>     blk_mq_tag_to_rq(tags, tag)
>>>>      rq = tags->rq[tag]
>>>>
>>>> 3) if the sched_tags->static_rq is freed:
>>>>
>>>> blk_mq_sched_free_requests
>>>>    blk_mq_free_rqs(q->tag_set, hctx->sched_tags, i)
>>>>     -> step 2) access rq before clearing rq mapping
>>>>     blk_mq_clear_rq_mapping(set, tags, hctx_idx);
>>>>     __free_pages() -> rq is freed here
>>>>
>>>> 4) Then, nbd continue to use the freed request in nbd_handle_reply
>>>>
>>>> Fix the problem by get 'q_usage_counter' before blk_mq_tag_to_rq(),
>>>> thus request is ensured not to be freed because 'q_usage_counter' is
>>>> not zero.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    drivers/block/nbd.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
>>>>    1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
>>>> index 69dc5eac9ad3..b3a47fc6237f 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
>>>> @@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ static void recv_work(struct work_struct *work)
>>>>    						     work);
>>>>    	struct nbd_device *nbd = args->nbd;
>>>>    	struct nbd_config *config = nbd->config;
>>>> +	struct request_queue *q = nbd->disk->queue;
>>>>    	struct nbd_sock *nsock;
>>>>    	struct nbd_cmd *cmd;
>>>>    	struct request *rq;
>>>> @@ -835,7 +836,20 @@ static void recv_work(struct work_struct *work)
>>>>    		if (nbd_read_reply(nbd, args->index, &reply))
>>>>    			break;
>>>> +		/*
>>>> +		 * Grab .q_usage_counter so request pool won't go away, then no
>>>> +		 * request use-after-free is possible during nbd_handle_reply().
>>>> +		 * If queue is frozen, there won't be any inflight requests, we
>>>> +		 * needn't to handle the incoming garbage message.
>>>> +		 */
>>>> +		if (!percpu_ref_tryget(&q->q_usage_counter)) {
>>>> +			dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), "%s: no io inflight\n",
>>>> +				__func__);
>>>> +			break;
>>>> +		}
>>>> +
>>>>    		cmd = nbd_handle_reply(nbd, args->index, &reply);
>>>> +		percpu_ref_put(&q->q_usage_counter);
>>>>    		if (IS_ERR(cmd))
>>>>    			break;
>>>
>>> The refcount needs to be grabbed when completing the request because
>>> the request may be completed from other code path, then the request pool
>>> will be freed from that code path when the request is referred.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The request can't complete concurrently, thus put ref here is safe.
>>
>> There used to be a commet here that I tried to explain it... It's fine
>> to me to move it behind anyway.
> 
> Never see such comment. cmd->lock isn't held here, so I believe
> concurrent completion is possible here.
> 

After patch 2, __test_and_clear_bit(NBD_CMD_INFLIGHT) must pass
while cmd->lock is held before completing the request, thus request
completion won't concurrent...

Thanks,
Kuai