linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9] nbd: fix uaf in nbd_handle

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Date:   Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:33:55 +0800
From:   Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
To:     Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
Cc:     josef@...icpanda.com, axboe@...nel.dk, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        nbd@...er.debian.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        yi.zhang@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9] nbd: fix uaf in nbd_handle_reply()

On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 10:18:10PM +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>
> ---
> Changes in v9:
>  - move percpu_ref_put() behind.

Looks fine:

Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>

-- 
Ming