linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] serdev: ttyport: fix use-after-free on closed TTY

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Message-ID: <Y6NFiXEG+sodmC5S@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2022 18:42:33 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
Cc:     Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
        Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@...il.com>,
        Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Zijun Hu <zijuhu@...eaurora.org>,
        linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        Sai Teja Aluvala <quic_saluvala@...cinc.com>,
        Panicker Harish <quic_pharish@...cinc.com>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] serdev: ttyport: fix use-after-free on closed TTY

On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 06:37:59PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 21/12/2022 17:39, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 05:32:48PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >> use-after-free is visible in serdev-ttyport, e.g. during system reboot
> >> with Qualcomm Atheros Bluetooth.  The TTY is closed, thus "struct
> >> tty_struct" is being released, but the hci_uart_qca driver performs
> >> writes and flushes during system shutdown in qca_serdev_shutdown().
> >>
> >>   Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0072662f67726fd7
> >>   ...
> >>   CPU: 6 PID: 1 Comm: systemd-shutdow Tainted: G        W          6.1.0-rt5-00325-g8a5f56bcfcca #8
> >>   Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Robotics RB5 (DT)
> >>   Call trace:
> >>    tty_driver_flush_buffer+0x4/0x30
> >>    serdev_device_write_flush+0x24/0x34
> >>    qca_serdev_shutdown+0x80/0x130 [hci_uart]
> >>    device_shutdown+0x15c/0x260
> >>    kernel_restart+0x48/0xac
> >>
> >> KASAN report:
> >>
> >>   BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in tty_driver_flush_buffer+0x1c/0x50
> >>   Read of size 8 at addr ffff16270c2e0018 by task systemd-shutdow/1
> >>
> >>   CPU: 7 PID: 1 Comm: systemd-shutdow Not tainted 6.1.0-next-20221220-00014-gb85aaf97fb01-dirty #28
> >>   Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Robotics RB5 (DT)
> >>   Call trace:
> >>    dump_backtrace.part.0+0xdc/0xf0
> >>    show_stack+0x18/0x30
> >>    dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x84
> >>    print_report+0x188/0x488
> >>    kasan_report+0xa4/0xf0
> >>    __asan_load8+0x80/0xac
> >>    tty_driver_flush_buffer+0x1c/0x50
> >>    ttyport_write_flush+0x34/0x44
> >>    serdev_device_write_flush+0x48/0x60
> >>    qca_serdev_shutdown+0x124/0x274
> >>    device_shutdown+0x1e8/0x350
> >>    kernel_restart+0x48/0xb0
> >>    __do_sys_reboot+0x244/0x2d0
> >>    __arm64_sys_reboot+0x54/0x70
> >>    invoke_syscall+0x60/0x190
> >>    el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x7c/0x160
> >>    do_el0_svc+0x44/0xf0
> >>    el0_svc+0x2c/0x6c
> >>    el0t_64_sync_handler+0xbc/0x140
> >>    el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194
> >>
> >> Fixes: bed35c6dfa6a ("serdev: add a tty port controller driver")
> >> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> >> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c b/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c
> >> index d367803e2044..3d2bab91a988 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c
> >> @@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ static void ttyport_write_flush(struct serdev_controller *ctrl)
> >>  	struct serport *serport = serdev_controller_get_drvdata(ctrl);
> >>  	struct tty_struct *tty = serport->tty;
> >>  
> >> +	if (!test_bit(SERPORT_ACTIVE, &serport->flags))
> >> +		return;
> > 
> > Shouldn't that be a more useful macro/function instead?
> > 	serport_is_active(serport)
> 
> Sure, makes sense.
> 
> > 
> > Anyway, what prevents this from changing _right_ after you test it and
> > before you call the next line in this function (same for all invocations
> > here.)
> 
> Eh, you're right. I got suggested by such solution in
> ttyport_write_buf() assuming it was correct in the first place. Is
> holding tty_lock for entire function here reasonable?

For every function you added this check to?  I don't know, would need to
audit them all before being able to answer that :(

thanks,

greg k-h