linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm,memblock: reset memblock.reserved to system init state to prevent UAF

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Date:   Wed, 19 Jul 2023 15:41:37 -0400
From:   Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...a.com
Subject: [PATCH] mm,memblock: reset memblock.reserved to system init state
 to  prevent UAF

The memblock_discard function frees the memblock.reserved.regions
array, which is good.

However, if a subsequent memblock_free (or memblock_phys_free) comes
in later, from for example ima_free_kexec_buffer, that will result in
a use after free bug in memblock_isolate_range.

When running a kernel with CONFIG_KASAN enabled, this will cause a
kernel panic very early in boot. Without CONFIG_KASAN, there is
a chance that memblock_isolate_range might scribble on memory
that is now in use by somebody else.

Avoid those issues by making sure that memblock_discard points
memblock.reserved.regions back at the static buffer.

If memblock_discard is called while there is still memory
in the memblock.reserved type, that will print a warning
in memblock_remove_region.

Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
---
 mm/memblock.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index 3feafea06ab2..068289a46903 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -374,6 +374,10 @@ void __init memblock_discard(void)
 			kfree(memblock.reserved.regions);
 		else
 			memblock_free_late(addr, size);
+		/* Reset to prevent UAF from stray frees. */
+		memblock.reserved.regions = memblock_reserved_init_regions;
+		memblock.reserved.cnt = 1;
+		memblock_remove_region(&memblock.reserved, 0);
 	}

 	if (memblock.memory.regions != memblock_memory_init_regions) {
-- 
2.34.1