linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sh: push-switch: reorder cleanup operations to avoid UAF bug

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Date:   Mon, 14 Aug 2023 10:41:56 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Duoming Zhou <duoming@....edu.cn>
Cc:     ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp, dalias@...c.org,
        glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de, kvalo@...nel.org, pavel@....cz,
        pabeni@...hat.com, rostedt@...dmis.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sh: push-switch: reorder cleanup operations to avoid UAF bug

On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 5:46 AM Duoming Zhou <duoming@....edu.cn> wrote:
> The original code puts flush_work() before timer_shutdown_sync()
> in switch_drv_remove(). Although we use flush_work() to stop
> the worker, it could be re-scheduled in switch_timer. As a result,
> the UAF bug will happen. The detail is shown below:
>
>       (cpu 0)                    |      (cpu 1)
> switch_drv_remove()              |
>  flush_work()                    |
>   ...                            |  switch_timer //timer
>                                  |   schedule_work(&psw->work)
>  timer_shutdown_sync()           |
>  ...                             |  switch_work_handler //worker
>  kfree(psw) //free               |
>                                  |   psw->state = 0 //use
>
> This patch puts timer_shutdown_sync() before flush_work() to
> mitigate the bugs. As a result, the worker and timer could
> be stopped safely before the deallocate operations.
>
> Fixes: 9f5e8eee5cfe ("sh: generic push-switch framework.")
> Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <duoming@....edu.cn>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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