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Message-ID: <2024081839-fool-accuracy-b841@gregkh>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 12:40:06 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
Cc: Alex Young <alex000young@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com,
jiri@...nulli.us, davem@...emloft.net, security@...nel.org,
xkaneiki@...il.com, hackerzheng666@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: sched: use-after-free in tcf_action_destroy
On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 08:11:50AM -0400, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 5:35 AM Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 05:27:17PM +0800, Alex Young wrote:
> > > Hi Jamal,
> > >
> > > Thanks your mention. I have reviewed the latest kernel code.
> > > I understand why these two tc function threads can enter the kernel at the same
> > > time. It's because the request_module[2] function in tcf_action_init_1. When the
> > > tc_action_init_1 function to add a new action, it will load the action
> > > module. It will
> > > call rtnl_unlock to let the Thread2 into the kernel space.
> > >
> > > Thread1 Thread2
> > > rtnetlink_rcv_msg rtnetlink_rcv_msg
> > > rtnl_lock();
> > > tcf_action_init
> > > for(i;i<TCA_ACT_MAX_PRIO;i++)
> > > act=tcf_action_init_1 //[1]
> > > if (rtnl_held)
> > > rtnl_unlock(); //[2]
> > > request_module("act_%s", act_name);
> > >
> > > tcf_del_walker
> > >
> > > idr_for_each_entry_ul(idr,p,id)
> > >
> > > __tcf_idr_release(p,false,true)
> > >
> > > free_tcf(p) //[3]
> > > if (rtnl_held)
> > > rtnl_lock();
> > >
> > > if(IS_ERR(act))
> > > goto err
> > > actions[i] = act
> > >
> > > err:
> > > tcf_action_destroy
> > > a=actions[i]
> > > ops = a->ops //[4]
> > > I know this time window is small, but it can indeed cause the bug. And
> > > in the latest
> > > kernel, it have fixed the bug. But version 4.19.x is still a
> > > maintenance version.
> >
> > 4.19.y is only going to be alive for 4 more months, and anyone still
> > using it now really should have their plans to move off of it finished
> > already (or almost finished.)
> >
> > If this is a request_module issue, and you care about 4.19.y kernels,
> > just add that module to the modprobe exclude list in userspace which
> > will prevent it from being loaded automatically. Or load it at boot
> > time.
> >
> > And what specific commit resolved this issue in the older kernels? Have
> > you attempted to just backport that change to 4.19.y?
> >
>
> And if you or anyone cares, here it is:
> d349f997686887906b1183b5be96933c5452362a
Thanks for that. Looks like it might be good to backport that to 5.4.y
if someone cares about this issue there as well.
thanks,
greg k-h
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