netdev - [Patch v2] mqueue: fix a use-after-free in sys_mq

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Date:   Sun,  9 Jul 2017 13:19:55 -0700
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, geneblue.mail@...il.com,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
Subject: [Patch v2] mqueue: fix a use-after-free in sys_mq_notify()

The retry logic for netlink_attachskb() inside sys_mq_notify()
is nasty and vulnerable:

1) The sock refcnt is already released when retry is needed
2) The fd is controllable by user-space because we already
   release the file refcnt

so we when retry but the fd has been just closed by user-space
during this small window, we end up calling netlink_detachskb()
on the error path which releases the sock again, later when
the user-space closes this socket a use-after-free could be
triggered.

Setting 'sock' to NULL here should be sufficient to fix it.

Reported-by: GeneBlue <geneblue.mail@...il.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
---
 ipc/mqueue.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index c9ff943..eb1391b 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -1270,8 +1270,10 @@ static int do_mq_notify(mqd_t mqdes, const struct sigevent *notification)
 
 			timeo = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
 			ret = netlink_attachskb(sock, nc, &timeo, NULL);
-			if (ret == 1)
+			if (ret == 1) {
+				sock = NULL;
 				goto retry;
+			}
 			if (ret) {
 				sock = NULL;
 				nc = NULL;
-- 
2.5.5