GHSA-C8HQ-5HXW-3W26
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-02 09:30 – Updated: 2024-11-05 21:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
af_unix: Call kfree_skb() for dead unix_(sk)->oob_skb in GC.
syzbot reported a warning [0] in __unix_gc() with a repro, which creates a socketpair and sends one socket's fd to itself using the peer.
socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, [3, 4]) = 0 sendmsg(4, {msg_name=NULL, msg_namelen=0, msg_iov=[{iov_base="\360", iov_len=1}], msg_iovlen=1, msg_control=[{cmsg_len=20, cmsg_level=SOL_SOCKET, cmsg_type=SCM_RIGHTS, cmsg_data=[3]}], msg_controllen=24, msg_flags=0}, MSG_OOB|MSG_PROBE|MSG_DONTWAIT|MSG_ZEROCOPY) = 1
This forms a self-cyclic reference that GC should finally untangle but does not due to lack of MSG_OOB handling, resulting in memory leak.
Recently, commit 11498715f266 ("af_unix: Remove io_uring code for GC.") removed io_uring's dead code in GC and revealed the problem.
The code was executed at the final stage of GC and unconditionally moved all GC candidates from gc_candidates to gc_inflight_list. That papered over the reported problem by always making the following WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&gc_candidates)) false.
The problem has been there since commit 2aab4b969002 ("af_unix: fix struct pid leaks in OOB support") added full scm support for MSG_OOB while fixing another bug.
To fix this problem, we must call kfree_skb() for unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb if the socket still exists in gc_candidates after purging collected skb.
Then, we need to set NULL to oob_skb before calling kfree_skb() because it calls last fput() and triggers unix_release_sock(), where we call duplicate kfree_skb(u->oob_skb) if not NULL.
Note that the leaked socket remained being linked to a global list, so kmemleak also could not detect it. We need to check /proc/net/protocol to notice the unfreed socket.
[0]: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2863 at net/unix/garbage.c:345 __unix_gc+0xc74/0xe80 net/unix/garbage.c:345 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 2863 Comm: kworker/u4:11 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc1-syzkaller-00583-g1701940b1a02 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/25/2024 Workqueue: events_unbound __unix_gc RIP: 0010:__unix_gc+0xc74/0xe80 net/unix/garbage.c:345 Code: 8b 5c 24 50 e9 86 f8 ff ff e8 f8 e4 22 f8 31 d2 48 c7 c6 30 6a 69 89 4c 89 ef e8 97 ef ff ff e9 80 f9 ff ff e8 dd e4 22 f8 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 7b fd ff ff 48 89 df e8 5c e7 7c f8 e9 d3 f8 ff ff e8 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000b03fba0 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc9000b03fc10 RCX: ffffffff816c493e RDX: ffff88802c02d940 RSI: ffffffff896982f3 RDI: ffffc9000b03fb30 RBP: ffffc9000b03fce0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: fffff52001607f66 R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: dffffc0000000000 R13: ffffc9000b03fc10 R14: ffffc9000b03fc10 R15: 0000000000000001 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00005559c8677a60 CR3: 000000000d57a000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: process_one_work+0x889/0x15e0 kernel/workqueue.c:2633 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:2706 [inline] worker_thread+0x8b9/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2787 kthread+0x2c6/0x3b0 kernel/kthread.c:388 ret_from_fork+0x45/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:242
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-26676"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-401"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-04-02T07:15:44Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\naf_unix: Call kfree_skb() for dead unix_(sk)-\u003eoob_skb in GC.\n\nsyzbot reported a warning [0] in __unix_gc() with a repro, which\ncreates a socketpair and sends one socket\u0027s fd to itself using the\npeer.\n\n socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, [3, 4]) = 0\n sendmsg(4, {msg_name=NULL, msg_namelen=0, msg_iov=[{iov_base=\"\\360\", iov_len=1}],\n msg_iovlen=1, msg_control=[{cmsg_len=20, cmsg_level=SOL_SOCKET,\n cmsg_type=SCM_RIGHTS, cmsg_data=[3]}],\n msg_controllen=24, msg_flags=0}, MSG_OOB|MSG_PROBE|MSG_DONTWAIT|MSG_ZEROCOPY) = 1\n\nThis forms a self-cyclic reference that GC should finally untangle\nbut does not due to lack of MSG_OOB handling, resulting in memory\nleak.\n\nRecently, commit 11498715f266 (\"af_unix: Remove io_uring code for\nGC.\") removed io_uring\u0027s dead code in GC and revealed the problem.\n\nThe code was executed at the final stage of GC and unconditionally\nmoved all GC candidates from gc_candidates to gc_inflight_list.\nThat papered over the reported problem by always making the following\nWARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(\u0026gc_candidates)) false.\n\nThe problem has been there since commit 2aab4b969002 (\"af_unix: fix\nstruct pid leaks in OOB support\") added full scm support for MSG_OOB\nwhile fixing another bug.\n\nTo fix this problem, we must call kfree_skb() for unix_sk(sk)-\u003eoob_skb\nif the socket still exists in gc_candidates after purging collected skb.\n\nThen, we need to set NULL to oob_skb before calling kfree_skb() because\nit calls last fput() and triggers unix_release_sock(), where we call\nduplicate kfree_skb(u-\u003eoob_skb) if not NULL.\n\nNote that the leaked socket remained being linked to a global list, so\nkmemleak also could not detect it. We need to check /proc/net/protocol\nto notice the unfreed socket.\n\n[0]:\nWARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2863 at net/unix/garbage.c:345 __unix_gc+0xc74/0xe80 net/unix/garbage.c:345\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 0 PID: 2863 Comm: kworker/u4:11 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc1-syzkaller-00583-g1701940b1a02 #0\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/25/2024\nWorkqueue: events_unbound __unix_gc\nRIP: 0010:__unix_gc+0xc74/0xe80 net/unix/garbage.c:345\nCode: 8b 5c 24 50 e9 86 f8 ff ff e8 f8 e4 22 f8 31 d2 48 c7 c6 30 6a 69 89 4c 89 ef e8 97 ef ff ff e9 80 f9 ff ff e8 dd e4 22 f8 90 \u003c0f\u003e 0b 90 e9 7b fd ff ff 48 89 df e8 5c e7 7c f8 e9 d3 f8 ff ff e8\nRSP: 0018:ffffc9000b03fba0 EFLAGS: 00010293\nRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc9000b03fc10 RCX: ffffffff816c493e\nRDX: ffff88802c02d940 RSI: ffffffff896982f3 RDI: ffffc9000b03fb30\nRBP: ffffc9000b03fce0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: fffff52001607f66\nR10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: dffffc0000000000\nR13: ffffc9000b03fc10 R14: ffffc9000b03fc10 R15: 0000000000000001\nFS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00005559c8677a60 CR3: 000000000d57a000 CR4: 00000000003506f0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n process_one_work+0x889/0x15e0 kernel/workqueue.c:2633\n process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:2706 [inline]\n worker_thread+0x8b9/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2787\n kthread+0x2c6/0x3b0 kernel/kthread.c:388\n ret_from_fork+0x45/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:242\n \u003c/TASK\u003e",
"id": "GHSA-c8hq-5hxw-3w26",
"modified": "2024-11-05T21:30:31Z",
"published": "2024-04-02T09:30:41Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26676"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1279f9d9dec2d7462823a18c29ad61359e0a007d"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fe505c63aa3273135a57597fda761e9aecc7668"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82ae47c5c3a6b27fdc0f9e83c1499cb439c56140"
},
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b74aa9ce13d02b7fd37c5325b99854f91b9b4276"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0e09186d8821ad59806115d347ea32efa43ca4b"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
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