GHSA-FH4F-4W54-VGRF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-03-03 00:30 – Updated: 2025-01-13 21:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf, sockmap: Reject sk_msg egress redirects to non-TCP sockets
With a SOCKMAP/SOCKHASH map and an sk_msg program user can steer messages sent from one TCP socket (s1) to actually egress from another TCP socket (s2):
tcp_bpf_sendmsg(s1) // = sk_prot->sendmsg tcp_bpf_send_verdict(s1) // __SK_REDIRECT case tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir(s2) tcp_bpf_push_locked(s2) tcp_bpf_push(s2) tcp_rate_check_app_limited(s2) // expects tcp_sock tcp_sendmsg_locked(s2) // ditto
There is a hard-coded assumption in the call-chain, that the egress socket (s2) is a TCP socket.
However in commit 122e6c79efe1 ("sock_map: Update sock type checks for UDP") we have enabled redirects to non-TCP sockets. This was done for the sake of BPF sk_skb programs. There was no indention to support sk_msg send-to-egress use case.
As a result, attempts to send-to-egress through a non-TCP socket lead to a crash due to invalid downcast from sock to tcp_sock:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000002f ... Call Trace: ? show_regs+0x60/0x70 ? __die+0x1f/0x70 ? page_fault_oops+0x80/0x160 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x2d7/0x800 ? rcu_is_watching+0x11/0x50 ? exc_page_fault+0x70/0x1c0 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30 ? tcp_tso_segs+0x14/0xa0 tcp_write_xmit+0x67/0xce0 __tcp_push_pending_frames+0x32/0xf0 tcp_push+0x107/0x140 tcp_sendmsg_locked+0x99f/0xbb0 tcp_bpf_push+0x19d/0x3a0 tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir+0x55/0xd0 tcp_bpf_send_verdict+0x407/0x550 tcp_bpf_sendmsg+0x1a1/0x390 inet_sendmsg+0x6a/0x70 sock_sendmsg+0x9d/0xc0 ? sockfd_lookup_light+0x12/0x80 __sys_sendto+0x10e/0x160 ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x20/0x60 ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x82/0x110 __x64_sys_sendto+0x1f/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
Reject selecting a non-TCP sockets as redirect target from a BPF sk_msg program to prevent the crash. When attempted, user will receive an EACCES error from send/sendto/sendmsg() syscall.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-52523"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-476"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-03-02T22:15:48Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf, sockmap: Reject sk_msg egress redirects to non-TCP sockets\n\nWith a SOCKMAP/SOCKHASH map and an sk_msg program user can steer messages\nsent from one TCP socket (s1) to actually egress from another TCP\nsocket (s2):\n\ntcp_bpf_sendmsg(s1)\t\t// = sk_prot-\u003esendmsg\n tcp_bpf_send_verdict(s1)\t// __SK_REDIRECT case\n tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir(s2)\n tcp_bpf_push_locked(s2)\n\ttcp_bpf_push(s2)\n\t tcp_rate_check_app_limited(s2) // expects tcp_sock\n\t tcp_sendmsg_locked(s2)\t // ditto\n\nThere is a hard-coded assumption in the call-chain, that the egress\nsocket (s2) is a TCP socket.\n\nHowever in commit 122e6c79efe1 (\"sock_map: Update sock type checks for\nUDP\") we have enabled redirects to non-TCP sockets. This was done for the\nsake of BPF sk_skb programs. There was no indention to support sk_msg\nsend-to-egress use case.\n\nAs a result, attempts to send-to-egress through a non-TCP socket lead to a\ncrash due to invalid downcast from sock to tcp_sock:\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000002f\n ...\n Call Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n ? show_regs+0x60/0x70\n ? __die+0x1f/0x70\n ? page_fault_oops+0x80/0x160\n ? do_user_addr_fault+0x2d7/0x800\n ? rcu_is_watching+0x11/0x50\n ? exc_page_fault+0x70/0x1c0\n ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30\n ? tcp_tso_segs+0x14/0xa0\n tcp_write_xmit+0x67/0xce0\n __tcp_push_pending_frames+0x32/0xf0\n tcp_push+0x107/0x140\n tcp_sendmsg_locked+0x99f/0xbb0\n tcp_bpf_push+0x19d/0x3a0\n tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir+0x55/0xd0\n tcp_bpf_send_verdict+0x407/0x550\n tcp_bpf_sendmsg+0x1a1/0x390\n inet_sendmsg+0x6a/0x70\n sock_sendmsg+0x9d/0xc0\n ? sockfd_lookup_light+0x12/0x80\n __sys_sendto+0x10e/0x160\n ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x20/0x60\n ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20\n ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x82/0x110\n __x64_sys_sendto+0x1f/0x30\n do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\n\nReject selecting a non-TCP sockets as redirect target from a BPF sk_msg\nprogram to prevent the crash. When attempted, user will receive an EACCES\nerror from send/sendto/sendmsg() syscall.",
"id": "GHSA-fh4f-4w54-vgrf",
"modified": "2025-01-13T21:30:47Z",
"published": "2024-03-03T00:30:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52523"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b80e31baa43614e086a9d29dc1151932b1bd7fc5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8f97e47b6fb84fcf2f5a22e725eefb6cf5070c2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc8b89b6963803a123f64aa9494155a037b3d728"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ded6e448028f0f91b6af35985afca01fa02a9089"
}
],
"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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