CVE-2024-53168
Publication date:
27/12/2024
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
sunrpc: fix one UAF issue caused by sunrpc kernel tcp socket<br />
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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tcp_write_timer_handler+0x156/0x3e0<br />
Read of size 1 at addr ffff888111f322cd by task swapper/0/0<br />
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CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc4-dirty #7<br />
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1<br />
Call Trace:<br />
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dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0xa0<br />
print_address_description.constprop.0+0x2c/0x3d0<br />
print_report+0xb4/0x270<br />
kasan_report+0xbd/0xf0<br />
tcp_write_timer_handler+0x156/0x3e0<br />
tcp_write_timer+0x66/0x170<br />
call_timer_fn+0xfb/0x1d0<br />
__run_timers+0x3f8/0x480<br />
run_timer_softirq+0x9b/0x100<br />
handle_softirqs+0x153/0x390<br />
__irq_exit_rcu+0x103/0x120<br />
irq_exit_rcu+0xe/0x20<br />
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x76/0x90<br />
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asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20<br />
RIP: 0010:default_idle+0xf/0x20<br />
Code: 4c 01 c7 4c 29 c2 e9 72 ff ff ff 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90<br />
90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 33 f8 25 00 fb f4 c3 cc cc cc<br />
cc 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90<br />
RSP: 0018:ffffffffa2007e28 EFLAGS: 00000242<br />
RAX: 00000000000f3b31 RBX: 1ffffffff4400fc7 RCX: ffffffffa09c3196<br />
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffffff9f00590f<br />
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed102360835d<br />
R10: ffff88811b041aeb R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000000<br />
R13: ffffffffa202d7c0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00000000000147d0<br />
default_idle_call+0x6b/0xa0<br />
cpuidle_idle_call+0x1af/0x1f0<br />
do_idle+0xbc/0x130<br />
cpu_startup_entry+0x33/0x40<br />
rest_init+0x11f/0x210<br />
start_kernel+0x39a/0x420<br />
x86_64_start_reservations+0x18/0x30<br />
x86_64_start_kernel+0x97/0xa0<br />
common_startup_64+0x13e/0x141<br />
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Allocated by task 595:<br />
kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50<br />
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30<br />
__kasan_slab_alloc+0x87/0x90<br />
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x12b/0x3f0<br />
copy_net_ns+0x94/0x380<br />
create_new_namespaces+0x24c/0x500<br />
unshare_nsproxy_namespaces+0x75/0xf0<br />
ksys_unshare+0x24e/0x4f0<br />
__x64_sys_unshare+0x1f/0x30<br />
do_syscall_64+0x70/0x180<br />
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e<br />
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Freed by task 100:<br />
kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50<br />
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30<br />
kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60<br />
__kasan_slab_free+0x54/0x70<br />
kmem_cache_free+0x156/0x5d0<br />
cleanup_net+0x5d3/0x670<br />
process_one_work+0x776/0xa90<br />
worker_thread+0x2e2/0x560<br />
kthread+0x1a8/0x1f0<br />
ret_from_fork+0x34/0x60<br />
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30<br />
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Reproduction script:<br />
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mkdir -p /mnt/nfsshare<br />
mkdir -p /mnt/nfs/netns_1<br />
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb<br />
mount /dev/sdb /mnt/nfsshare<br />
systemctl restart nfs-server<br />
chmod 777 /mnt/nfsshare<br />
exportfs -i -o rw,no_root_squash *:/mnt/nfsshare<br />
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ip netns add netns_1<br />
ip link add name veth_1_peer type veth peer veth_1<br />
ifconfig veth_1_peer 11.11.0.254 up<br />
ip link set veth_1 netns netns_1<br />
ip netns exec netns_1 ifconfig veth_1 11.11.0.1<br />
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ip netns exec netns_1 /root/iptables -A OUTPUT -d 11.11.0.254 -p tcp \<br />
--tcp-flags FIN FIN -j DROP<br />
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(note: In my environment, a DESTROY_CLIENTID operation is always sent<br />
immediately, breaking the nfs tcp connection.)<br />
ip netns exec netns_1 timeout -s 9 300 mount -t nfs -o proto=tcp,vers=4.1 \<br />
11.11.0.254:/mnt/nfsshare /mnt/nfs/netns_1<br />
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ip netns del netns_1<br />
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The reason here is that the tcp socket in netns_1 (nfs side) has been<br />
shutdown and closed (done in xs_destroy), but the FIN message (with ack)<br />
is discarded, and the nfsd side keeps sending retransmission messages.<br />
As a result, when the tcp sock in netns_1 processes the received message,<br />
it sends the message (FIN message) in the sending queue, and the tcp timer<br />
is re-established. When the network namespace is deleted, the net structure<br />
accessed by tcp&#39;s timer handler function causes problems.<br />
<br />
To fix this problem, let&#39;s hold netns refcnt for the tcp kernel socket as<br />
done in other modules. This is an ugly hack which can easily be backported<br />
to earlier kernels. A proper fix which cleans up the interfaces will<br />
follow, but may not be so easy to backport.
Severity CVSS v4.0: Pending analysis
Last modification:
10/02/2025