CVE-2023-52851

2024-05-2116:15:22

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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linux kernel

vulnerability

uaf

double free

mlx5 driver

init stage

error handling

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.8%

JSON

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

IB/mlx5: Fix init stage error handling to avoid double free of same QP and UAF

In the unlikely event that workqueue allocation fails and returns NULL in
mlx5_mkey_cache_init(), delete the call to
mlx5r_umr_resource_cleanup() (which frees the QP) in
mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init(). This will avoid attempted double
free of the same QP when __mlx5_ib_add() does its cleanup.

Resolves a splat:

Syzkaller reported a UAF in ib_destroy_qp_user

workqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq “mkey_cache”: -EINTR
infiniband mlx5_0: mlx5_mkey_cache_init:981:(pid 1642):
failed to create work queue
infiniband mlx5_0: mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init:4075:(pid 1642):
mr cache init failed -12

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ib_destroy_qp_user (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:2073)
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810da310a8 by task repro_upstream/1642

Call Trace:
<TASK>
kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:590)
ib_destroy_qp_user (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:2073)
mlx5r_umr_resource_cleanup (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c:198)
__mlx5_ib_add (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4178)
mlx5r_probe (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4402)
…
</TASK>

Allocated by task 1642:
__kmalloc (./include/linux/kasan.h:198 mm/slab_common.c:1026
mm/slab_common.c:1039)
create_qp (./include/linux/slab.h:603 ./include/linux/slab.h:720
./include/rdma/ib_verbs.h:2795 drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:1209)
ib_create_qp_kernel (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:1347)
mlx5r_umr_resource_init (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c:164)
mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4070)
__mlx5_ib_add (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4168)
mlx5r_probe (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4402)
…

Freed by task 1642:
__kmem_cache_free (mm/slub.c:1826 mm/slub.c:3809 mm/slub.c:3822)
ib_destroy_qp_user (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:2112)
mlx5r_umr_resource_cleanup (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c:198)
mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4076
drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4065)
__mlx5_ib_add (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4168)
mlx5r_probe (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4402)
…

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.19–6.1.63

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.2.0–6.5.12

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.6.0–6.6.2

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.7.0≥

CNA Affected

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    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
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        "versionType": "git"
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        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
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        "versionType": "git"
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  },
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    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
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        "version": "5.19",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
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        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.1.63",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.5.12",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.5.*",
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      },
      {
        "version": "6.6.2",
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        "status": "unaffected",
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      },
      {
        "version": "6.7",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]