Re: [PATCH] ALSA: pcm: prevent UAF in snd_pcm_info

From: Takashi Iwai
Date: Tue Dec 05 2017 - 14:14:29 EST


On Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:16:55 +0100,
Nick Desaulniers wrote:
>
> From: Robb Glasser <rglasser@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> When the device descriptor is closed, the `substream->runtime` pointer
> is freed. But another thread may be in the ioctl handler, case
> SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_PCM_INFO. This case calls snd_pcm_info_user() which
> calls snd_pcm_info() which accesses the now freed `substream->runtime`.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robb Glasser <rglasser@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks reasonable. Applied with Cc to stable now.


thanks,

Takashi

> ---
> sound/core/pcm.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/sound/core/pcm.c b/sound/core/pcm.c
> index 9070f277f8db..09ee8c6b9f75 100644
> --- a/sound/core/pcm.c
> +++ b/sound/core/pcm.c
> @@ -153,7 +153,9 @@ static int snd_pcm_control_ioctl(struct snd_card *card,
> err = -ENXIO;
> goto _error;
> }
> + mutex_lock(&pcm->open_mutex);
> err = snd_pcm_info_user(substream, info);
> + mutex_unlock(&pcm->open_mutex);
> _error:
> mutex_unlock(&register_mutex);
> return err;
> --
> 2.15.0.531.g2ccb3012c9-goog
>
>