Re: [PATCH] fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c: Fix a NULL pointer dereference

From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue Apr 23 2019 - 15:58:24 EST


On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 7:54 PM YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Friendly ping...
>
> On 2019/4/9 23:36, Yue Haibing wrote:
> > From: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Syzkaller report this:
> >
> > sysctl could not get directory: /net//bridge -12
> > kasan: CONFIG_KASAN_INLINE enabled
> > kasan: GPF could be caused by NULL-ptr deref or user memory access
> > general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
> > CPU: 1 PID: 7027 Comm: syz-executor.0 Tainted: G C 5.1.0-rc3+ #8
> > Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.10.2-1ubuntu1 04/01/2014
> > RIP: 0010:__write_once_size include/linux/compiler.h:220 [inline]
> > RIP: 0010:__rb_change_child include/linux/rbtree_augmented.h:144 [inline]
> > RIP: 0010:__rb_erase_augmented include/linux/rbtree_augmented.h:186 [inline]
> > RIP: 0010:rb_erase+0x5f4/0x19f0 lib/rbtree.c:459
> > Code: 00 0f 85 60 13 00 00 48 89 1a 48 83 c4 18 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 48 89 f2 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 0f 85 75 0c 00 00 4d 85 ed 4c 89 2e 74 ce 4c 89 ea 48
> > RSP: 0018:ffff8881bb507778 EFLAGS: 00010206
> > RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff8881f224b5b8 RCX: ffffffff818f3f6a
> > RDX: 000000000000000a RSI: 0000000000000050 RDI: ffff8881f224b568
> > RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffed10376a0ef4 R09: ffffed10376a0ef4
> > R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffffed10376a0ef4 R12: ffff8881f224b558
> > R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
> > FS: 00007f3e7ce13700(0000) GS:ffff8881f7300000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> > CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> > CR2: 00007fd60fbe9398 CR3: 00000001cb55c001 CR4: 00000000007606e0
> > DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
> > DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
> > PKRU: 55555554
> > Call Trace:
> > erase_entry fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:178 [inline]
> > erase_header+0xe3/0x160 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:207
> > start_unregistering fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:331 [inline]
> > drop_sysctl_table+0x558/0x880 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:1631
> > get_subdir fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:1022 [inline]
> > __register_sysctl_table+0xd65/0x1090 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:1335
> > ? 0xffffffffc1a88000
> > br_netfilter_init+0x68/0x1000 [br_netfilter]
> > do_one_initcall+0xbc/0x47d init/main.c:901
> > do_init_module+0x1b5/0x547 kernel/module.c:3456
> > load_module+0x6405/0x8c10 kernel/module.c:3804
> > __do_sys_finit_module+0x162/0x190 kernel/module.c:3898
> > do_syscall_64+0x9f/0x450 arch/x86/entry/common.c:290
> > entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
> > RIP: 0033:0x462e99
> > Code: f7 d8 64 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 bc ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
> > RSP: 002b:00007f3e7ce12c58 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000139
> > RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000073bf00 RCX: 0000000000462e99
> > RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000020000280 RDI: 0000000000000003
> > RBP: 00007f3e7ce12c70 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
> > R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f3e7ce136bc
> > R13: 00000000004bcefa R14: 00000000006f6fb0 R15: 0000000000000004
> > Modules linked in: br_netfilter(+) backlight comedi(C) hid_sensor_hub max3100 ti_ads8688 udc_core fddi snd_mona leds_gpio rc_streamzap mtd pata_netcell nf_log_common rc_winfast udp_tunnel snd_usbmidi_lib snd_usb_toneport snd_usb_line6 snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd_hwdep videobuf2_v4l2 videobuf2_common videodev media videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops rc_gadmei_rm008z 8250_of smm665 hid_tmff hid_saitek hwmon_vid rc_ati_tv_wonder_hd_600 rc_core pata_pdc202xx_old dn_rtmsg as3722 ad714x_i2c ad714x snd_soc_cs4265 hid_kensington panel_ilitek_ili9322 drm drm_panel_orientation_quirks ipack cdc_phonet usbcore phonet hid_jabra hid extcon_arizona can_dev industrialio_triggered_buffer kfifo_buf industrialio adm1031 i2c_mux_ltc4306 i2c_mux ipmi_msghandler mlxsw_core snd_soc_cs35l34 snd_soc_core snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_pcm snd_timer ac97_bus snd_compress snd soundcore gpio_da9055 uio ecdh_generic mdio_thunder of_mdio fixed_phy libphy mdio_cavium iptable_security iptable_raw iptable_mangle
> > iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 iptable_filter bpfilter ip6_vti ip_vti ip_gre ipip sit tunnel4 ip_tunnel hsr veth netdevsim vxcan batman_adv cfg80211 rfkill chnl_net caif nlmon dummy team bonding vcan bridge stp llc ip6_gre gre ip6_tunnel tunnel6 tun joydev mousedev ppdev tpm kvm_intel kvm irqbypass crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel ide_pci_generic piix aes_x86_64 crypto_simd cryptd ide_core glue_helper input_leds psmouse intel_agp intel_gtt serio_raw ata_generic i2c_piix4 agpgart pata_acpi parport_pc parport floppy rtc_cmos sch_fq_codel ip_tables x_tables sha1_ssse3 sha1_generic ipv6 [last unloaded: br_netfilter]
> > Dumping ftrace buffer:
> > (ftrace buffer empty)
> > ---[ end trace 68741688d5fbfe85 ]---
> >
> > commit 23da9588037e forget handle start_unregistering() case,
> > while header->parent is NULL, it calls erase_header
> > as above syzkaller call Trace, accessing &header->parent->root
> > will tigger another NULL pointer dereference.
> > As commit 23da9588037e explained, there also no need call
> > start_unregistering() if header->parent is NULL.
> >
> > Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Fixes: 23da9588037e ("fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c: fix NULL pointer dereference in put_links")
> > Fixes: 0e47c99d7fe25 ("sysctl: Replace root_list with links between sysctl_table_sets")
> > Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx>

This seems fine to me. Andrew, can you take this?

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

-Kees

> > ---
> > fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 6 ++++--
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> > index d653907..7325baa 100644
> > --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> > +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> > @@ -1626,9 +1626,11 @@ static void drop_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table_header *header)
> > if (--header->nreg)
> > return;
> >
> > - if (parent)
> > + if (parent) {
> > put_links(header);
> > - start_unregistering(header);
> > + start_unregistering(header);
> > + }
> > +
> > if (!--header->count)
> > kfree_rcu(header, rcu);
> >
> >
>


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Kees Cook