[PATCH v5 3/3] mm: fix use-after-free when anon vma name is used after vma is freed

From: Suren Baghdasaryan
Date: Wed Feb 23 2022 - 10:36:35 EST


When adjacent vmas are being merged it can result in the vma that was
originally passed to madvise_update_vma being destroyed. In the current
implementation, the name parameter passed to madvise_update_vma points
directly to vma->anon_name and it is used after the call to
vma_merge. In the cases when vma_merge merges the original vma and
destroys it, this will result in use-after-free bug as shown below:

madvise_vma_behavior(vma)
madvise_update_vma(vma, ..., anon_name == vma->anon_name)
vma_merge(vma)
__vma_adjust(vma) <-- merges vma with adjacent one
vm_area_free(vma) <-- frees the original vma
replace_vma_anon_name(anon_name) <-- UAF of vma->anon_name

Fix this by raising the name refcount and stabilizing it.

Fixes: 9a10064f5625 ("mm: add a field to store names for private anonymous memory")
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: syzbot+aa7b3d4b35f9dc46a366@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
changes in v5:
- Updated description, per Michal Hocko

mm/madvise.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 1f2693dccf7b..38d0f515d548 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ static int replace_anon_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
/*
* Update the vm_flags on region of a vma, splitting it or merging it as
* necessary. Must be called with mmap_sem held for writing;
+ * Caller should ensure anon_name stability by raising its refcount even when
+ * anon_name belongs to a valid vma because this function might free that vma.
*/
static int madvise_update_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
struct vm_area_struct **prev, unsigned long start,
@@ -945,6 +947,7 @@ static int madvise_vma_behavior(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long behavior)
{
int error;
+ struct anon_vma_name *anon_name;
unsigned long new_flags = vma->vm_flags;

switch (behavior) {
@@ -1010,8 +1013,11 @@ static int madvise_vma_behavior(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
break;
}

+ anon_name = anon_vma_name(vma);
+ anon_vma_name_get(anon_name);
error = madvise_update_vma(vma, prev, start, end, new_flags,
- anon_vma_name(vma));
+ anon_name);
+ anon_vma_name_put(anon_name);

out:
/*
--
2.35.1.473.g83b2b277ed-goog