Re: [PATCH] net: Fix UAF in ieee80211_scan_rx()

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Tue Jul 26 2022 - 05:57:09 EST


Siddh Raman Pant <code@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> ieee80211_scan_rx() tries to access scan_req->flags after a null check
> (see line 303 of mac80211/scan.c), but ___cfg80211_scan_done() uses
> kfree() on the scan_req (see line 991 of wireless/scan.c).
>
> This results in a UAF.
>
> ieee80211_scan_rx() is called inside a RCU read-critical section
> initiated by ieee80211_rx_napi() (see line 5043 of mac80211/rx.c).
>
> Thus, add an rcu_head to the scan_req struct so as to use kfree_rcu()
> instead of kfree() so that we don't free during the critical section.
>
> Bug report (3): https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f9acff9bf08a845f225d
> Reported-by: syzbot+f9acff9bf08a845f225d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reported-by: syzbot+6cb476b7c69916a0caca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reported-by: syzbot+9250865a55539d384347@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Signed-off-by: Siddh Raman Pant <code@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/net/cfg80211.h | 2 ++
> net/wireless/scan.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

The title should be:

wifi: cfg80211: Fix UAF in ieee80211_scan_rx()

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