Re: [RFC PATCH net] sfc: Fix use-after-free due to selftest_work

From: Jacob Keller
Date: Wed Apr 12 2023 - 18:34:57 EST




On 4/11/2023 5:50 PM, Ding Hui wrote:
> There is a use-after-free scenario that is:
>
> When netif_running() is false, user set mac address or vlan tag to VF,
> the xxx_set_vf_mac() or xxx_set_vf_vlan() will invoke efx_net_stop()
> and efx_net_open(), since netif_running() is false, the port will not
> start and keep port_enabled false, but selftest_worker is scheduled
> in efx_net_open().
>
> If we remove the device before selftest_worker run, the efx is freed,
> then we will get a UAF in run_timer_softirq() like this:
>
> [ 1178.907941] ==================================================================
> [ 1178.907948] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in run_timer_softirq+0xdea/0xe90
> [ 1178.907950] Write of size 8 at addr ff11001f449cdc80 by task swapper/47/0
> [ 1178.907950]
> [ 1178.907953] CPU: 47 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/47 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G O --------- -t - 4.18.0 #1
> [ 1178.907954] Hardware name: SANGFOR X620G40/WI2HG-208T1061A, BIOS SPYH051032-U01 04/01/2022
> [ 1178.907955] Call Trace:
> [ 1178.907956] <IRQ>
> [ 1178.907960] dump_stack+0x71/0xab
> [ 1178.907963] print_address_description+0x6b/0x290
> [ 1178.907965] ? run_timer_softirq+0xdea/0xe90
> [ 1178.907967] kasan_report+0x14a/0x2b0
> [ 1178.907968] run_timer_softirq+0xdea/0xe90
> [ 1178.907971] ? init_timer_key+0x170/0x170
> [ 1178.907973] ? hrtimer_cancel+0x20/0x20
> [ 1178.907976] ? sched_clock+0x5/0x10
> [ 1178.907978] ? sched_clock_cpu+0x18/0x170
> [ 1178.907981] __do_softirq+0x1c8/0x5fa
> [ 1178.907985] irq_exit+0x213/0x240
> [ 1178.907987] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0xd0/0x330
> [ 1178.907989] apic_timer_interrupt+0xf/0x20
> [ 1178.907990] </IRQ>
> [ 1178.907991] RIP: 0010:mwait_idle+0xae/0x370
>
> I am thinking about several ways to fix the issue:
>
> [1] In this RFC, I cancel the selftest_worker unconditionally in
> efx_pci_remove().
>
> [2] Add a test condition, only invoke efx_selftest_async_start() when
> efx->port_enabled is true in efx_net_open().
>
> [3] Move invoking efx_selftest_async_start() from efx_net_open() to
> efx_start_all() or efx_start_port(), that matching cancel action in
> efx_stop_port().
>
> [4] However, I also notice that in efx_ef10_set_mac_address(), the
> efx_net_open() depends on original port_enabled, but others are not,
> if we change all efx_net_open() depends on old state like
> efx_ef10_set_mac_address() does, the UAF can also be fixed in theory.
>
> But I'm not sure which is better, is there any suggestions? Thanks.
>

I think this fix makes the most sense to me.

> Signed-off-by: Ding Hui <dinghui@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

net patches need a Fixes tag indicating what commit this fixes. This
being RFC is likely why that was left off?

> drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
> index 884d8d168862..dd0b2363eed1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
> @@ -876,6 +876,8 @@ static void efx_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
> efx->state = STATE_UNINIT;
> rtnl_unlock();
>
> + efx_selftest_async_cancel(efx);
> +
> if (efx->type->sriov_fini)
> efx->type->sriov_fini(efx);
>