Re: [PATCH net v2] net: ethernet: fix use after free bug in ns83820_remove_one due to race condition

From: Zheng Hacker
Date: Thu Apr 13 2023 - 06:50:30 EST


Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 于2023年4月13日周四 18:01写道:
>
> The 04/13/2023 15:14, Zheng Wang wrote:
>
> Hi Zheng,
>
> >
> > In ns83820_init_one, dev->tq_refill was bound with queue_refill.
> >
> > If irq happens, it will call ns83820_irq->ns83820_do_isr.
> > Then it invokes tasklet_schedule(&dev->rx_tasklet) to start
> > rx_action function. And rx_action will call ns83820_rx_kick
> > and finally start queue_refill function.
> >
> > If we remove the driver without finishing the work, there
> > may be a race condition between ndev, which may cause UAF
> > bug.
> >
> > CPU0 CPU1
> >
> > |queue_refill
> > ns83820_remove_one |
> > free_netdev |
> > put_device |
> > free ndev |
> > |rx_refill
> > |//use ndev
>
> Will you not have the same issue if you remove the driver after you
> schedule rx_tasklet? Because rx_action will use also ndev.
>

Hello Horatiu,

Thanks for your reply. In ns83820_remove_one, there is an invoking:

free_irq(dev->pci_dev->irq, ndev);

This will prevent the driver from handling more irq, But it couldn't prevent
the rx_tasklet from being scheduled. So I think we should add the
following code:

tasklet_kill(&dev->rx_tasklet);

after free_irq invoking. Is there anything wrong about my analysis?

Thanks again for pointing the mistake out.

Best regards,
Zheng


> >
> > Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> > Signed-off-by: Zheng Wang <zyytlz.wz@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v2:
> > - cancel the work after unregister_netdev to make sure there
> > is no more request suggested by Jakub Kicinski
> > ---
> > drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/ns83820.c | 5 +++++
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/ns83820.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/ns83820.c
> > index 998586872599..2e84b9fcd8e9 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/ns83820.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/ns83820.c
> > @@ -2208,8 +2208,13 @@ static void ns83820_remove_one(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
> >
> > ns83820_disable_interrupts(dev); /* paranoia */
> >
> > + netif_carrier_off(ndev);
> > + netif_tx_disable(ndev);
> > +
> > unregister_netdev(ndev);
> > free_irq(dev->pci_dev->irq, ndev);
> > + cancel_work_sync(&dev->tq_refill);
> > +
> > iounmap(dev->base);
> > dma_free_coherent(&dev->pci_dev->dev, 4 * DESC_SIZE * NR_TX_DESC,
> > dev->tx_descs, dev->tx_phy_descs);
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >
>
> --
> /Horatiu