CVE-2024-53177
CIFS SMB Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: prevent use-after-free due to open_cached_dir error paths If open_cached_dir() encounters an error parsing the lease from the server, the error handling may race with receiving a lease break, resulting in open_cached_dir() freeing the cfid while the queued work is pending. Update open_cached_dir() to drop refs rather than directly freeing the cfid. Have cached_dir_lease_break(), cfids_laundromat_worker(), and invalidate_all_cached_dirs() clear has_lease immediately while still holding cfids->cfid_list_lock, and then use this to also simplify the reference counting in cfids_laundromat_worker() and invalidate_all_cached_dirs(). Fixes this KASAN splat (which manually injects an error and lease break in open_cached_dir()): ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in smb2_cached_lease_break+0x27/0xb0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88811cc24c10 by task kworker/3:1/65 CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 65 Comm: kworker/3:1 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc6-g255cf264e6e5-dirty #87 Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 11/12/2020 Workqueue: cifsiod smb2_cached_lease_break Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x77/0xb0 print_report+0xce/0x660 kasan_report+0xd3/0x110 smb2_cached_lease_break+0x27/0xb0 process_one_work+0x50a/0xc50 worker_thread+0x2ba/0x530 kthread+0x17c/0x1c0 ret_from_fork+0x34/0x60 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK> Allocated by task 2464: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 open_cached_dir+0xa7d/0x1fb0 smb2_query_path_info+0x43c/0x6e0 cifs_get_fattr+0x346/0xf10 cifs_get_inode_info+0x157/0x210 cifs_revalidate_dentry_attr+0x2d1/0x460 cifs_getattr+0x173/0x470 vfs_statx_path+0x10f/0x160 vfs_statx+0xe9/0x150 vfs_fstatat+0x5e/0xc0 __do_sys_newfstatat+0x91/0xf0 do_syscall_64+0x95/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Freed by task 2464: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 __kasan_slab_free+0x51/0x70 kfree+0x174/0x520 open_cached_dir+0x97f/0x1fb0 smb2_query_path_info+0x43c/0x6e0 cifs_get_fattr+0x346/0xf10 cifs_get_inode_info+0x157/0x210 cifs_revalidate_dentry_attr+0x2d1/0x460 cifs_getattr+0x173/0x470 vfs_statx_path+0x10f/0x160 vfs_statx+0xe9/0x150 vfs_fstatat+0x5e/0xc0 __do_sys_newfstatat+0x91/0xf0 do_syscall_64+0x95/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Last potentially related work creation: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xad/0xc0 insert_work+0x32/0x100 __queue_work+0x5c9/0x870 queue_work_on+0x82/0x90 open_cached_dir+0x1369/0x1fb0 smb2_query_path_info+0x43c/0x6e0 cifs_get_fattr+0x346/0xf10 cifs_get_inode_info+0x157/0x210 cifs_revalidate_dentry_attr+0x2d1/0x460 cifs_getattr+0x173/0x470 vfs_statx_path+0x10f/0x160 vfs_statx+0xe9/0x150 vfs_fstatat+0x5e/0xc0 __do_sys_newfstatat+0x91/0xf0 do_syscall_64+0x95/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88811cc24c00 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-1k of size 1024 The buggy address is located 16 bytes inside of freed 1024-byte region [ffff88811cc24c00, ffff88811cc25000)
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 27, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
March 24, 2025, 5:26 p.m.
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 24, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.12 up to (excluding) 6.12.2 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.7 up to (excluding) 6.11.11 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.6.64 Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47655a12c6b1bca8fa230085eab2e85a076932b7 Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/791f833053578b9fd24252ebb7162a61bc3f805b Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97e2afcac0bebfef6a5360f4267ce4c44507b845 Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9685b409a03b73d2980bbfa53eb47555802d0a9 Types: Patch -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Feb. 11, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE CWE-416 -
New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Dec. 27, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: prevent use-after-free due to open_cached_dir error paths If open_cached_dir() encounters an error parsing the lease from the server, the error handling may race with receiving a lease break, resulting in open_cached_dir() freeing the cfid while the queued work is pending. Update open_cached_dir() to drop refs rather than directly freeing the cfid. Have cached_dir_lease_break(), cfids_laundromat_worker(), and invalidate_all_cached_dirs() clear has_lease immediately while still holding cfids->cfid_list_lock, and then use this to also simplify the reference counting in cfids_laundromat_worker() and invalidate_all_cached_dirs(). Fixes this KASAN splat (which manually injects an error and lease break in open_cached_dir()): ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in smb2_cached_lease_break+0x27/0xb0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88811cc24c10 by task kworker/3:1/65 CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 65 Comm: kworker/3:1 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc6-g255cf264e6e5-dirty #87 Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 11/12/2020 Workqueue: cifsiod smb2_cached_lease_break Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x77/0xb0 print_report+0xce/0x660 kasan_report+0xd3/0x110 smb2_cached_lease_break+0x27/0xb0 process_one_work+0x50a/0xc50 worker_thread+0x2ba/0x530 kthread+0x17c/0x1c0 ret_from_fork+0x34/0x60 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK> Allocated by task 2464: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 open_cached_dir+0xa7d/0x1fb0 smb2_query_path_info+0x43c/0x6e0 cifs_get_fattr+0x346/0xf10 cifs_get_inode_info+0x157/0x210 cifs_revalidate_dentry_attr+0x2d1/0x460 cifs_getattr+0x173/0x470 vfs_statx_path+0x10f/0x160 vfs_statx+0xe9/0x150 vfs_fstatat+0x5e/0xc0 __do_sys_newfstatat+0x91/0xf0 do_syscall_64+0x95/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Freed by task 2464: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 __kasan_slab_free+0x51/0x70 kfree+0x174/0x520 open_cached_dir+0x97f/0x1fb0 smb2_query_path_info+0x43c/0x6e0 cifs_get_fattr+0x346/0xf10 cifs_get_inode_info+0x157/0x210 cifs_revalidate_dentry_attr+0x2d1/0x460 cifs_getattr+0x173/0x470 vfs_statx_path+0x10f/0x160 vfs_statx+0xe9/0x150 vfs_fstatat+0x5e/0xc0 __do_sys_newfstatat+0x91/0xf0 do_syscall_64+0x95/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Last potentially related work creation: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xad/0xc0 insert_work+0x32/0x100 __queue_work+0x5c9/0x870 queue_work_on+0x82/0x90 open_cached_dir+0x1369/0x1fb0 smb2_query_path_info+0x43c/0x6e0 cifs_get_fattr+0x346/0xf10 cifs_get_inode_info+0x157/0x210 cifs_revalidate_dentry_attr+0x2d1/0x460 cifs_getattr+0x173/0x470 vfs_statx_path+0x10f/0x160 vfs_statx+0xe9/0x150 vfs_fstatat+0x5e/0xc0 __do_sys_newfstatat+0x91/0xf0 do_syscall_64+0x95/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88811cc24c00 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-1k of size 1024 The buggy address is located 16 bytes inside of freed 1024-byte region [ffff88811cc24c00, ffff88811cc25000) Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47655a12c6b1bca8fa230085eab2e85a076932b7 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/791f833053578b9fd24252ebb7162a61bc3f805b Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97e2afcac0bebfef6a5360f4267ce4c44507b845 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9685b409a03b73d2980bbfa53eb47555802d0a9
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