CVE-2021-47391

published 2024-05-21

CVE-2021-47391: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/cma: Ensure rdma_addr_cancel() happens before issuing more requests The FSM can run in…

Priority P3 37 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/cma: Ensure rdma_addr_cancel() happens before issuing more requests

The FSM can run in a circle allowing rdma_resolve_ip() to be called twice
on the same id_priv. While this cannot happen without going through the
work, it violates the invariant that the same address resolution
background request cannot be active twice.

CPU 1 CPU 2

rdma_resolve_addr():
RDMA_CM_IDLE -> RDMA_CM_ADDR_QUERY
rdma_resolve_ip(addr_handler) #1

process_one_req(): for #1
addr_handler():
RDMA_CM_ADDR_QUERY -> RDMA_CM_ADDR_BOUND
mutex_unlock(&id_priv->handler_mutex);
[.. handler still running ..]

rdma_resolve_addr():
RDMA_CM_ADDR_BOUND -> RDMA_CM_ADDR_QUERY
rdma_resolve_ip(addr_handler)
!! two requests are now on the req_list

rdma_destroy_id():
destroy_id_handler_unlock():
_destroy_id():
cma_cancel_operation():
rdma_addr_cancel()

// process_one_req() self removes it
spin_lock_bh(&lock);
cancel_delayed_work(&req->work);
if (!list_empty(&req->list)) == true

! rdma_addr_cancel() returns after process_on_req #1 is done

kfree(id_priv)

process_one_req(): for #2
addr_handler():
mutex_lock(&id_priv->handler_mutex);
!! Use after free on id_priv

rdma_addr_cancel() expects there to be one req on the list and only
cancels the first one. The self-removal behavior of the work only happens
after the handler has returned. This yields a situations where the
req_list can have two reqs for the same "handle" but rdma_addr_cancel()
only cancels the first one.

The second req remains active beyond rdma_destroy_id() and will
use-after-free id_priv once it inevitably triggers.

Fix this by remembering if the id_priv has called rdma_resolve_ip() and
always cancel before calling it again. This ensures the req_list never
gets more than one item in it and doesn't cost anything in the normal flow
that never uses this strange error path.

Affected

12 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	linux	< linux 5.14.12-1 (bookworm)	linux 5.14.12-1 (bookworm)
linux	linux	—	—
linux	linux	>= e51060f08a61965c4dd91516d82fe90617152590 < 9a085fa9b7d644a234465091e038c1911e1a4f2a	9a085fa9b7d644a234465091e038c1911e1a4f2a
linux	linux	>= e51060f08a61965c4dd91516d82fe90617152590 < 03d884671572af8bcfbc9e63944c1021efce7589	03d884671572af8bcfbc9e63944c1021efce7589
linux	linux	>= e51060f08a61965c4dd91516d82fe90617152590 < 305d568b72f17f674155a2a8275f865f207b3808	305d568b72f17f674155a2a8275f865f207b3808
linux	linux_kernel	—	—
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 5.10.191-1	5.10.191-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 5.14.12-1	5.14.12-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 5.14.12-1	5.14.12-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 5.14.12-1	5.14.12-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 2.6.18 < 5.10.188	5.10.188
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.11 < 5.14.10	5.14.10

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

osv 7.8 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.8 HIGH

vendor_redhat 7.8 HIGH

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