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CVE-2023-52707

sched/psi: Fix use-after-free in ep_remove_wait_queue()

Severity Score

7.0
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched/psi: Fix use-after-free in ep_remove_wait_queue() If a non-root cgroup gets removed when there is a thread that registered
trigger and is polling on a pressure file within the cgroup, the polling
waitqueue gets freed in the following path: do_rmdir cgroup_rmdir kernfs_drain_open_files cgroup_file_release cgroup_pressure_release psi_trigger_destroy However, the polling thread still has a reference to the pressure file and
will access the freed waitqueue when the file is closed or upon exit: fput ep_eventpoll_release ep_free ep_remove_wait_queue remove_wait_queue This results in use-after-free as pasted below. The fundamental problem here is that cgroup_file_release() (and
consequently waitqueue's lifetime) is not tied to the file's real lifetime.
Using wake_up_pollfree() here might be less than ideal, but it is in line
with the comment at commit 42288cb44c4b ("wait: add wake_up_pollfree()")
since the waitqueue's lifetime is not tied to file's one and can be
considered as another special case. While this would be fixable by somehow
making cgroup_file_release() be tied to the fput(), it would require
sizable refactoring at cgroups or higher layer which might be more
justifiable if we identify more cases like this. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x60/0xc0 Write of size 4 at addr ffff88810e625328 by task a.out/4404 CPU: 19 PID: 4404 Comm: a.out Not tainted 6.2.0-rc6 #38 Hardware name: Amazon EC2 c5a.8xlarge/, BIOS 1.0 10/16/2017 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x73/0xa0 print_report+0x16c/0x4e0 kasan_report+0xc3/0xf0 kasan_check_range+0x2d2/0x310 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x60/0xc0 remove_wait_queue+0x1a/0xa0 ep_free+0x12c/0x170 ep_eventpoll_release+0x26/0x30 __fput+0x202/0x400 task_work_run+0x11d/0x170 do_exit+0x495/0x1130 do_group_exit+0x100/0x100 get_signal+0xd67/0xde0 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x2a/0x2b0 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x94/0x100 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x20/0x40 do_syscall_64+0x52/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd </TASK> Allocated by task 4404: kasan_set_track+0x3d/0x60 __kasan_kmalloc+0x85/0x90 psi_trigger_create+0x113/0x3e0 pressure_write+0x146/0x2e0 cgroup_file_write+0x11c/0x250 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x186/0x220 vfs_write+0x3d8/0x5c0 ksys_write+0x90/0x110 do_syscall_64+0x43/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Freed by task 4407: kasan_set_track+0x3d/0x60 kasan_save_free_info+0x27/0x40 ____kasan_slab_free+0x11d/0x170 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x87/0x150 __kmem_cache_free+0xcb/0x180 psi_trigger_destroy+0x2e8/0x310 cgroup_file_release+0x4f/0xb0 kernfs_drain_open_files+0x165/0x1f0 kernfs_drain+0x162/0x1a0 __kernfs_remove+0x1fb/0x310 kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x95/0xe0 cgroup_addrm_files+0x67f/0x700 cgroup_destroy_locked+0x283/0x3c0 cgroup_rmdir+0x29/0x100 kernfs_iop_rmdir+0xd1/0x140 vfs_rmdir+0xfe/0x240 do_rmdir+0x13d/0x280 __x64_sys_rmdir+0x2c/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x43/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

En el kernel de Linux, se resolvió la siguiente vulnerabilidad: sched/psi: corrige el use after free en ep_remove_wait_queue() si se elimina un cgroup no raíz cuando hay un subproceso que registró un activador y está sondeando un archivo de presión dentro en cgroup, la cola de espera de sondeo se libera en la siguiente ruta: do_rmdir cgroup_rmdir kernfs_drain_open_files cgroup_file_release cgroup_pression_release psi_trigger_destroy Sin embargo, el hilo de sondeo aún tiene una referencia al archivo de presión y accederá a la cola de espera liberada cuando el archivo se cierre o al salir: fput ep_eventpoll_release ep_free ep_remove_wait_queue remove_wait_queue Esto da como resultado un use after free como se pega a continuación. El problema fundamental aquí es que cgroup_file_release() (y en consecuencia la vida útil de la cola de espera) no está ligada a la vida real del archivo. Usar wake_up_pollfree() aquí puede no ser ideal, pero está en línea con el comentario en la confirmación 42288cb44c4b ("espera: agregar wake_up_pollfree()") ya que la vida útil de la cola de espera no está ligada a la del archivo y puede considerarse como otro caso especial. . Si bien esto se podría solucionar haciendo que cgroup_file_release() esté vinculado de alguna manera a fput(), requeriría una refactorización considerable en cgroups o en una capa superior, lo que podría ser más justificable si identificamos más casos como este. ERROR: KASAN: use-after-free en _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x60/0xc0 Escritura de tamaño 4 en la dirección ffff88810e625328 por tarea a.out/4404 CPU: 19 PID: 4404 Comm: a.out No contaminado 6.2.0-rc6 #38 Hardware nombre: Amazon EC2 c5a.8xlarge/, BIOS 1.0 16/10/2017 Seguimiento de llamadas: dump_stack_lvl+0x73/0xa0 print_report+0x16c/0x4e0 kasan_report+0xc3/0xf0 kasan_check_range+0x2d2/0x310 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x60/0x c0 remove_wait_queue+0x1a /0xa0 ep_free+0x12c/0x170 ep_eventpoll_release+0x26/0x30 __fput+0x202/0x400 task_work_run+0x11d/0x170 do_exit+0x495/0x1130 do_group_exit+0x100/0x100 get_signal+0xd67/0xde0 arch _do_signal_or_restart+0x2a/0x2b0 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x94/0x100 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x20 /0x40 do_syscall_64+0x52/0x90 Entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Asignado por tarea 4404: kasan_set_track+0x3d/0x60 __kasan_kmalloc+0x85/0x90 psi_trigger_create+0x113/0x3e0 Pressure_write+0x1 46/0x2e0 cgroup_file_write+0x11c/0x250 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x186/ 0x220 vfs_write+0x3d8/0x5c0 ksys_write+0x90/0x110 do_syscall_64+0x43/0x90 Entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Liberado por la tarea 4407: kasan_set_track+0x3d/0x60 kasan_save_free_info+0x27/ 0x40 ____kasan_slab_free+0x11d/0x170 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x87/0x150 __kmem_cache_free+0xcb/ 0x180 psi_trigger_destroy+0x2e8/0x310 cgroup_file_release+0x4f/0xb0 kernfs_drain_open_files+0x165/0x1f0 kernfs_drain+0x162/0x1a0 __kernfs_remove+0x1fb/0x310 ns+0x95/0xe0 cgroup_addrm_files+0x67f/0x700 cgroup_destroy_locked+0x283/0x3c0 cgroup_rmdir+0x29/0x100 kernfs_iop_rmdir+0xd1/ 0x140 vfs_rmdir+0xfe/0x240 do_rmdir+0x13d/0x280 __x64_sys_rmdir+0x2c/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x43/0x90 Entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched/psi: Fix use-after-free in ep_remove_wait_queue() If a non-root cgroup gets removed when there is a thread that registered trigger and is polling on a pressure file within the cgroup, the polling waitqueue gets freed in the following path: do_rmdir cgroup_rmdir kernfs_drain_open_files cgroup_file_release cgroup_pressure_release psi_trigger_destroy However, the polling thread still has a reference to the pressure file and will access the freed waitqueue when the file is closed or upon exit: fput ep_eventpoll_release ep_free ep_remove_wait_queue remove_wait_queue This results in use-after-free as pasted below. The fundamental problem here is that cgroup_file_release() (and consequently waitqueue's lifetime) is not tied to the file's real lifetime. Using wake_up_pollfree() here might be less than ideal, but it is in line with the comment at commit 42288cb44c4b ("wait: add wake_up_pollfree()") since the waitqueue's lifetime is not tied to file's one and can be considered as another special case. While this would be fixable by somehow making cgroup_file_release() be tied to the fput(), it would require sizable refactoring at cgroups or higher layer which might be more justifiable if we identify more cases like this. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x60/0xc0 Write of size 4 at addr ffff88810e625328 by task a.out/4404 CPU: 19 PID: 4404 Comm: a.out Not tainted 6.2.0-rc6 #38 Hardware name: Amazon EC2 c5a.8xlarge/, BIOS 1.0 10/16/2017 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x73/0xa0 print_report+0x16c/0x4e0 kasan_report+0xc3/0xf0 kasan_check_range+0x2d2/0x310 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x60/0xc0 remove_wait_queue+0x1a/0xa0 ep_free+0x12c/0x170 ep_eventpoll_release+0x26/0x30 __fput+0x202/0x400 task_work_run+0x11d/0x170 do_exit+0x495/0x1130 do_group_exit+0x100/0x100 get_signal+0xd67/0xde0 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x2a/0x2b0 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x94/0x100 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x20/0x40 do_syscall_64+0x52/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd </TASK> Allocated by task 4404: kasan_set_track+0x3d/0x60 __kasan_kmalloc+0x85/0x90 psi_trigger_create+0x113/0x3e0 pressure_write+0x146/0x2e0 cgroup_file_write+0x11c/0x250 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x186/0x220 vfs_write+0x3d8/0x5c0 ksys_write+0x90/0x110 do_syscall_64+0x43/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Freed by task 4407: kasan_set_track+0x3d/0x60 kasan_save_free_info+0x27/0x40 ____kasan_slab_free+0x11d/0x170 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x87/0x150 __kmem_cache_free+0xcb/0x180 psi_trigger_destroy+0x2e8/0x310 cgroup_file_release+0x4f/0xb0 kernfs_drain_open_files+0x165/0x1f0 kernfs_drain+0x162/0x1a0 __kernfs_remove+0x1fb/0x310 kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x95/0xe0 cgroup_addrm_files+0x67f/0x700 cgroup_destroy_locked+0x283/0x3c0 cgroup_rmdir+0x29/0x100 kernfs_iop_rmdir+0xd1/0x140 vfs_rmdir+0xfe/0x240 do_rmdir+0x13d/0x280 __x64_sys_rmdir+0x2c/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x43/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-03-07 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-05-21 CVE Published
  • 2024-12-19 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.2 < 5.4.232
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Linux
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>= 5.2 < 5.10.169
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.2 < 5.15.95
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Linux
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>= 5.2 < 6.1.13
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Linux
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