Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools/xenstore: fix a use after free problem in xenstored

["Jürgen Groß" <jgross@suse.com>]

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On 24.03.20 11:12, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Commit 562a1c0f7ef3fb ("tools/xenstore: dont unlink connection object
> twice") introduced a potential use after free problem in
> domain_cleanup(): after calling talloc_unlink() for domain->conn
> domain->conn is set to NULL. The problem is that domain is registered
> as talloc child of domain->conn, so it might be freed by the
> talloc_unlink() call.
> 
> Fixes: 562a1c0f7ef3fb ("tools/xenstore: dont unlink connection object twice")
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
> ---
>   tools/xenstore/xenstored_domain.c | 5 ++++-
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/xenstore/xenstored_domain.c b/tools/xenstore/xenstored_domain.c
> index baddaba5df..5858185211 100644
> --- a/tools/xenstore/xenstored_domain.c
> +++ b/tools/xenstore/xenstored_domain.c
> @@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ static void domain_cleanup(void)
>   {
>   	xc_dominfo_t dominfo;
>   	struct domain *domain;
> +	struct connection *conn;
>   	int notify = 0;
>   
>    again:
> @@ -230,8 +231,10 @@ static void domain_cleanup(void)
>   				continue;
>   		}
>   		if (domain->conn) {
> -			talloc_unlink(talloc_autofree_context(), domain->conn);
> +			/* domain is a talloc child of domain->conn. */
> +			conn = domain->conn;
>   			domain->conn = NULL;
> +			talloc_unlink(talloc_autofree_context(), conn);
>   			notify = 0; /* destroy_domain() fires the watch */
>   			goto again;
>   		}
>