Use-after-free access in j1939_session_deactivate

Use-after-free access in j1939_session_deactivate

[Xiaochen Zou]

Hi,
It looks like there are multiple use-after-free accesses in
j1939_session_deactivate()

static bool j1939_session_deactivate(struct j1939_session *session)
{
bool active;

j1939_session_list_lock(session->priv);
active = j1939_session_deactivate_locked(session); //session can be freed inside
j1939_session_list_unlock(session->priv); // It causes UAF read and write

return active;
}

session can be freed by
j1939_session_deactivate_locked->j1939_session_put->__j1939_session_release->j1939_session_destroy->kfree.
Therefore it makes the unlock function perform UAF access.


Best,
Xiaochen Zou
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
University of California, Riverside

Re: Use-after-free access in j1939_session_deactivate

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 03:40:46PM -0700, Xiaochen Zou wrote:
> Hi,
> It looks like there are multiple use-after-free accesses in
> j1939_session_deactivate()
> 
> static bool j1939_session_deactivate(struct j1939_session *session)
> {
> bool active;
> 
> j1939_session_list_lock(session->priv);
> active = j1939_session_deactivate_locked(session); //session can be freed inside
> j1939_session_list_unlock(session->priv); // It causes UAF read and write
> 
> return active;
> }
> 
> session can be freed by
> j1939_session_deactivate_locked->j1939_session_put->__j1939_session_release->j1939_session_destroy->kfree.
> Therefore it makes the unlock function perform UAF access.

Great, can you make up a patch to fix this issue so you can get credit
for finding and solving it?

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: Use-after-free access in j1939_session_deactivate

[Oleksij Rempel]

Hi,

On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 03:40:46PM -0700, Xiaochen Zou wrote:
> Hi,
> It looks like there are multiple use-after-free accesses in
> j1939_session_deactivate()
> 
> static bool j1939_session_deactivate(struct j1939_session *session)
> {
> bool active;
> 
> j1939_session_list_lock(session->priv);
> active = j1939_session_deactivate_locked(session); //session can be freed inside
> j1939_session_list_unlock(session->priv); // It causes UAF read and write
> 
> return active;
> }
> 
> session can be freed by
> j1939_session_deactivate_locked->j1939_session_put->__j1939_session_release->j1939_session_destroy->kfree.
> Therefore it makes the unlock function perform UAF access.

Potentially I would agree, but this function takes "session" as
property. Any function which provided session pointer should
care about own ref counting. If described scenarios really happens, then
there is problem on other place. Was you able to reproduce it?

Regards,
Oleksij
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Re: Use-after-free access in j1939_session_deactivate

[Xiaochen Zou]

j1939_session_destroy() will free both session and session->priv. It
leads to multiple use-after-free read and write in
j1939_session_deactivate() when session was freed in
j1939_session_deactivate_locked(). The free chain is
j1939_session_deactivate_locked()->
j1939_session_put()->__j1939_session_release()->j1939_session_destroy().
To fix this bug, I moved j1939_session_put() behind
j1939_session_deactivate_locked() and guarded it with a check of
active since the session would be freed only if active is true.

diff --git a/net/can/j1939/transport.c b/net/can/j1939/transport.c
index e5f1a56994c6..b6448f29a4bd 100644
--- a/net/can/j1939/transport.c
+++ b/net/can/j1939/transport.c
@@ -1018,7 +1018,6 @@ static bool
j1939_session_deactivate_locked(struct j1939_session *session)

        list_del_init(&session->active_session_list_entry);
        session->state = J1939_SESSION_DONE;
-       j1939_session_put(session);
    }

    return active;
@@ -1031,6 +1030,9 @@ static bool j1939_session_deactivate(struct
j1939_session *session)
    j1939_session_list_lock(session->priv);
    active = j1939_session_deactivate_locked(session);
    j1939_session_list_unlock(session->priv);
+   if (active) {
+       j1939_session_put(session);
+   }

    return active;
 }
@@ -2021,6 +2023,7 @@ void j1939_simple_recv(struct j1939_priv *priv,
struct sk_buff *skb)
 int j1939_cancel_active_session(struct j1939_priv *priv, struct sock *sk)
 {
    struct j1939_session *session, *saved;
+   bool active;

    netdev_dbg(priv->ndev, "%s, sk: %p\n", __func__, sk);
    j1939_session_list_lock(priv);
@@ -2030,7 +2033,10 @@ int j1939_cancel_active_session(struct
j1939_priv *priv, struct sock *sk)
        if (!sk || sk == session->sk) {
            j1939_session_timers_cancel(session);
            session->err = ESHUTDOWN;
-           j1939_session_deactivate_locked(session);
+           active = j1939_session_deactivate_locked(session);
+           if (active) {
+               j1939_session_put(session);
+           }
        }
    }
    j1939_session_list_unlock(priv);

On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 9:44 PM Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 03:40:46PM -0700, Xiaochen Zou wrote:
> > Hi,
> > It looks like there are multiple use-after-free accesses in
> > j1939_session_deactivate()
> >
> > static bool j1939_session_deactivate(struct j1939_session *session)
> > {
> > bool active;
> >
> > j1939_session_list_lock(session->priv);
> > active = j1939_session_deactivate_locked(session); //session can be freed inside
> > j1939_session_list_unlock(session->priv); // It causes UAF read and write
> >
> > return active;
> > }
> >
> > session can be freed by
> > j1939_session_deactivate_locked->j1939_session_put->__j1939_session_release->j1939_session_destroy->kfree.
> > Therefore it makes the unlock function perform UAF access.
>
> Great, can you make up a patch to fix this issue so you can get credit
> for finding and solving it?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h



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Department of Computer Science & Engineering
University of California, Riverside

Re: Use-after-free access in j1939_session_deactivate

[Marc Kleine-Budde]

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On 7/13/21 9:30 AM, Xiaochen Zou wrote:
> j1939_session_destroy() will free both session and session->priv. It
> leads to multiple use-after-free read and write in
> j1939_session_deactivate() when session was freed in
> j1939_session_deactivate_locked(). The free chain is
> j1939_session_deactivate_locked()->
> j1939_session_put()->__j1939_session_release()->j1939_session_destroy().
> To fix this bug, I moved j1939_session_put() behind
> j1939_session_deactivate_locked() and guarded it with a check of
> active since the session would be freed only if active is true.

Please include your Signed-off-by.
See
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.12/source/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst#L356

Marc

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Re: Use-after-free access in j1939_session_deactivate

[Xiaochen Zou]

j1939_session_destroy() will free both session and session->priv. It
leads to multiple use-after-free read and write in
j1939_session_deactivate() when session was freed in
j1939_session_deactivate_locked(). The free chain is
j1939_session_deactivate_locked()->j1939_session_put()->__j1939_session_release()->j1939_session_destroy().
To fix this bug, I moved j1939_session_put() behind
j1939_session_deactivate_locked() and guarded it with a check of
active since the session would be freed only if active is true.

Signed-off-by: Xiaochen Zou <xzou017@ucr.edu>

diff --git a/net/can/j1939/transport.c b/net/can/j1939/transport.c
index e5f1a56994c6..b6448f29a4bd 100644
--- a/net/can/j1939/transport.c
+++ b/net/can/j1939/transport.c
@@ -1018,7 +1018,6 @@ static bool
j1939_session_deactivate_locked(struct j1939_session *session)

        list_del_init(&session->active_session_list_entry);
        session->state = J1939_SESSION_DONE;
-       j1939_session_put(session);
    }

    return active;
@@ -1031,6 +1030,9 @@ static bool j1939_session_deactivate(struct
j1939_session *session)
    j1939_session_list_lock(session->priv);
    active = j1939_session_deactivate_locked(session);
    j1939_session_list_unlock(session->priv);
+   if (active) {
+       j1939_session_put(session);
+   }

    return active;
 }
@@ -2021,6 +2023,7 @@ void j1939_simple_recv(struct j1939_priv *priv,
struct sk_buff *skb)
 int j1939_cancel_active_session(struct j1939_priv *priv, struct sock *sk)
 {
    struct j1939_session *session, *saved;
+   bool active;

    netdev_dbg(priv->ndev, "%s, sk: %p\n", __func__, sk);
    j1939_session_list_lock(priv);
@@ -2030,7 +2033,10 @@ int j1939_cancel_active_session(struct
j1939_priv *priv, struct sock *sk)
        if (!sk || sk == session->sk) {
            j1939_session_timers_cancel(session);
            session->err = ESHUTDOWN;
-           j1939_session_deactivate_locked(session);
+           active = j1939_session_deactivate_locked(session);
+           if (active) {
+               j1939_session_put(session);
+           }
        }
    }
    j1939_session_list_unlock(priv);

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 12:35 AM Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de> wrote:
>
> On 7/13/21 9:30 AM, Xiaochen Zou wrote:
> > j1939_session_destroy() will free both session and session->priv. It
> > leads to multiple use-after-free read and write in
> > j1939_session_deactivate() when session was freed in
> > j1939_session_deactivate_locked(). The free chain is
> > j1939_session_deactivate_locked()->
> > j1939_session_put()->__j1939_session_release()->j1939_session_destroy().
> > To fix this bug, I moved j1939_session_put() behind
> > j1939_session_deactivate_locked() and guarded it with a check of
> > active since the session would be freed only if active is true.
>
> Please include your Signed-off-by.
> See
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.12/source/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst#L356
>
> Marc
>
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>


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PhD Student
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
University of California, Riverside

Re: Use-after-free access in j1939_session_deactivate

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 12:46:07AM -0700, Xiaochen Zou wrote:
> j1939_session_destroy() will free both session and session->priv. It
> leads to multiple use-after-free read and write in
> j1939_session_deactivate() when session was freed in
> j1939_session_deactivate_locked(). The free chain is
> j1939_session_deactivate_locked()->j1939_session_put()->__j1939_session_release()->j1939_session_destroy().
> To fix this bug, I moved j1939_session_put() behind
> j1939_session_deactivate_locked() and guarded it with a check of
> active since the session would be freed only if active is true.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiaochen Zou <xzou017@ucr.edu>
> 
> diff --git a/net/can/j1939/transport.c b/net/can/j1939/transport.c
> index e5f1a56994c6..b6448f29a4bd 100644
> --- a/net/can/j1939/transport.c
> +++ b/net/can/j1939/transport.c
> @@ -1018,7 +1018,6 @@ static bool
> j1939_session_deactivate_locked(struct j1939_session *session)
> 
>         list_del_init(&session->active_session_list_entry);
>         session->state = J1939_SESSION_DONE;
> -       j1939_session_put(session);
>     }
> 
>     return active;
> @@ -1031,6 +1030,9 @@ static bool j1939_session_deactivate(struct
> j1939_session *session)
>     j1939_session_list_lock(session->priv);
>     active = j1939_session_deactivate_locked(session);
>     j1939_session_list_unlock(session->priv);
> +   if (active) {
> +       j1939_session_put(session);
> +   }
> 
>     return active;
>  }
> @@ -2021,6 +2023,7 @@ void j1939_simple_recv(struct j1939_priv *priv,
> struct sk_buff *skb)
>  int j1939_cancel_active_session(struct j1939_priv *priv, struct sock *sk)
>  {
>     struct j1939_session *session, *saved;
> +   bool active;
> 
>     netdev_dbg(priv->ndev, "%s, sk: %p\n", __func__, sk);
>     j1939_session_list_lock(priv);
> @@ -2030,7 +2033,10 @@ int j1939_cancel_active_session(struct
> j1939_priv *priv, struct sock *sk)
>         if (!sk || sk == session->sk) {
>             j1939_session_timers_cancel(session);
>             session->err = ESHUTDOWN;
> -           j1939_session_deactivate_locked(session);
> +           active = j1939_session_deactivate_locked(session);
> +           if (active) {
> +               j1939_session_put(session);
> +           }
>         }
>     }
>     j1939_session_list_unlock(priv);
> 
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 12:35 AM Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de> wrote:
> >
> > On 7/13/21 9:30 AM, Xiaochen Zou wrote:
> > > j1939_session_destroy() will free both session and session->priv. It
> > > leads to multiple use-after-free read and write in
> > > j1939_session_deactivate() when session was freed in
> > > j1939_session_deactivate_locked(). The free chain is
> > > j1939_session_deactivate_locked()->
> > > j1939_session_put()->__j1939_session_release()->j1939_session_destroy().
> > > To fix this bug, I moved j1939_session_put() behind
> > > j1939_session_deactivate_locked() and guarded it with a check of
> > > active since the session would be freed only if active is true.
> >
> > Please include your Signed-off-by.
> > See
> > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.12/source/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst#L356
> >
> > Marc
> >
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> >
> 
> 

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