Description

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

cifs: Fix UAF in cifs_demultiplex_thread()

There is a UAF when xfstests on cifs:

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in smb2_is_network_name_deleted+0x27/0x160
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88810103fc08 by task cifsd/923

CPU: 1 PID: 923 Comm: cifsd Not tainted 6.1.0-rc4+ #45
...
Call Trace:

dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44
print_report+0x171/0x472
kasan_report+0xad/0x130
kasan_check_range+0x145/0x1a0
smb2_is_network_name_deleted+0x27/0x160
cifs_demultiplex_thread.cold+0x172/0x5a4
kthread+0x165/0x1a0
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

Allocated by task 923:
kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30
__kasan_slab_alloc+0x54/0x60
kmem_cache_alloc+0x147/0x320
mempool_alloc+0xe1/0x260
cifs_small_buf_get+0x24/0x60
allocate_buffers+0xa1/0x1c0
cifs_demultiplex_thread+0x199/0x10d0
kthread+0x165/0x1a0
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

Freed by task 921:
kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30
kasan_save_free_info+0x2a/0x40
____kasan_slab_free+0x143/0x1b0
kmem_cache_free+0xe3/0x4d0
cifs_small_buf_release+0x29/0x90
SMB2_negotiate+0x8b7/0x1c60
smb2_negotiate+0x51/0x70
cifs_negotiate_protocol+0xf0/0x160
cifs_get_smb_ses+0x5fa/0x13c0
mount_get_conns+0x7a/0x750
cifs_mount+0x103/0xd00
cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x1dd/0xcb0
smb3_get_tree+0x1d5/0x300
vfs_get_tree+0x41/0xf0
path_mount+0x9b3/0xdd0
__x64_sys_mount+0x190/0x...

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2023-52572

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.08% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/908b3b5e97d25e879de3d1f172a255665491c2c3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76569e3819e0bb59fc19b1b8688b017e627c268a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d527f51331cace562393a8038d870b3e9916686f

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