CVE-2023-52741: cifs: Fix use-after-free in rdata->read_into_pages()

Description

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

cifs: Fix use-after-free in rdata->read_into_pages()

When the network status is unstable, use-after-free may occur when
read data from the server.

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in readpages_fill_pages+0x14c/0x7e0

Call Trace:

dump_stack_lvl+0x38/0x4c
print_report+0x16f/0x4a6
kasan_report+0xb7/0x130
readpages_fill_pages+0x14c/0x7e0
cifs_readv_receive+0x46d/0xa40
cifs_demultiplex_thread+0x121c/0x1490
kthread+0x16b/0x1a0
ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50

Allocated by task 2535:
kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x50
kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30
__kasan_kmalloc+0x82/0x90
cifs_readdata_direct_alloc+0x2c/0x110
cifs_readdata_alloc+0x2d/0x60
cifs_readahead+0x393/0xfe0
read_pages+0x12f/0x470
page_cache_ra_unbounded+0x1b1/0x240
filemap_get_pages+0x1c8/0x9a0
filemap_read+0x1c0/0x540
cifs_strict_readv+0x21b/0x240
vfs_read+0x395/0x4b0
ksys_read+0xb8/0x150
do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc

Freed by task 79:
kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x50
kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30
kasan_save_free_info+0x2e/0x50
__kasan_slab_free+0x10e/0x1a0
__kmem_cache_free+0x7a/0x1a0
cifs_readdata_release+0x49/0x60
process_one_work+0x46c/0x760
worker_thread+0x2a4/0x6f0
kthread+0x16b/0x1a0
ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50

Last potentially related work creation:
kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x50
__kasan_record_aux_stack+0x95/0xb0
insert_work...

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2023-52741

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/2b693fe3f760c87fd9768e759f6297f743a1b3b0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1fba1e096ffc7ec11df863a97c50203c47315b9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3684a2f6affa1ca52a5d4a12f04d0652efdee65e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa5465aeca3c66fecdf7efcf554aed79b4c4b211

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