Description

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

rds: tcp: Fix use-after-free of net in reqsk_timer_handler().

syzkaller reported a warning of netns tracker [0] followed by KASAN
splat [1] and another ref tracker warning [1].

syzkaller could not find a repro, but in the log, the only suspicious
sequence was as follows:

18:26:22 executing program 1:
r0 = socket$inet6_mptcp(0xa, 0x1, 0x106)
...
connect$inet6(r0, &(0x7f0000000080)={0xa, 0x4001, 0x0, @loopback}, 0x1c) (async)

The notable thing here is 0x4001 in connect(), which is RDS_TCP_PORT.

So, the scenario would be:

1. unshare(CLONE_NEWNET) creates a per netns tcp listener in
rds_tcp_listen_init().
2. syz-executor connect()s to it and creates a reqsk.
3. syz-executor exit()s immediately.
4. netns is dismantled. [0]
5. reqsk timer is fired, and UAF happens while freeing reqsk. [1]
6. listener is freed after RCU grace period. [2]

Basically, reqsk assumes that the listener guarantees netns safety
until all reqsk timers are expired by holding the listener's refcount.
However, this was not the case for kernel sockets.

Commit 740ea3c4a0b2 ("tcp: Clean up kernel listener's reqsk in
inet_twsk_purge()") fixed this issue only for per-netns ehash.

Let's apply the same fix for the global ehash.

[0]:
ref_tracker: net notrefcnt@0000000065449cc3 has 1/1 users at
sk_alloc (./include/net/net_namespace.h:337 net/core/sock.c:2146)
inet6_create (net/ipv6/af_inet6.c:192 net/...

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-26865

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/9905a157048f441f1412e7bd13372f4a971d75c6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f901ee07853ce97e9f1104c7c898fbbe447f0279
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ceac040506a05a30b104b2aa2e9146810704500
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e9fd5cf8d7f487332560f7bb312fc7d416817f3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a750d6a5b365265dbda33330a6188547ddb5c24

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