CVE-2022-48940

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

bpf: Fix crash due to incorrect copy_map_value

When both bpf_spin_lock and bpf_timer are present in a BPF map value, copy_map_value needs to skirt both objects when copying a value into and out of the map. However, the current code does not set both s_off and t_off in copy_map_value, which leads to a crash when e.g. bpf_spin_lock is placed in map value with bpf_timer, as bpf_map_update_elem call will be able to overwrite the other timer object.

When the issue is not fixed, an overwriting can produce the following splat:

[root@(none) bpf]# ./test_progs -t timer_crash [ 15.930339] bpf_testmod: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel. [ 16.037849] ================================================================== [ 16.038458] BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access in __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x32b/0x520 [ 16.038944] Write of size 8 at addr 0000000000043ec0 by task test_progs/325 [ 16.039399] [ 16.039514] CPU: 0 PID: 325 Comm: test_progs Tainted: G OE 5.16.0+ #278 [ 16.039983] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ArchLinux 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 [ 16.040485] Call Trace: [ 16.040645] [ 16.040805] dump_stack_lvl+0x59/0x73 [ 16.041069] ? __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x32b/0x520 [ 16.041427] kasan_report.cold+0x116/0x11b [ 16.041673] ? __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x32b/0x520 [ 16.042040] __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x32b/0x520 [ 16.042328] ? memcpy+0x39/0x60 [ 16.042552] ? pv_hash+0xd0/0xd0 [ 16.042785] ? lockdep_hardirqs_off+0x95/0xd0 [ 16.043079] __bpf_spin_lock_irqsave+0xdf/0xf0 [ 16.043366] ? bpf_get_current_comm+0x50/0x50 [ 16.043608] ? jhash+0x11a/0x270 [ 16.043848] bpf_timer_cancel+0x34/0xe0 [ 16.044119] bpf_prog_c4ea1c0f7449940d_sys_enter+0x7c/0x81 [ 16.044500] bpf_trampoline_6442477838_0+0x36/0x1000 [ 16.044836] __x64_sys_nanosleep+0x5/0x140 [ 16.045119] do_syscall_64+0x59/0x80 [ 16.045377] ? lock_is_held_type+0xe4/0x140 [ 16.045670] ? irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0xa/0x40 [ 16.046001] ? mark_held_locks+0x24/0x90 [ 16.046287] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x1e/0x30 [ 16.046569] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x8/0x30 [ 16.046851] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x7e/0x100 [ 16.047137] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae [ 16.047405] RIP: 0033:0x7f9e4831718d [ 16.047602] Code: b4 0c 00 0f 05 eb a9 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d b3 6c 0c 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 [ 16.048764] RSP: 002b:00007fff488086b8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000023 [ 16.049275] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f9e48683740 RCX: 00007f9e4831718d [ 16.049747] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00007fff488086d0 [ 16.050225] RBP: 00007fff488086f0 R08: 00007fff488085d7 R09: 00007f9e4cb594a0 [ 16.050648] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00007f9e484cde30 [ 16.051124] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 16.051608] [ 16.051762] ==================================================================

Weakness

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.

Affected Software

Extended Description

Certain languages allow direct addressing of memory locations and do not automatically ensure that these locations are valid for the memory buffer that is being referenced. This can cause read or write operations to be performed on memory locations that may be associated with other variables, data structures, or internal program data. As a result, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code, alter the intended control flow, read sensitive information, or cause the system to crash.

Potential Mitigations

• Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.

• For example, many languages that perform their own memory management, such as Java and Perl, are not subject to buffer overflows. Other languages, such as Ada and C#, typically provide overflow protection, but the protection can be disabled by the programmer.

• Be wary that a language’s interface to native code may still be subject to overflows, even if the language itself is theoretically safe.

• Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.

• Examples include the Safe C String Library (SafeStr) by Messier and Viega [REF-57], and the Strsafe.h library from Microsoft [REF-56]. These libraries provide safer versions of overflow-prone string-handling functions.

• Use automatic buffer overflow detection mechanisms that are offered by certain compilers or compiler extensions. Examples include: the Microsoft Visual Studio /GS flag, Fedora/Red Hat FORTIFY_SOURCE GCC flag, StackGuard, and ProPolice, which provide various mechanisms including canary-based detection and range/index checking.

• D3-SFCV (Stack Frame Canary Validation) from D3FEND [REF-1334] discusses canary-based detection in detail.

• Consider adhering to the following rules when allocating and managing an application’s memory:

• Run or compile the software using features or extensions that randomly arrange the positions of a program’s executable and libraries in memory. Because this makes the addresses unpredictable, it can prevent an attacker from reliably jumping to exploitable code.

• Examples include Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) [REF-58] [REF-60] and Position-Independent Executables (PIE) [REF-64]. Imported modules may be similarly realigned if their default memory addresses conflict with other modules, in a process known as “rebasing” (for Windows) and “prelinking” (for Linux) [REF-1332] using randomly generated addresses. ASLR for libraries cannot be used in conjunction with prelink since it would require relocating the libraries at run-time, defeating the whole purpose of prelinking.

• For more information on these techniques see D3-SAOR (Segment Address Offset Randomization) from D3FEND [REF-1335].

• Use a CPU and operating system that offers Data Execution Protection (using hardware NX or XD bits) or the equivalent techniques that simulate this feature in software, such as PaX [REF-60] [REF-61]. These techniques ensure that any instruction executed is exclusively at a memory address that is part of the code segment.

• For more information on these techniques see D3-PSEP (Process Segment Execution Prevention) from D3FEND [REF-1336].

Related Attack Patterns

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• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/44.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/45.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/46.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/47.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/8.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/9.html

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/719d1c2524c89ada78c4c9202641c1d9e942a322
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8abb0c3dc1e28454851a00f8b7333d9695d566c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eca9bd215d2233de79d930fa97aefbce03247a98