CVE-2023-53135

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

riscv: Use READ_ONCE_NOCHECK in imprecise unwinding stack mode

When CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER is unset, the stack unwinding function walk_stackframe randomly reads the stack and then, when KASAN is enabled, it can lead to the following backtrace:

[ 0.000000] ================================================================== [ 0.000000] BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in walk_stackframe+0xa6/0x11a [ 0.000000] Read of size 8 at addr ffffffff81807c40 by task swapper/0 [ 0.000000] [ 0.000000] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 6.2.0-12919-g24203e6db61f #43 [ 0.000000] Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT) [ 0.000000] Call Trace: [ 0.000000] [] walk_stackframe+0x0/0x11a [ 0.000000] [] init_param_lock+0x26/0x2a [ 0.000000] [] walk_stackframe+0xa2/0x11a [ 0.000000] [] dump_stack_lvl+0x22/0x36 [ 0.000000] [] print_report+0x198/0x4a8 [ 0.000000] [] init_param_lock+0x26/0x2a [ 0.000000] [] walk_stackframe+0xa2/0x11a [ 0.000000] [] kasan_report+0x9a/0xc8 [ 0.000000] [] walk_stackframe+0xa2/0x11a [ 0.000000] [] walk_stackframe+0xa2/0x11a [ 0.000000] [] desc_make_final+0x80/0x84 [ 0.000000] [] stack_trace_save+0x88/0xa6 [ 0.000000] [] filter_irq_stacks+0x72/0x76 [ 0.000000] [] devkmsg_read+0x32a/0x32e [ 0.000000] [] kasan_save_stack+0x28/0x52 [ 0.000000] [] desc_make_final+0x7c/0x84 [ 0.000000] [] stack_trace_save+0x84/0xa6 [ 0.000000] [] kasan_set_track+0x12/0x20 [ 0.000000] [] __kasan_slab_alloc+0x58/0x5e [ 0.000000] [] __kmem_cache_create+0x21e/0x39a [ 0.000000] [] create_boot_cache+0x70/0x9c [ 0.000000] [] kmem_cache_init+0x6c/0x11e [ 0.000000] [] mm_init+0xd8/0xfe [ 0.000000] [] start_kernel+0x190/0x3ca [ 0.000000] [ 0.000000] The buggy address belongs to stack of task swapper/0 [ 0.000000] and is located at offset 0 in frame: [ 0.000000] stack_trace_save+0x0/0xa6 [ 0.000000] [ 0.000000] This frame has 1 object: [ 0.000000] [32, 56) c [ 0.000000] [ 0.000000] The buggy address belongs to the physical page: [ 0.000000] page:(ptrval) refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x81a07 [ 0.000000] flags: 0x1000(reserved|zone=0) [ 0.000000] raw: 0000000000001000 ff600003f1e3d150 ff600003f1e3d150 0000000000000000 [ 0.000000] raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000001ffffffff [ 0.000000] page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected [ 0.000000] [ 0.000000] Memory state around the buggy address: [ 0.000000] ffffffff81807b00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 0.000000] ffffffff81807b80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 0.000000] >ffffffff81807c00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f1 f1 f1 f1 00 00 00 f3 [ 0.000000] ^ [ 0.000000] ffffffff81807c80: f3 f3 f3 f3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 0.000000] ffffffff81807d00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 0.000000] ==================================================================

Fix that by using READ_ONCE_NOCHECK when reading the stack in imprecise mode.

Weakness

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

• Assume all input is malicious. Use an “accept known good” input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
• When performing input validation, consider all potentially relevant properties, including length, type of input, the full range of acceptable values, missing or extra inputs, syntax, consistency across related fields, and conformance to business rules. As an example of business rule logic, “boat” may be syntactically valid because it only contains alphanumeric characters, but it is not valid if the input is only expected to contain colors such as “red” or “blue.”
• Do not rely exclusively on looking for malicious or malformed inputs. This is likely to miss at least one undesirable input, especially if the code’s environment changes. This can give attackers enough room to bypass the intended validation. However, denylists can be useful for detecting potential attacks or determining which inputs are so malformed that they should be rejected outright.
• To reduce the likelihood of introducing an out-of-bounds read, ensure that you validate and ensure correct calculations for any length argument, buffer size calculation, or offset. Be especially careful of relying on a sentinel (i.e. special character such as NUL) in untrusted inputs.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/540.html

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17fa90ffba20743c946920fbb0afe160d0ead8c9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/324912d6c0c4006711054d389faa2239c1655e1e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a9418d2c93c1c86ce4d0595112d91c7a8e70c2c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3de277af481ab931fab9e295ad8762692920732a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76950340cf03b149412fe0d5f0810e52ac1df8cb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a99a61d9e1bfca2fc37d223a6a185c0eb66aba02