CVE-2023-53581

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

net/mlx5e: Check for NOT_READY flag state after locking

Currently the check for NOT_READY flag is performed before obtaining the necessary lock. This opens a possibility for race condition when the flow is concurrently removed from unready_flows list by the workqueue task, which causes a double-removal from the list and a crash[0]. Fix the issue by moving the flag check inside the section protected by uplink_priv->unready_flows_lock mutex.

[0]: [44376.389654] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdead000000000108: 0000 [#1] SMP [44376.391665] CPU: 7 PID: 59123 Comm: tc Not tainted 6.4.0-rc4+ #1 [44376.392984] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [44376.395342] RIP: 0010:mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_flow+0xb3/0x340 [mlx5_core] [44376.396857] Code: 00 48 8b b8 68 ce 02 00 e8 8a 4d 02 00 4c 8d a8 a8 01 00 00 4c 89 ef e8 8b 79 88 e1 48 8b 83 98 06 00 00 48 8b 93 90 06 00 00 <48> 89 42 08 48 89 10 48 b8 00 01 00 00 00 00 ad de 48 89 83 90 06 [44376.399167] RSP: 0018:ffff88812cc97570 EFLAGS: 00010246 [44376.399680] RAX: dead000000000122 RBX: ffff8881088e3800 RCX: ffff8881881bac00 [44376.400337] RDX: dead000000000100 RSI: ffff88812cc97500 RDI: ffff8881242f71b0 [44376.401001] RBP: ffff88811cbb0940 R08: 0000000000000400 R09: 0000000000000001 [44376.401663] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88812c944000 [44376.402342] R13: ffff8881242f71a8 R14: ffff8881222b4000 R15: 0000000000000000 [44376.402999] FS: 00007f0451104800(0000) GS:ffff88852cb80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [44376.403787] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [44376.404343] CR2: 0000000000489108 CR3: 0000000123a79003 CR4: 0000000000370ea0 [44376.405004] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [44376.405665] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [44376.406339] Call Trace: [44376.406651] [44376.406939] ? die_addr+0x33/0x90 [44376.407311] ? exc_general_protection+0x192/0x390 [44376.407795] ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x22/0x30 [44376.408292] ? mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_flow+0xb3/0x340 [mlx5_core] [44376.408876] __mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_peer_flow+0xbc/0xe0 [mlx5_core] [44376.409482] mlx5e_tc_del_flow+0x42/0x210 [mlx5_core] [44376.410055] mlx5e_flow_put+0x25/0x50 [mlx5_core] [44376.410529] mlx5e_delete_flower+0x24b/0x350 [mlx5_core] [44376.411043] tc_setup_cb_reoffload+0x22/0x80 [44376.411462] fl_reoffload+0x261/0x2f0 [cls_flower] [44376.411907] ? mlx5e_rep_indr_setup_ft_cb+0x160/0x160 [mlx5_core] [44376.412481] ? mlx5e_rep_indr_setup_ft_cb+0x160/0x160 [mlx5_core] [44376.413044] tcf_block_playback_offloads+0x76/0x170 [44376.413497] tcf_block_unbind+0x7b/0xd0 [44376.413881] tcf_block_setup+0x17d/0x1c0 [44376.414269] tcf_block_offload_cmd.isra.0+0xf1/0x130 [44376.414725] tcf_block_offload_unbind+0x43/0x70 [44376.415153] __tcf_block_put+0x82/0x150 [44376.415532] ingress_destroy+0x22/0x30 [sch_ingress] [44376.415986] qdisc_destroy+0x3b/0xd0 [44376.416343] qdisc_graft+0x4d0/0x620 [44376.416706] tc_get_qdisc+0x1c9/0x3b0 [44376.417074] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x29c/0x390 [44376.419978] ? rep_movs_alternative+0x3a/0xa0 [44376.420399] ? rtnl_calcit.isra.0+0x120/0x120 [44376.420813] netlink_rcv_skb+0x54/0x100 [44376.421192] netlink_unicast+0x1f6/0x2c0 [44376.421573] netlink_sendmsg+0x232/0x4a0 [44376.421980] sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x60 [44376.422328] ____sys_sendmsg+0x1d0/0x1e0 [44376.422709] ? copy_msghdr_from_user+0x6d/0xa0 [44376.423127] ___sys_sendmsg+0x80/0xc0 [44376.423495] ? ___sys_recvmsg+0x8b/0xc0 [44376.423869] __sys_sendmsg+0x51/0x90 [44376.424226] do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x90 [44376.424587] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 [44376.425046] RIP: 0033:0x7f045134f887 [44376.425403] Code: 0a 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b9 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 b8 2e 00 —truncated—

Weakness

The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

Affected Software

Extended Description

A race condition occurs within concurrent environments, and it is effectively a property of a code sequence. Depending on the context, a code sequence may be in the form of a function call, a small number of instructions, a series of program invocations, etc. A race condition violates these properties, which are closely related:

A race condition exists when an “interfering code sequence” can still access the shared resource, violating exclusivity. The interfering code sequence could be “trusted” or “untrusted.” A trusted interfering code sequence occurs within the product; it cannot be modified by the attacker, and it can only be invoked indirectly. An untrusted interfering code sequence can be authored directly by the attacker, and typically it is external to the vulnerable product.

Potential Mitigations

• Minimize the usage of shared resources in order to remove as much complexity as possible from the control flow and to reduce the likelihood of unexpected conditions occurring.
• Additionally, this will minimize the amount of synchronization necessary and may even help to reduce the likelihood of a denial of service where an attacker may be able to repeatedly trigger a critical section (CWE-400).

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/26.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/29.html

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30c281a77fb1b2d362030ea243dd663201d62a21
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65e64640e97c0f223e77f9ea69b5a46186b93470
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82ac62d76a000871004f534ad294e763e966d3b0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e962fd5933ebc767ce2a1cf7b7c85035b5a5d04c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7ceedd1d124217a67ed1a67bbd7a7b1288705e3