CVE-2024-35795

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

drm/amdgpu: fix deadlock while reading mqd from debugfs

An errant disk backup on my desktop got into debugfs and triggered the following deadlock scenario in the amdgpu debugfs files. The machine also hard-resets immediately after those lines are printed (although I wasnt able to reproduce that part when reading by hand):

[ 1318.016074][ T1082] ====================================================== [ 1318.016607][ T1082] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected [ 1318.017107][ T1082] 6.8.0-rc7-00015-ge0c8221b72c0 #17 Not tainted [ 1318.017598][ T1082] —————————————————— [ 1318.018096][ T1082] tar/1082 is trying to acquire lock: [ 1318.018585][ T1082] ffff98c44175d6a0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: __might_fault+0x40/0x80 [ 1318.019084][ T1082] [ 1318.019084][ T1082] but task is already holding lock: [ 1318.020052][ T1082] ffff98c4c13f55f8 (reservation_ww_class_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: amdgpu_debugfs_mqd_read+0x6a/0x250 [amdgpu] [ 1318.020607][ T1082] [ 1318.020607][ T1082] which lock already depends on the new lock. [ 1318.020607][ T1082] [ 1318.022081][ T1082] [ 1318.022081][ T1082] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: [ 1318.023083][ T1082] [ 1318.023083][ T1082] -> #2 (reservation_ww_class_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}: [ 1318.024114][ T1082] __ww_mutex_lock.constprop.0+0xe0/0x12f0 [ 1318.024639][ T1082] ww_mutex_lock+0x32/0x90 [ 1318.025161][ T1082] dma_resv_lockdep+0x18a/0x330 [ 1318.025683][ T1082] do_one_initcall+0x6a/0x350 [ 1318.026210][ T1082] kernel_init_freeable+0x1a3/0x310 [ 1318.026728][ T1082] kernel_init+0x15/0x1a0 [ 1318.027242][ T1082] ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x40 [ 1318.027759][ T1082] ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 [ 1318.028281][ T1082] [ 1318.028281][ T1082] -> #1 (reservation_ww_class_acquire){+.+.}-{0:0}: [ 1318.029297][ T1082] dma_resv_lockdep+0x16c/0x330 [ 1318.029790][ T1082] do_one_initcall+0x6a/0x350 [ 1318.030263][ T1082] kernel_init_freeable+0x1a3/0x310 [ 1318.030722][ T1082] kernel_init+0x15/0x1a0 [ 1318.031168][ T1082] ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x40 [ 1318.031598][ T1082] ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 [ 1318.032011][ T1082] [ 1318.032011][ T1082] -> #0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}: [ 1318.032778][ T1082] __lock_acquire+0x14bf/0x2680 [ 1318.033141][ T1082] lock_acquire+0xcd/0x2c0 [ 1318.033487][ T1082] __might_fault+0x58/0x80 [ 1318.033814][ T1082] amdgpu_debugfs_mqd_read+0x103/0x250 [amdgpu] [ 1318.034181][ T1082] full_proxy_read+0x55/0x80 [ 1318.034487][ T1082] vfs_read+0xa7/0x360 [ 1318.034788][ T1082] ksys_read+0x70/0xf0 [ 1318.035085][ T1082] do_syscall_64+0x94/0x180 [ 1318.035375][ T1082] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0x4e [ 1318.035664][ T1082] [ 1318.035664][ T1082] other info that might help us debug this: [ 1318.035664][ T1082] [ 1318.036487][ T1082] Chain exists of: [ 1318.036487][ T1082] &mm->mmap_lock –> reservation_ww_class_acquire –> reservation_ww_class_mutex [ 1318.036487][ T1082] [ 1318.037310][ T1082] Possible unsafe locking scenario: [ 1318.037310][ T1082] [ 1318.037838][ T1082] CPU0 CPU1 [ 1318.038101][ T1082] —- —- [ 1318.038350][ T1082] lock(reservation_ww_class_mutex); [ 1318.038590][ T1082] lock(reservation_ww_class_acquire); [ 1318.038839][ T1082] lock(reservation_ww_class_mutex); [ 1318.039083][ T1082] rlock(&mm->mmap_lock); [ 1318.039328][ T1082] [ 1318.039328][ T1082] *** DEADLOCK *** [ 1318.039328][ T1082] [ 1318.040029][ T1082] 1 lock held by tar/1082: [ 1318.040259][ T1082] #0: ffff98c4c13f55f8 (reservation_ww_class_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: amdgpu_debugfs_mqd_read+0x6a/0x250 [amdgpu] [ 1318.040560][ T1082] [ 1318.040560][ T1082] stack backtrace: [ —truncated—

Weakness

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.

Affected Software

Extended Description

Locking is a type of synchronization behavior that ensures that multiple independently-operating processes or threads do not interfere with each other when accessing the same resource. All processes/threads are expected to follow the same steps for locking. If these steps are not followed precisely - or if no locking is done at all - then another process/thread could modify the shared resource in a way that is not visible or predictable to the original process. This can lead to data or memory corruption, denial of service, etc.

Potential Mitigations

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/25.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/26.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/27.html

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/197f6d6987c55860f6eea1c93e4f800c59078874
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4687e3c6ee877ee25e57b984eca00be53b9a8db5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8678b1060ae2b75feb60b87e5b75e17374e3c1c5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b03556da6e576c62664b6cd01809e4a09d53b5b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/197f6d6987c55860f6eea1c93e4f800c59078874
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4687e3c6ee877ee25e57b984eca00be53b9a8db5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8678b1060ae2b75feb60b87e5b75e17374e3c1c5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b03556da6e576c62664b6cd01809e4a09d53b5b