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

jfs: Fix uaf in dbFreeBits

[syzbot reported]

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:587 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __mutex_lock+0xfe/0xd70 kernel/locking/mutex.c:752 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880229254b0 by task syz-executor357/5216

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5216 Comm: syz-executor357 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc3-syzkaller-00156-gd7a5aa4b3c00 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 06/27/2024 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:93 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:119 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline] print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:488 kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:601 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:587 [inline] __mutex_lock+0xfe/0xd70 kernel/locking/mutex.c:752 dbFreeBits+0x7ea/0xd90 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2390 dbFreeDmap fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2089 [inline] dbFree+0x35b/0x680 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:409 dbDiscardAG+0x8a9/0xa20 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:1650 jfs_ioc_trim+0x433/0x670 fs/jfs/jfs_discard.c:100 jfs_ioctl+0x2d0/0x3e0 fs/jfs/ioctl.c:131 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:893 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83

Freed by task 5218: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:579 poison_slab_object+0xe0/0x150 mm/kasan/common.c:240 __kasan_slab_free+0x37/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:256 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:184 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2252 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:4473 [inline] kfree+0x149/0x360 mm/slub.c:4594 dbUnmount+0x11d/0x190 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:278 jfs_mount_rw+0x4ac/0x6a0 fs/jfs/jfs_mount.c:247 jfs_remount+0x3d1/0x6b0 fs/jfs/super.c:454 reconfigure_super+0x445/0x880 fs/super.c:1083 vfs_cmd_reconfigure fs/fsopen.c:263 [inline] vfs_fsconfig_locked fs/fsopen.c:292 [inline] __do_sys_fsconfig fs/fsopen.c:473 [inline] __se_sys_fsconfig+0xb6e/0xf80 fs/fsopen.c:345 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

[Analysis] There are two paths (dbUnmount and jfs_ioc_trim) that generate race condition when accessing bmap, which leads to the occurrence of uaf.

Use the lock s_umount to synchronize them, in order to avoid uaf caused by race condition.

Weakness

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

Affected Software

Extended Description

The use of previously-freed memory can have any number of adverse consequences, ranging from the corruption of valid data to the execution of arbitrary code, depending on the instantiation and timing of the flaw. The simplest way data corruption may occur involves the system’s reuse of the freed memory. Use-after-free errors have two common and sometimes overlapping causes:

In this scenario, the memory in question is allocated to another pointer validly at some point after it has been freed. The original pointer to the freed memory is used again and points to somewhere within the new allocation. As the data is changed, it corrupts the validly used memory; this induces undefined behavior in the process. If the newly allocated data happens to hold a class, in C++ for example, various function pointers may be scattered within the heap data. If one of these function pointers is overwritten with an address to valid shellcode, execution of arbitrary code can be achieved.

Potential Mitigations

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c238da83f56bb895cab1e5851d034ac45b158d1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3126ccde51f51b0648c8cdccaf916e8bd062e972
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4218b31ecc7af7e191768d32e32ed4386d8f9b76
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ac58f7734937f3249da734ede946dfb3b1af5e4
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95accb7183badca387f7a8d19a2475cf3089f148
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9603a6f75df2fd8125cd208c98cfaa0fe3f7505
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6c1b3599b2feb5c7291f5ac3a36e5fa7cedb234
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ae14f7ee76c6ef5a48aebab1a278ad78f42619
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd026b6b6758d5569705c02540b40f3bbf822b9a