CVE-2024-53100

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

nvme: tcp: avoid race between queue_lock lock and destroy

Commit 76d54bf20cdc (nvme-tcp: dont access released socket during error recovery) added a mutex_lock() call for the queue->queue_lock in nvme_tcp_get_address(). However, the mutex_lock() races with mutex_destroy() in nvme_tcp_free_queue(), and causes the WARN below.

DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(lock->magic != lock) WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 34077 at kernel/locking/mutex.c:587 __mutex_lock+0xcf0/0x1220 Modules linked in: nvmet_tcp nvmet nvme_tcp nvme_fabrics iw_cm ib_cm ib_core pktcdvd nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_set nf_tables qrtr sunrpc ppdev 9pnet_virtio 9pnet pcspkr netfs parport_pc parport e1000 i2c_piix4 i2c_smbus loop fuse nfnetlink zram bochs drm_vram_helper drm_ttm_helper ttm drm_kms_helper xfs drm sym53c8xx floppy nvme scsi_transport_spi nvme_core nvme_auth serio_raw ata_generic pata_acpi dm_multipath qemu_fw_cfg [last unloaded: ib_uverbs] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 34077 Comm: udisksd Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7 #319 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:__mutex_lock+0xcf0/0x1220 Code: 08 84 d2 0f 85 c8 04 00 00 8b 15 ef b6 c8 01 85 d2 0f 85 78 f4 ff ff 48 c7 c6 20 93 ee af 48 c7 c7 60 91 ee af e8 f0 a7 6d fd <0f> 0b e9 5e f4 ff ff 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 89 f2 48 c1 RSP: 0018:ffff88811305f760 EFLAGS: 00010286 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88812c652058 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: ffff88811305f8b0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed1075c36341 R10: ffff8883ae1b1a0b R11: 0000000000010498 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffff88812c652058 FS: 00007f9713ae4980(0000) GS:ffff8883ae180000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fcd78483c7c CR3: 0000000122c38000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: ? __warn.cold+0x5b/0x1af ? __mutex_lock+0xcf0/0x1220 ? report_bug+0x1ec/0x390 ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x80 ? exc_invalid_op+0x13/0x40 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 ? __mutex_lock+0xcf0/0x1220 ? nvme_tcp_get_address+0xc2/0x1e0 [nvme_tcp] ? __pfx___mutex_lock+0x10/0x10 ? __lock_acquire+0xd6a/0x59e0 ? nvme_tcp_get_address+0xc2/0x1e0 [nvme_tcp] nvme_tcp_get_address+0xc2/0x1e0 [nvme_tcp] ? __pfx_nvme_tcp_get_address+0x10/0x10 [nvme_tcp] nvme_sysfs_show_address+0x81/0xc0 [nvme_core] dev_attr_show+0x42/0x80 ? __asan_memset+0x1f/0x40 sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x1f0/0x370 seq_read_iter+0x2cb/0x1130 ? rw_verify_area+0x3b1/0x590 ? __mutex_lock+0x433/0x1220 vfs_read+0x6a6/0xa20 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x78/0x100 ? __pfx_vfs_read+0x10/0x10 ksys_read+0xf7/0x1d0 ? __pfx_ksys_read+0x10/0x10 ? __x64_sys_openat+0x105/0x1d0 do_syscall_64+0x93/0x180 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x16d/0x400 ? do_syscall_64+0x9f/0x180 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x78/0x100 ? do_syscall_64+0x9f/0x180 ? __pfx_ksys_read+0x10/0x10 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x16d/0x400 ? do_syscall_64+0x9f/0x180 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x78/0x100 ? do_syscall_64+0x9f/0x180 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x16d/0x400 ? do_syscall_64+0x9f/0x180 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x78/0x100 ? do_syscall_64+0x9f/0x180 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x16d/0x400 ? do_syscall_64+0x9f/0x180 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x78/0x100 ? do_syscall_64+0x9f/0x180 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x16d/0x400 ? do_syscall_64+0x9f/0x180 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x78/0x100 ? do_syscall_64+0x9f/0x180 ? do_syscall_64+0x9f/0x180 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e RIP: 0033:0x7f9713f55cfa Code: 55 48 89 e5 48 83 ec 20 48 89 55 e8 48 89 75 f0 89 7d f8 e8 e8 74 f8 ff 48 8b 55 e8 48 8b 75 f0 4 —truncated—

Weakness

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence 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 that is operating concurrently.

Affected Software

Extended Description

This can have security implications when the expected synchronization is in security-critical code, such as recording whether a user is authenticated or modifying important state information that should not be influenced by an outsider. A race condition occurs within concurrent environments, and 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. Programmers may assume that certain code sequences execute too quickly to be affected by an interfering code sequence; when they are not, this violates atomicity. For example, the single “x++” statement may appear atomic at the code layer, but it is actually non-atomic at the instruction layer, since it involves a read (the original value of x), followed by a computation (x+1), followed by a write (save the result to x). 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/4f946479b326a3cbb193f2b8368aed9269514c35
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/782373ba27660ba7d330208cf5509ece6feb4545
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/975cb1d2121511584695d0e47fdb90e6782da007
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e15cebc1b21856944b387f4abd03b66bd3d4f027