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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 21, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 6, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

smb: client: fix use-after-free in smb2_query_info_compound()

The following UAF was triggered when running fstests generic/072 with
KASAN enabled against Windows Server 2022 and mount options
'multichannel,max_channels=2,vers=3.1.1,mfsymlinks,noperm'

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in smb2_query_info_compound+0x423/0x6d0 [cifs]
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888014941048 by task xfs_io/27534

CPU: 0 PID: 27534 Comm: xfs_io Not tainted 6.6.0-rc7 #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS
rel-1.16.2-3-gd478f380-rebuilt.opensuse.org 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x4a/0x80
print_report+0xcf/0x650
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
? __phys_addr+0x46/0x90
kasan_report+0xda/0x110
? smb2_query_info_compound+0x423/0x6d0 [cifs]
? smb2_query_info_compound+0x423/0x6d0 [cifs]
smb2_query_info_compound+0x423/0x6d0 [cifs]
? __pfx_smb2_query_info_compound+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
? __stack_depot_save+0x39/0x480
? kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
? kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30
? ____kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x170
smb2_queryfs+0xc2/0x2c0 [cifs]
? __pfx_smb2_queryfs+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
? __pfx___lock_acquire+0x10/0x10
smb311_queryfs+0x210/0x220 [cifs]
? __pfx_smb311_queryfs+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
? __lock_acquire+0x480/0x26c0
? lock_release+0x1ed/0x640
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x9b/0x100
cifs_statfs+0x18c/0x4b0 [cifs]
statfs_by_dentry+0x9b/0xf0
fd_statfs+0x4e/0xb0
__do_sys_fstatfs+0x7f/0xe0
? __pfx___do_sys_fstatfs+0x10/0x10
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x136/0x200
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8

Allocated by task 27534:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30
__kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0
open_cached_dir+0x71b/0x1240 [cifs]
smb2_query_info_compound+0x5c3/0x6d0 [cifs]
smb2_queryfs+0xc2/0x2c0 [cifs]
smb311_queryfs+0x210/0x220 [cifs]
cifs_statfs+0x18c/0x4b0 [cifs]
statfs_by_dentry+0x9b/0xf0
fd_statfs+0x4e/0xb0
__do_sys_fstatfs+0x7f/0xe0
do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8

Freed by task 27534:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30
kasan_save_free_info+0x2b/0x50
____kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x170
slab_free_freelist_hook+0xd0/0x1e0
__kmem_cache_free+0x9d/0x1b0
open_cached_dir+0xff5/0x1240 [cifs]
smb2_query_info_compound+0x5c3/0x6d0 [cifs]
smb2_queryfs+0xc2/0x2c0 [cifs]

This is a race between open_cached_dir() and cached_dir_lease_break()
where the cache entry for the open directory handle receives a lease
break while creating it. And before returning from open_cached_dir(),
we put the last reference of the new @cfid because of
!@cfid->has_lease.

Besides the UAF, while running xfstests a lot of missed lease breaks
have been noticed in tests that run several concurrent statfs(2) calls
on those cached fids

CIFS: VFS: \w22-root1.gandalf.test No task to wake, unknown frame...
CIFS: VFS: \w22-root1.gandalf.test Cmd: 18 Err: 0x0 Flags: 0x1...
CIFS: VFS: \w22-root1.gandalf.test smb buf 00000000715bfe83 len 108
CIFS: VFS: Dump pending requests:
CIFS: VFS: \w22-root1.gandalf.test No task to wake, unknown frame...
CIFS: VFS: \w22-root1.gandalf.test Cmd: 18 Err: 0x0 Flags: 0x1...
CIFS: VFS: \w22-root1.gandalf.test smb buf 000000005aa7316e len 108
...

To fix both, in open_cached_dir() ensure that @cfid->has_lease is set
right before sending out compounded request so that any potential
lease break will be get processed by demultiplex thread while we're
still caching @cfid. And, if open failed for some reason, re-check
@cfid->has_lease to decide whether or not put lease reference.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 21, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 21, 2024
Last updated Jan 6, 2025

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-52751

GHSA ID

GHSA-ffvm-4h72-qwr5

Source code

No known source code

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