Linux: xfrm: use hlist_del_init_rcu for state_cache and state_cache_input
What fixes it
- 4748c27e2e6a1969e02f1df46e62f79d2799b80bLinuxCVE List
- 9b74a47a4cbd0d29faff4f3b199212c73e6b6220LinuxCVE List
- 2afb8dc1f4390f164db8352f8e685e126e9db566LinuxCVE List
- 6.12.112LinuxCVE List
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfrm: use hlist_del_init_rcu for state_cache and state_cache_input
Commit 14acf9652e56 ("xfrm: defensively unhash xfrm_state lists in __xfrm_state_delete") converted bydst/bysrc/byseq/byspi from hlist_del_rcu() to hlist_del_init_rcu() so that a second __xfrm_state_delete() on the same object becomes a no-op rather than a write through LIST_POISON pprev. It missed state_cache and state_cache_input, which kept hlist_del_rcu():
- hlist_del_rcu() leaves pprev = LIST_POISON2 (non-NULL), so
hlist_unhashed() returns false.
- hlist_del_init_rcu() leaves pprev = NULL, so hlist_unhashed()
returns true.
A second __xfrm_state_delete() therefore enters __hlist_del() on the already-deleted state_cache/state_cache_input nodes and does WRITE_ONCE(*pprev, next) through LIST_POISON2 — a write use-after-free once the slab is reused. The corruption can in turn cause a subsequent hlist_for_each_entry_rcu traversal to follow a dangling next pointer, producing the read use-after-free reported in xfrm_input_state_lookup().
Switch state_cache and state_cache_input to hlist_del_init_rcu() to match the other four lists, closing the write use-after-free and, with it, the read use-after-free it spawns.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 12
- Linuxaffected: aa48a18fdb0911572d133057cd579db704b87da4 before fb38fb7420d5f7192f9e2b6ac835ede149cd7ac5CVE List
- Linuxaffected: 0045e3d80613cc7174dc15f189ee6fc4e73b9365 before 4748c27e2e6a1969e02f1df46e62f79d2799b80bCVE List
- Linuxaffected: 0045e3d80613cc7174dc15f189ee6fc4e73b9365 before 9b74a47a4cbd0d29faff4f3b199212c73e6b6220CVE List
- Linuxaffected: 0045e3d80613cc7174dc15f189ee6fc4e73b9365 before 2afb8dc1f4390f164db8352f8e685e126e9db566CVE List
- Linuxaffected: 5e4334dc39443645415450163ff5ff1ee7e79784CVE List
- Linuxaffected: 6.12.13 before 6.12.112CVE List
- Linuxaffected: 6.13CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: all versions before 6.13CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: 6.12.112 through 6.12.*CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: 6.18.54 through 6.18.*CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: 7.2.8 through 7.2.*CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List
References 4
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb38fb7420d5f7192f9e2b6ac835ede149cd7ac5Referencevia CVE List
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4748c27e2e6a1969e02f1df46e62f79d2799b80bReferencevia CVE List
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b74a47a4cbd0d29faff4f3b199212c73e6b6220Referencevia CVE List
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2afb8dc1f4390f164db8352f8e685e126e9db566Referencevia CVE List