ACK: [PATCH 1/1] net: socket: set sock->sk to NULL after calling proto_ops::release()

[Stefan Bader]

On 27.02.19 12:13, Tyler Hicks wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers at google.com>
> 
> Commit 9060cb719e61 ("net: crypto set sk to NULL when af_alg_release.")
> fixed a use-after-free in sockfs_setattr() when an AF_ALG socket is
> closed concurrently with fchownat().  However, it ignored that many
> other proto_ops::release() methods don't set sock->sk to NULL and
> therefore allow the same use-after-free:
> 
>     - base_sock_release
>     - bnep_sock_release
>     - cmtp_sock_release
>     - data_sock_release
>     - dn_release
>     - hci_sock_release
>     - hidp_sock_release
>     - iucv_sock_release
>     - l2cap_sock_release
>     - llcp_sock_release
>     - llc_ui_release
>     - rawsock_release
>     - rfcomm_sock_release
>     - sco_sock_release
>     - svc_release
>     - vcc_release
>     - x25_release
> 
> Rather than fixing all these and relying on every socket type to get
> this right forever, just make __sock_release() set sock->sk to NULL
> itself after calling proto_ops::release().
> 
> Reproducer that produces the KASAN splat when any of these socket types
> are configured into the kernel:
> 
>     #include <pthread.h>
>     #include <stdlib.h>
>     #include <sys/socket.h>
>     #include <unistd.h>
> 
>     pthread_t t;
>     volatile int fd;
> 
>     void *close_thread(void *arg)
>     {
>         for (;;) {
>             usleep(rand() % 100);
>             close(fd);
>         }
>     }
> 
>     int main()
>     {
>         pthread_create(&t, NULL, close_thread, NULL);
>         for (;;) {
>             fd = socket(rand() % 50, rand() % 11, 0);
>             fchownat(fd, "", 1000, 1000, 0x1000);
>             close(fd);
>         }
>     }
> 
> Fixes: 86741ec25462 ("net: core: Add a UID field to struct sock.")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers at google.com>
> Acked-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong at gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
> 
> CVE-2019-8912
> 
> (cherry picked from commit ff7b11aa481f682e0e9711abfeb7d03f5cd612bf linux-next)
> Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks at canonical.com>
Acked-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader at canonical.com>
> ---
>  net/socket.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
> index f2957aa205e6..874656a19eac 100644
> --- a/net/socket.c
> +++ b/net/socket.c
> @@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ static void __sock_release(struct socket *sock, struct inode *inode)
>  		if (inode)
>  			inode_lock(inode);
>  		sock->ops->release(sock);
> +		sock->sk = NULL;
>  		if (inode)
>  			inode_unlock(inode);
>  		sock->ops = NULL;
> 


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