[SRU][J][PATCH 1/1] firmware: arm_scmi: Fix slab-use-after-free in scmi_bus_notifier()
Alice C. Munduruca
alice.munduruca at canonical.com
Wed Oct 1 21:40:08 UTC 2025
From: Xinqi Zhang <quic_xinqzhan at quicinc.com>
The scmi_dev->name is released prematurely in __scmi_device_destroy(),
which causes slab-use-after-free when accessing scmi_dev->name in
scmi_bus_notifier(). So move the release of scmi_dev->name to
scmi_device_release() to avoid slab-use-after-free.
| BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in strncmp+0xe4/0xec
| Read of size 1 at addr ffffff80a482bcc0 by task swapper/0/1
|
| CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.6.38-debug #1
| Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. SA8775P Ride (DT)
| Call trace:
| dump_backtrace+0x94/0x114
| show_stack+0x18/0x24
| dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x60
| print_report+0xf4/0x5b0
| kasan_report+0xa4/0xec
| __asan_report_load1_noabort+0x20/0x2c
| strncmp+0xe4/0xec
| scmi_bus_notifier+0x5c/0x54c
| notifier_call_chain+0xb4/0x31c
| blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x68/0x9c
| bus_notify+0x54/0x78
| device_del+0x1bc/0x840
| device_unregister+0x20/0xb4
| __scmi_device_destroy+0xac/0x280
| scmi_device_destroy+0x94/0xd0
| scmi_chan_setup+0x524/0x750
| scmi_probe+0x7fc/0x1508
| platform_probe+0xc4/0x19c
| really_probe+0x32c/0x99c
| __driver_probe_device+0x15c/0x3c4
| driver_probe_device+0x5c/0x170
| __driver_attach+0x1c8/0x440
| bus_for_each_dev+0xf4/0x178
| driver_attach+0x3c/0x58
| bus_add_driver+0x234/0x4d4
| driver_register+0xf4/0x3c0
| __platform_driver_register+0x60/0x88
| scmi_driver_init+0xb0/0x104
| do_one_initcall+0xb4/0x664
| kernel_init_freeable+0x3c8/0x894
| kernel_init+0x24/0x1e8
| ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
|
| Allocated by task 1:
| kasan_save_stack+0x2c/0x54
| kasan_set_track+0x2c/0x40
| kasan_save_alloc_info+0x24/0x34
| __kasan_kmalloc+0xa0/0xb8
| __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x6c/0x104
| kstrdup+0x48/0x84
| kstrdup_const+0x34/0x40
| __scmi_device_create.part.0+0x8c/0x408
| scmi_device_create+0x104/0x370
| scmi_chan_setup+0x2a0/0x750
| scmi_probe+0x7fc/0x1508
| platform_probe+0xc4/0x19c
| really_probe+0x32c/0x99c
| __driver_probe_device+0x15c/0x3c4
| driver_probe_device+0x5c/0x170
| __driver_attach+0x1c8/0x440
| bus_for_each_dev+0xf4/0x178
| driver_attach+0x3c/0x58
| bus_add_driver+0x234/0x4d4
| driver_register+0xf4/0x3c0
| __platform_driver_register+0x60/0x88
| scmi_driver_init+0xb0/0x104
| do_one_initcall+0xb4/0x664
| kernel_init_freeable+0x3c8/0x894
| kernel_init+0x24/0x1e8
| ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
|
| Freed by task 1:
| kasan_save_stack+0x2c/0x54
| kasan_set_track+0x2c/0x40
| kasan_save_free_info+0x38/0x5c
| __kasan_slab_free+0xe8/0x164
| __kmem_cache_free+0x11c/0x230
| kfree+0x70/0x130
| kfree_const+0x20/0x40
| __scmi_device_destroy+0x70/0x280
| scmi_device_destroy+0x94/0xd0
| scmi_chan_setup+0x524/0x750
| scmi_probe+0x7fc/0x1508
| platform_probe+0xc4/0x19c
| really_probe+0x32c/0x99c
| __driver_probe_device+0x15c/0x3c4
| driver_probe_device+0x5c/0x170
| __driver_attach+0x1c8/0x440
| bus_for_each_dev+0xf4/0x178
| driver_attach+0x3c/0x58
| bus_add_driver+0x234/0x4d4
| driver_register+0xf4/0x3c0
| __platform_driver_register+0x60/0x88
| scmi_driver_init+0xb0/0x104
| do_one_initcall+0xb4/0x664
| kernel_init_freeable+0x3c8/0x894
| kernel_init+0x24/0x1e8
| ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Fixes: ee7a9c9f67c5 ("firmware: arm_scmi: Add support for multiple device per protocol")
Signed-off-by: Xinqi Zhang <quic_xinqzhan at quicinc.com>
Reviewed-by: Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi at arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <andersson at kernel.org>
Message-Id: <20241016-fix-arm-scmi-slab-use-after-free-v2-1-1783685ef90d at quicinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com>
(backported from commit 295416091e44806760ccf753aeafdafc0ae268f3)
[cremfuelled: Removed `kfree_const` from the non-helper functions since
commit 2c3e674, `firmware: arm_scmi: Refactor device create/destroy
helpers`, is not present]
CVE-2024-53068
Signed-off-by: Alice C. Munduruca <alice.munduruca at canonical.com>
---
drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
index 758ced6a8cc4..01d686aa828b 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
@@ -164,7 +164,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(scmi_driver_unregister);
static void scmi_device_release(struct device *dev)
{
- kfree(to_scmi_dev(dev));
+ struct scmi_device *scmi_dev = to_scmi_dev(dev);
+
+ kfree_const(scmi_dev->name);
+ kfree(scmi_dev);
}
struct scmi_device *
@@ -205,7 +208,6 @@ scmi_device_create(struct device_node *np, struct device *parent, int protocol,
return scmi_dev;
put_dev:
- kfree_const(scmi_dev->name);
put_device(&scmi_dev->dev);
ida_simple_remove(&scmi_bus_id, id);
return NULL;
@@ -213,7 +215,6 @@ scmi_device_create(struct device_node *np, struct device *parent, int protocol,
void scmi_device_destroy(struct scmi_device *scmi_dev)
{
- kfree_const(scmi_dev->name);
scmi_handle_put(scmi_dev->handle);
ida_simple_remove(&scmi_bus_id, scmi_dev->id);
device_unregister(&scmi_dev->dev);
--
2.48.1
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