CVE-2023-52851

IB/mlx5: Fix init stage error handling to avoid double free of same QP and UAF

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
May 21, 2024
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
May 21, 2024

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Description

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

IB/mlx5: Fix init stage error handling to avoid double free of same QP and UAF

In the unlikely event that workqueue allocation fails and returns NULL in mlx5_mkey_cache_init(), delete the call to mlx5r_umr_resource_cleanup() (which frees the QP) in mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init(). This will avoid attempted double free of the same QP when __mlx5_ib_add() does its cleanup.

Resolves a splat:

Syzkaller reported a UAF in ib_destroy_qp_user

workqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq "mkey_cache": -EINTR infiniband mlx5_0: mlx5_mkey_cache_init:981:(pid 1642): failed to create work queue infiniband mlx5_0: mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init:4075:(pid 1642): mr cache init failed -12 ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ib_destroy_qp_user (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:2073) Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810da310a8 by task repro_upstream/1642

Call Trace: <TASK> kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:590) ib_destroy_qp_user (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:2073) mlx5r_umr_resource_cleanup (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c:198) __mlx5_ib_add (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4178) mlx5r_probe (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4402) ... </TASK>

Allocated by task 1642: __kmalloc (./include/linux/kasan.h:198 mm/slab_common.c:1026 mm/slab_common.c:1039) create_qp (./include/linux/slab.h:603 ./include/linux/slab.h:720 ./include/rdma/ib_verbs.h:2795 drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:1209) ib_create_qp_kernel (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:1347) mlx5r_umr_resource_init (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c:164) mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4070) __mlx5_ib_add (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4168) mlx5r_probe (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4402) ...

Freed by task 1642: __kmem_cache_free (mm/slub.c:1826 mm/slub.c:3809 mm/slub.c:3822) ib_destroy_qp_user (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:2112) mlx5r_umr_resource_cleanup (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c:198) mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4076 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4065) __mlx5_ib_add (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4168) mlx5r_probe (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4402) ...

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 04876c12c19e94bbbc94bb0446c7bc7cd75163de to before 437f033e30c897bb3723eac9e9003cd9f88d00a3Affected
  • 04876c12c19e94bbbc94bb0446c7bc7cd75163de to before 4f4a7a7d1404297f2a92df0046f7e64dc5c52dd9Affected
  • 04876c12c19e94bbbc94bb0446c7bc7cd75163de to before 6387f269d84e6e149499408c4d1fc805017729b2Affected
  • 04876c12c19e94bbbc94bb0446c7bc7cd75163de to before 2ef422f063b74adcc4a4a9004b0a87bb55e0a836Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.19Affected
  • before 5.19Not affected
  • 6.1.63 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.5.12 through 6.5.*Not affected
  • 6.6.2 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.7 and laterNot affected

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