Re: [PATCH 1/1] Bluetooth: Fix refcount use-after-free issue

From: Marcel Holtmann
Date: Tue Jan 28 2020 - 22:55:58 EST


Hi Manish,

> There is no lock preventing both l2cap_sock_release() and
> chan->ops->close() from running at the same time.
>
> If we consider Thread A running l2cap_chan_timeout() and Thread B running
> l2cap_sock_release(), expected behavior is:
> A::l2cap_chan_timeout()->l2cap_chan_close()->l2cap_sock_teardown_cb()
> A::l2cap_chan_timeout()->l2cap_sock_close_cb()->l2cap_sock_kill()
> B::l2cap_sock_release()->sock_orphan()
> B::l2cap_sock_release()->l2cap_sock_kill()
>
> where,
> sock_orphan() clears "sk->sk_socket" and l2cap_sock_teardown_cb() marks
> socket as SOCK_ZAPPED.
>
> In l2cap_sock_kill(), there is an "if-statement" that checks if both
> sock_orphan() and sock_teardown() has been run i.e. sk->sk_socket is NULL
> and socket is marked as SOCK_ZAPPED. Socket is killed if the condition is
> satisfied.
>
> In the race condition, following occurs:
> A::l2cap_chan_timeout()->l2cap_chan_close()->l2cap_sock_teardown_cb()
> B::l2cap_sock_release()->sock_orphan()
> B::l2cap_sock_release()->l2cap_sock_kill()
> A::l2cap_chan_timeout()->l2cap_sock_close_cb()->l2cap_sock_kill()
>
> In this scenario, "if-statement" is true in both B::l2cap_sock_kill() and
> A::l2cap_sock_kill() and we hit "refcount: underflow; use-after-free" bug.
>
> Similar condition occurs at other places where teardown/sock_kill is
> happening:
> l2cap_disconnect_rsp()->l2cap_chan_del()->l2cap_sock_teardown_cb()
> l2cap_disconnect_rsp()->l2cap_sock_close_cb()->l2cap_sock_kill()
>
> l2cap_conn_del()->l2cap_chan_del()->l2cap_sock_teardown_cb()
> l2cap_conn_del()->l2cap_sock_close_cb()->l2cap_sock_kill()
>
> l2cap_disconnect_req()->l2cap_chan_del()->l2cap_sock_teardown_cb()
> l2cap_disconnect_req()->l2cap_sock_close_cb()->l2cap_sock_kill()
>
> l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen()->l2cap_chan_close()->l2cap_sock_teardown_cb()
> l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen()->l2cap_sock_kill()
>
> Protect teardown/sock_kill and orphan/sock_kill by adding hold_lock on
> l2cap channel to ensure that the socket is killed only after marked as
> zapped and orphan.
>
> Signed-off-by: Manish Mandlik <mmandlik@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c | 26 +++++++++++++++-----------
> net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
> 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

patch has been applied to bluetooth-next tree.

Regards

Marcel