CVE-2016-4805: Use After Free (CWE-416)
value: Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash, or spinlock) or possibly have unspecified other impact by removing a network namespace, related to the ppp_register_net_channel and ppp_unregister_channel functions.
CWE description: The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
CVSS v3 base score: 7.8
Published: 2016-05-23T10:59Z
Repository: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
Language: C
Files changed: drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
Commit date: 2016-03-23 14:35:31 -0400
Commit message: ppp: take reference on channels netns

Let channels hold a reference on their network namespace.
Some channel types, like ppp_async and ppp_synctty, can have their
userspace controller running in a different namespace. Therefore they
can't rely on them to preclude their netns from being removed from
under them.

==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ppp_unregister_channel+0x372/0x3a0 at
addr ffff880064e217e0
Read of size 8 by task syz-executor/11581
=============================================================================
BUG net_namespace (Not tainted): kasan: bad access detected
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
INFO: Allocated in copy_net_ns+0x6b/0x1a0 age=92569 cpu=3 pid=6906
[<      none      >] ___slab_alloc+0x4c7/0x500 kernel/mm/slub.c:2440
[<      none      >] __slab_alloc+0x4c/0x90 kernel/mm/slub.c:2469
[<     inline     >] slab_alloc_node kernel/mm/slub.c:2532
[<     inline     >] slab_alloc kernel/mm/slub.c:2574
[<      none      >] kmem_cache_alloc+0x23a/0x2b0 kernel/mm/slub.c:2579
[<     inline     >] kmem_cache_zalloc kernel/include/linux/slab.h:597
[<     inline     >] net_alloc kernel/net/core/net_namespace.c:325
[<      none      >] copy_net_ns+0x6b/0x1a0 kernel/net/core/net_namespace.c:360
[<      none      >] create_new_namespaces+0x2f6/0x610 kernel/kernel/nsproxy.c:95
[<      none      >] copy_namespaces+0x297/0x320 kernel/kernel/nsproxy.c:150
[<      none      >] copy_process.part.35+0x1bf4/0x5760 kernel/kernel/fork.c:1451
[<     inline     >] copy_process kernel/kernel/fork.c:1274
[<      none      >] _do_fork+0x1bc/0xcb0 kernel/kernel/fork.c:1723
[<     inline     >] SYSC_clone kernel/kernel/fork.c:1832
[<      none      >] SyS_clone+0x37/0x50 kernel/kernel/fork.c:1826
[<      none      >] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x16/0x7a kernel/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:185

INFO: Freed in net_drop_ns+0x67/0x80 age=575 cpu=2 pid=2631
[<      none      >] __slab_free+0x1fc/0x320 kernel/mm/slub.c:2650
[<     inline     >] slab_free kernel/mm/slub.c:2805
[<      none      >] kmem_cache_free+0x2a0/0x330 kernel/mm/slub.c:2814
[<     inline     >] net_free kernel/net/core/net_namespace.c:341
[<      none      >] net_drop_ns+0x67/0x80 kernel/net/core/net_namespace.c:348
[<      none      >] cleanup_net+0x4e5/0x600 kernel/net/core/net_namespace.c:448
[<      none      >] process_one_work+0x794/0x1440 kernel/kernel/workqueue.c:2036
[<      none      >] worker_thread+0xdb/0xfc0 kernel/kernel/workqueue.c:2170
[<      none      >] kthread+0x23f/0x2d0 kernel/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c:1303
[<      none      >] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70 kernel/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:468
INFO: Slab 0xffffea0001938800 objects=3 used=0 fp=0xffff880064e20000
flags=0x5fffc0000004080
INFO: Object 0xffff880064e20000 @offset=0 fp=0xffff880064e24200

CPU: 1 PID: 11581 Comm: syz-executor Tainted: G    B           4.4.0+
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
rel-1.8.2-0-g33fbe13 by qemu-project.org 04/01/2014
 00000000ffffffff ffff8800662c7790 ffffffff8292049d ffff88003e36a300
 ffff880064e20000 ffff880064e20000 ffff8800662c77c0 ffffffff816f2054
 ffff88003e36a300 ffffea0001938800 ffff880064e20000 0000000000000000
Call Trace:
 [<     inline     >] __dump_stack kernel/lib/dump_stack.c:15
 [<ffffffff8292049d>] dump_stack+0x6f/0xa2 kernel/lib/dump_stack.c:50
 [<ffffffff816f2054>] print_trailer+0xf4/0x150 kernel/mm/slub.c:654
 [<ffffffff816f875f>] object_err+0x2f/0x40 kernel/mm/slub.c:661
 [<     inline     >] print_address_description kernel/mm/kasan/report.c:138
 [<ffffffff816fb0c5>] kasan_report_error+0x215/0x530 kernel/mm/kasan/report.c:236
 [<     inline     >] kasan_report kernel/mm/kasan/report.c:259
 [<ffffffff816fb4de>] __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x3e/0x40 kernel/mm/kasan/report.c:280
 [<     inline     >] ? ppp_pernet kernel/include/linux/compiler.h:218
 [<ffffffff83ad71b2>] ? ppp_unregister_channel+0x372/0x3a0 kernel/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2392
 [<     inline     >] ppp_pernet kernel/include/linux/compiler.h:218
 [<ffffffff83ad71b2>] ppp_unregister_channel+0x372/0x3a0 kernel/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2392
 [<     inline     >] ? ppp_pernet kernel/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:293
 [<ffffffff83ad6f26>] ? ppp_unregister_channel+0xe6/0x3a0 kernel/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2392
 [<ffffffff83ae18f3>] ppp_asynctty_close+0xa3/0x130 kernel/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_async.c:241
 [<ffffffff83ae1850>] ? async_lcp_peek+0x5b0/0x5b0 kernel/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_async.c:1000
 [<ffffffff82c33239>] tty_ldisc_close.isra.1+0x99/0xe0 kernel/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:478
 [<ffffffff82c332c0>] tty_ldisc_kill+0x40/0x170 kernel/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:744
 [<ffffffff82c34943>] tty_ldisc_release+0x1b3/0x260 kernel/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:772
 [<ffffffff82c1ef21>] tty_release+0xac1/0x13e0 kernel/drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1901
 [<ffffffff82c1e460>] ? release_tty+0x320/0x320 kernel/drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1688
 [<ffffffff8174de36>] __fput+0x236/0x780 kernel/fs/file_table.c:208
 [<ffffffff8174e405>] ____fput+0x15/0x20 kernel/fs/file_table.c:244
 [<ffffffff813595ab>] task_work_run+0x16b/0x200 kernel/kernel/task_work.c:115
 [<     inline     >] exit_task_work kernel/include/linux/task_work.h:21
 [<ffffffff81307105>] do_exit+0x8b5/0x2c60 kernel/kernel/exit.c:750
 [<ffffffff813fdd20>] ? debug_check_no_locks_freed+0x290/0x290 kernel/kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4123
 [<ffffffff81306850>] ? mm_update_next_owner+0x6f0/0x6f0 kernel/kernel/exit.c:357
 [<ffffffff813215e6>] ? __dequeue_signal+0x136/0x470 kernel/kernel/signal.c:550
 [<ffffffff8132067b>] ? recalc_sigpending_tsk+0x13b/0x180 kernel/kernel/signal.c:145
 [<ffffffff81309628>] do_group_exit+0x108/0x330 kernel/kernel/exit.c:880
 [<ffffffff8132b9d4>] get_signal+0x5e4/0x14f0 kernel/kernel/signal.c:2307
 [<     inline     >] ? kretprobe_table_lock kernel/kernel/kprobes.c:1113
 [<ffffffff8151d355>] ? kprobe_flush_task+0xb5/0x450 kernel/kernel/kprobes.c:1158
 [<ffffffff8115f7d3>] do_signal+0x83/0x1c90 kernel/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:712
 [<ffffffff8151d2a0>] ? recycle_rp_inst+0x310/0x310 kernel/include/linux/list.h:655
 [<ffffffff8115f750>] ? setup_sigcontext+0x780/0x780 kernel/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:165
 [<ffffffff81380864>] ? finish_task_switch+0x424/0x5f0 kernel/kernel/sched/core.c:2692
 [<     inline     >] ? finish_lock_switch kernel/kernel/sched/sched.h:1099
 [<ffffffff81380560>] ? finish_task_switch+0x120/0x5f0 kernel/kernel/sched/core.c:2678
 [<     inline     >] ? context_switch kernel/kernel/sched/core.c:2807
 [<ffffffff85d794e9>] ? __schedule+0x919/0x1bd0 kernel/kernel/sched/core.c:3283
 [<ffffffff81003901>] exit_to_usermode_loop+0xf1/0x1a0 kernel/arch/x86/entry/common.c:247
 [<     inline     >] prepare_exit_to_usermode kernel/arch/x86/entry/common.c:282
 [<ffffffff810062ef>] syscall_return_slowpath+0x19f/0x210 kernel/arch/x86/entry/common.c:344
 [<ffffffff85d88022>] int_ret_from_sys_call+0x25/0x9f kernel/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:281
Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff880064e21680: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff880064e21700: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff880064e21780: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                                                       ^
 ffff880064e21800: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff880064e21880: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
==================================================================

Fixes: 273ec51dd7ce ("net: ppp_generic - introduce net-namespace functionality v2")
Reported-by: Baozeng Ding <sploving1@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@alphalink.fr>
Reviewed-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

Diff: diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index 4fd861063ed46..f572b31a2b20c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -2305,11 +2305,11 @@ int ppp_register_net_channel(struct net *net, struct ppp_channel *chan)
 
 	pn = ppp_pernet(net);
 
 	pch->ppp = NULL;
 	pch->chan = chan;
-	pch->chan_net = net;
+	pch->chan_net = get_net(net);
 	chan->ppp = pch;
 	init_ppp_file(&pch->file, CHANNEL);
 	pch->file.hdrlen = chan->hdrlen;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPP_MULTILINK
 	pch->lastseq = -1;
@@ -2402,10 +2402,12 @@ ppp_unregister_channel(struct ppp_channel *chan)
 
 	pn = ppp_pernet(pch->chan_net);
 	spin_lock_bh(&pn->all_channels_lock);
 	list_del(&pch->list);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&pn->all_channels_lock);
+	put_net(pch->chan_net);
+	pch->chan_net = NULL;
 
 	pch->file.dead = 1;
 	wake_up_interruptible(&pch->file.rwait);
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&pch->file.refcnt))
 		ppp_destroy_channel(pch);

Vulnerable code: 	pch->chan_net = net;
Fixed code: 	pch->chan_net = get_net(net);
	put_net(pch->chan_net);
	pch->chan_net = NULL;