CVE-2024-41058 (published 2024-07-29)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cachefiles: fix slab-use-after-free in fscache_withdraw_volume()

We got the following issue in our fault injection stress test:

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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in fscache_withdraw_volume+0x2e1/0x370
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88810680be08 by task ondemand-04-dae/5798

CPU: 0 PID: 5798 Comm: ondemand-04-dae Not tainted 6.8.0-dirty #565
Call Trace:
 kasan_check_range+0xf6/0x1b0
 fscache_withdraw_volume+0x2e1/0x370
 cachefiles_withdraw_volume+0x31/0x50
 cachefiles_withdraw_cache+0x3ad/0x900
 cachefiles_put_unbind_pincount+0x1f6/0x250
 cachefiles_daemon_release+0x13b/0x290
 __fput+0x204/0xa00
 task_work_run+0x139/0x230

Allocated by task 5820:
 __kmalloc+0x1df/0x4b0
 fscache_alloc_volume+0x70/0x600
 __fscache_acquire_volume+0x1c/0x610
 erofs_fscache_register_volume+0x96/0x1a0
 erofs_fscache_register_fs+0x49a/0x690
 erofs_fc_fill_super+0x6c0/0xcc0
 vfs_get_super+0xa9/0x140
 vfs_get_tree+0x8e/0x300
 do_new_mount+0x28c/0x580
 [...]

Freed by task 5820:
 kfree+0xf1/0x2c0
 fscache_put_volume.part.0+0x5cb/0x9e0
 erofs_fscache_unregister_fs+0x157/0x1b0
 erofs_kill_sb+0xd9/0x1c0
 deactivate_locked_super+0xa3/0x100
 vfs_get_super+0x105/0x140
 vfs_get_tree+0x8e/0x300
 do_new_mount+0x28c/0x580
 [...]
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Following is the process that triggers the issue:

        mount failed         |         daemon exit
------------------------------------------------------------
 deactivate_locked_super        cachefiles_daemon_release
  erofs_kill_sb
   erofs_fscache_unregister_fs
    fscache_relinquish_volume
     __fscache_relinquish_volume
      fscache_put_volume(fscache_volume, fscache_volume_put_relinquish)
       zero = __refcount_dec_and_test(&fscache_volume->ref, &ref);
                                 cachefiles_put_unbind_pincount
                                  cachefiles_daemon_unbind
                                   cachefiles_withdraw_cache
                                    cachefiles_withdraw_volumes
                                     list_del_init(&volume->cache_link)
       fscache_free_volume(fscache_volume)
        cache->ops->free_volume
         cachefiles_free_volume
          list_del_init(&cachefiles_volume->cache_link);
        kfree(fscache_volume)
                                     cachefiles_withdraw_volume
                                      fscache_withdraw_volume
                                       fscache_volume->n_accesses
                                       // fscache_volume UAF !!!

The fscache_volume in cache->volumes must not have been freed yet, but its
reference count may be 0. So use the new fscache_try_get_volume() helper
function try to get its reference count.

If the reference count of fscache_volume is 0, fscache_put_volume() is
freeing it, so wait for it to be removed from cache->volumes.

If its reference count is not 0, call cachefiles_withdraw_volume() with
reference count protection to avoid the above issue.
Severity: HIGH (CVSS 3.1 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Weakness: CWE-416
Affected vendors: linux
Affected products: linux_kernel