CVE: CVE-2022-49658
Published: 2025-02-26
Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Fix insufficient bounds propagation from adjust_scalar_min_max_vals

Kuee reported a corner case where the tnum becomes constant after the call
to __reg_bound_offset(), but the register's bounds are not, that is, its
min bounds are still not equal to the register's max bounds.

This in turn allows to leak pointers through turning a pointer register as
is into an unknown scalar via adjust_ptr_min_max_vals().

Before:

  func#0 @0
  0: R1=ctx(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0)) R10=fp(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0))
  0: (b7) r0 = 1                        ; R0_w=scalar(imm=1,umin=1,umax=1,var_off=(0x1; 0x0))
  1: (b7) r3 = 0                        ; R3_w=scalar(imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0))
  2: (87) r3 = -r3                      ; R3_w=scalar()
  3: (87) r3 = -r3                      ; R3_w=scalar()
  4: (47) r3 |= 32767                   ; R3_w=scalar(smin=[PII_REDACTED]854743041,umin=32767,var_off=(0x7fff; 0xffffffffffff8000),s32_min=[PII_REDACTED])
  5: (75) if r3 s>= 0x0 goto pc+1       ; R3_w=scalar(umin=[PII_REDACTED]854808575,var_off=(0x[PII_REDACTED]007fff; 0x7fffffffffff8000),s32_min=[PII_REDACTED],u32_min=32767)
  6: (95) exit

  from 5 to 7: R0=scalar(imm=1,umin=1,umax=1,var_off=(0x1; 0x0)) R1=ctx(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0)) R3=scalar(umin=32767,umax=[PII_REDACTED]854775807,var_off=(0x7fff; 0x7fffffffffff8000),s32_min=[PII_REDACTED]) R10=fp(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0))
  7: (d5) if r3 s<= 0x8000 goto pc+1    ; R3=scalar(umin=32769,umax=[PII_REDACTED]854775807,var_off=(0x7fff; 0x7fffffffffff8000),s32_min=[PII_REDACTED],u32_min=32767)
  8: (95) exit

  from 7 to 9: R0=scalar(imm=1,umin=1,umax=1,var_off=(0x1; 0x0)) R1=ctx(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0)) R3=scalar(umin=32767,umax=32768,var_off=(0x7fff; 0x8000)) R10=fp(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0))
  9: (07) r3 += -32767                  ; R3_w=scalar(imm=0,umax=1,var_off=(0x0; 0x0))  <--- [*]
  10: (95) exit

What can be seen here is that R3=scalar(umin=32767,umax=32768,var_off=(0x7fff;
0x8000)) after the operation R3 += -32767 results in a 'malformed' constant, that
is, R3_w=scalar(imm=0,umax=1,var_off=(0x0; 0x0)). Intersecting with var_off has
not been done at that point via __update_reg_bounds(), which would have improved
the umax to be equal to umin.

Refactor the tnum <> min/max bounds information flow into a reg_bounds_sync()
helper and use it consistently everywhere. After the fix, bounds have been
corrected to R3_w=scalar(imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0)) and thus the register
is regarded as a 'proper' constant scalar of 0.

After:

  func#0 @0
  0: R1=ctx(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0)) R10=fp(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0))
  0: (b7) r0 = 1                        ; R0_w=scalar(imm=1,umin=1,umax=1,var_off=(0x1; 0x0))
  1: (b7) r3 = 0                        ; R3_w=scalar(imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0))
  2: (87) r3 = -r3                      ; R3_w=scalar()
  3: (87) r3 = -r3                      ; R3_w=scalar()
  4: (47) r3 |= 32767                   ; R3_w=scalar(smin=[PII_REDACTED]854743041,umin=32767,var_off=(0x7fff; 0xffffffffffff8000),s32_min=[PII_REDACTED])
  5: (75) if r3 s>= 0x0 goto pc+1       ; R3_w=scalar(umin=[PII_REDACTED]854808575,var_off=(0x[PII_REDACTED]007fff; 0x7fffffffffff8000),s32_min=[PII_REDACTED],u32_min=32767)
  6: (95) exit

  from 5 to 7: R0=scalar(imm=1,umin=1,umax=1,var_off=(0x1; 0x0)) R1=ctx(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0)) R3=scalar(umin=32767,umax=[PII_REDACTED]854775807,var_off=(0x7fff; 0x7fffffffffff8000),s32_min=[PII_REDACTED]) R10=fp(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0))
  7: (d5) if r3 s<= 0x8000 goto pc+1    ; R3=scalar(umin=32769,umax=[PII_REDACTED]854775807,var_off=(0x7fff; 0x7fffffffffff8000),s32_min=[PII_REDACTED],u32_min=32767)
  8: (95) exit

  from 7 to 9: R0=scalar(imm=1,umin=1,umax=1,var_off=(0x1; 0x0)) R1=ctx(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0)) R3=scalar(umin=32767,umax=32768,var_off=(0x7fff; 0x8000)) R10=fp(off=0
---truncated---
CVSS Score: 5.5 (MEDIUM)
References: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3844d153a41adea718202c10ae91dc96b37453b5; https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7de8d436db92bab8b1f44624297c2554a6ac36b; https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2a28bb36664c94375926cbbb[PII_REDACTED]7699d