CVE: CVE-2024-53216
Published: 2024-12-27
Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfsd: release svc_expkey/svc_export with rcu_work

The last reference for `cache_head` can be reduced to zero in `c_show`
and `e_show`(using `rcu_read_lock` and `rcu_read_unlock`). Consequently,
`svc_export_put` and `expkey_put` will be invoked, leading to two
issues:

1. The `svc_export_put` will directly free ex_uuid. However,
   `e_show`/`c_show` will access `ex_uuid` after `cache_put`, which can
   trigger a use-after-free issue, shown below.

   ==================================================================
   BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in svc_export_show+0x362/0x430 [nfsd]
   Read of size 1 at addr ff11000010fdc120 by task cat/870

   CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 870 Comm: cat Not tainted 6.12.0-rc3+ #1
   Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
   1.16.1-2.fc37 04/01/2014
   Call Trace:
    <TASK>
    dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70
    print_address_description.constprop.0+0x2c/0x3a0
    print_report+0xb9/0x280
    kasan_report+0xae/0xe0
    svc_export_show+0x362/0x430 [nfsd]
    c_show+0x161/0x390 [sunrpc]
    seq_read_iter+0x589/0x770
    seq_read+0x1e5/0x270
    proc_reg_read+0xe1/0x140
    vfs_read+0x125/0x530
    ksys_read+0xc1/0x160
    do_syscall_64+0x5f/0x170
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

   Allocated by task 830:
    kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x40
    kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
    __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0
    __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x1bc/0x400
    kmemdup_noprof+0x22/0x50
    svc_export_parse+0x8a9/0xb80 [nfsd]
    cache_do_downcall+0x71/0xa0 [sunrpc]
    cache_write_procfs+0x8e/0xd0 [sunrpc]
    proc_reg_write+0xe1/0x140
    vfs_write+0x1a5/0x6d0
    ksys_write+0xc1/0x160
    do_syscall_64+0x5f/0x170
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

   Freed by task 868:
    kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x40
    kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
    kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60
    __kasan_slab_free+0x37/0x50
    kfree+0xf3/0x3e0
    svc_export_put+0x87/0xb0 [nfsd]
    cache_purge+0x17f/0x1f0 [sunrpc]
    nfsd_destroy_serv+0x226/0x2d0 [nfsd]
    nfsd_svc+0x125/0x1e0 [nfsd]
    write_threads+0x16a/0x2a0 [nfsd]
    nfsctl_transaction_write+0x74/0xa0 [nfsd]
    vfs_write+0x1a5/0x6d0
    ksys_write+0xc1/0x160
    do_syscall_64+0x5f/0x170
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

2. We cannot sleep while using `rcu_read_lock`/`rcu_read_unlock`.
   However, `svc_export_put`/`expkey_put` will call path_put, which
   subsequently triggers a sleeping operation due to the following
   `dput`.

   =============================
   WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
   5.10.0-dirty #141 Not tainted
   -----------------------------
   ...
   Call Trace:
   dump_stack+0x9a/0xd0
   ___might_sleep+0x231/0x240
   dput+0x39/0x600
   path_put+0x1b/0x30
   svc_export_put+0x17/0x80
   e_show+0x1c9/0x200
   seq_read_iter+0x63f/0x7c0
   seq_read+0x226/0x2d0
   vfs_read+0x113/0x2c0
   ksys_read+0xc9/0x170
   do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0xd1

Fix these issues by using `rcu_work` to help release
`svc_expkey`/`svc_export`. This approach allows for an asynchronous
context to invoke `path_put` and also facilitates the freeing of
`uuid/exp/key` after an RCU grace period.
CVSS Score: 7.8 (HIGH)
CWE: CWE-416
References: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e[PII_REDACTED]f4d021df8ae17e69221d7c149f3e; https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad4363a24a5746b257c0beb5d8cc68f9b62c173f; https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd8524148dd8c123334b066faa90590ba2ef8e6f