CVE: CVE-2024-26781
Published: 2024-04-04
Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mptcp: fix possible deadlock in subflow diag

Syzbot and Eric reported a lockdep splat in the subflow diag:

   WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
   6.8.0-rc4-syzkaller-00212-g40b9385dd8e6 #0 Not tainted

   syz-executor.2/24141 is trying to acquire lock:
   ffff[PII_REDACTED]30 (k-sk_lock-AF_INET6){+.+.}-{0:0}, at:
   tcp_diag_put_ulp net/ipv4/tcp_diag.c:100 [inline]
   ffff[PII_REDACTED]30 (k-sk_lock-AF_INET6){+.+.}-{0:0}, at:
   tcp_diag_get_aux+0x738/0x830 net/ipv4/tcp_diag.c:137

   but task is already holding lock:
   ffffc9000135e488 (&h->lhash2[i].lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock
   include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
   ffffc9000135e488 (&h->lhash2[i].lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at:
   inet_diag_dump_icsk+0x39f/0x1f80 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:1038

   which lock already depends on the new lock.

   the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

   -> #1 (&h->lhash2[i].lock){+.+.}-{2:2}:
   lock_acquire+0x1e3/0x530 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
   __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:133 [inline]
   _raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154
   spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
   __inet_hash+0x335/0xbe0 net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c:743
   inet_csk_listen_start+0x23a/0x320 net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c:1261
   __inet_listen_sk+0x2a2/0x770 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:217
   inet_listen+0xa3/0x110 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:239
   rds_tcp_listen_init+0x3fd/0x5a0 net/rds/tcp_listen.c:316
   rds_tcp_init_net+0x141/0x320 net/rds/tcp.c:577
   ops_init+0x352/0x610 net/core/net_namespace.c:136
   __register_pernet_operations net/core/net_namespace.c:1214 [inline]
   register_pernet_operations+0x2cb/0x660 net/core/net_namespace.c:1283
   register_pernet_device+0x33/0x80 net/core/net_namespace.c:1370
   rds_tcp_init+0x62/0xd0 net/rds/tcp.c:735
   do_one_initcall+0x238/0x830 init/main.c:1236
   do_initcall_level+0x157/0x210 init/main.c:1298
   do_initcalls+0x3f/0x80 init/main.c:1314
   kernel_init_freeable+0x42f/0x5d0 init/main.c:1551
   kernel_init+0x1d/0x2a0 init/main.c:1441
   ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
   ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:242

   -> #0 (k-sk_lock-AF_INET6){+.+.}-{0:0}:
   check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
   check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
   validate_chain+0x18ca/0x58e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869
   __lock_acquire+0x1345/0x1fd0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
   lock_acquire+0x1e3/0x530 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
   lock_sock_fast include/net/sock.h:1723 [inline]
   subflow_get_info+0x166/0xd20 net/mptcp/diag.c:28
   tcp_diag_put_ulp net/ipv4/tcp_diag.c:100 [inline]
   tcp_diag_get_aux+0x738/0x830 net/ipv4/tcp_diag.c:137
   inet_sk_diag_fill+0x10ed/0x1e00 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:345
   inet_diag_dump_icsk+0x55b/0x1f80 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:1061
   __inet_diag_dump+0x211/0x3a0 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:1263
   inet_diag_dump_compat+0x1c1/0x2d0 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:1371
   netlink_dump+0x59b/0xc80 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2264
   __netlink_dump_start+0x5df/0x790 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2370
   netlink_dump_start include/linux/netlink.h:338 [inline]
   inet_diag_rcv_msg_compat+0x209/0x4c0 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:1405
   sock_diag_rcv_msg+0xe7/0x410
   netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e3/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2543
   sock_diag_rcv+0x2a/0x40 net/core/sock_diag.c:280
   netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1341 [inline]
   netlink_unicast+0x7ea/0x980 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1367
   netlink_sendmsg+0xa3b/0xd70 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1908
   sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
   __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:745
   ____sys_sendmsg+0x525/0x7d0 net/socket.c:2584
   ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2638 [inline]
   __sys_sendmsg+0x2b0/0x3a0 net/socket.c:2667
   do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x240
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77

As noted by Eric we can break the lock dependency chain avoid
dumping 
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CVSS Score: 5.5 (MEDIUM)
CWE: CWE-667
References: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70e5b013538d5e4cb421afed431a5fcd2a5d49ee; https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc32ba2fdf3f8b136619fff551f166ba51ec856d; https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d487e7ba1bc7444d5f062c4930ef8436c47c7e63