xsk: fix OOB map writes when deleting elements
CVE: CVE-2024-56614
Component: kernel
CWE: CWE-99
Severity: Moderate
CVSS v3: 7.4/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Release date: 2024-12-27T00:00:00+00:00

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xsk: fix OOB map writes when deleting elements

Jordy says:

"
In the xsk_map_delete_elem function an unsigned integer
(map->max_entries) is compared with a user-controlled signed integer
(k). Due to implicit type conversion, a large unsigned value for
map->max_entries can bypass the intended bounds check:

	if (k >= map->max_entries)
		return -EINVAL;

This allows k to hold a negative value (between -2147483648 and -2),
which is then used as an array index in m->xsk_map[k], which results
in an out-of-bounds access.

	spin_lock_bh(&m->lock);
	map_entry = &m->xsk_map[k]; // Out-of-bounds map_entry
	old_xs = unrcu_pointer(xchg(map_entry, NULL));  // Oob write
	if (old_xs)
		xsk_map_sock_delete(old_xs, map_entry);
	spin_unlock_bh(&m->lock);

The xchg operation can then be used to cause an out-of-bounds write.
Moreover, the invalid map_entry passed to xsk_map_sock_delete can lead
to further memory corruption.
"

It indeed results in following splat:

[76612.897343] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc8fc2e461108
[76612.904330] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
[76612.909639] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
[76612.914855] PGD 0 P4D 0
[76612.917431] Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[76612.921859] CPU: 11 UID: 0 PID: 10318 Comm: a.out Not tainted 6.12.0-rc1+ #470
[76612.929189] Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600WFT/S2600WFT, BIOS SE5C620.86B.02.01.0008.031920191559 03/19/2019
[76612.939781] RIP: 0010:xsk_map_delete_elem+0x2d/0x60
[76612.944738] Code: 00 00 41 54 55 53 48 63 2e 3b 6f 24 73 38 4c 8d a7 f8 00 00 00 48 89 fb 4c 89 e7 e8 2d bf 05 00 48 8d b4 eb 00 01 00 00 31 ff <48> 87 3e 48 85 ff 74 05 e8 16 ff ff ff 4c 89 e7 e8 3e bc 05 00 31
[76612.963774] RSP: 0018:ffffc9002e407df8 EFLAGS: 00010246
[76612.969079] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc9002e461000 RCX: 0000000000000000
[76612.976323] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffc8fc2e461108 RDI: 0000000000000000
[76612.983569] RBP: ffffffff80000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000007
[76612.990812] R10: ffffc9002e407e18 R11: ffff888108a38858 R12: ffffc9002e4610f8
[76612.998060] R13: ffff888108a38858 R14: 00007ffd1ae0ac78 R15: ffffc9002e4610c0
[76613.005303] FS:  00007f80b6f59740(0000) GS:ffff8897e0ec0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[76613.013517] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[76613.019349] CR2: ffffc8fc2e461108 CR3: 000000011e3ef001 CR4: 00000000007726f0
[76613.026595] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[76613.033841] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[76613.041086] PKRU: 55555554
[76613.043842] Call Trace:
[76613.046331]  <TASK>
[76613.048468]  ? __die+0x20/0x60
[76613.051581]  ? page_fault_oops+0x15a/0x450
[76613.055747]  ? search_extable+0x22/0x30
[76613.059649]  ? search_bpf_extables+0x5f/0x80
[76613.063988]  ? exc_page_fault+0xa9/0x140
[76613.067975]  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
[76613.072229]  ? xsk_map_delete_elem+0x2d/0x60
[76613.076573]  ? xsk_map_delete_elem+0x23/0x60
[76613.080914]  __sys_bpf+0x19b7/0x23c0
[76613.084555]  __x64_sys_bpf+0x1a/0x20
[76613.088194]  do_syscall_64+0x37/0xb0
[76613.091832]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
[76613.096962] RIP: 0033:0x7f80b6d1e88d
[76613.100592] Code: 5b 41 5c c3 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 73 b5 0f 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
[76613.119631] RSP: 002b:00007ffd1ae0ac68 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000141
[76613.131330] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f80b6d1e88d
[76613.142632] RDX: 0000000000000098 RSI: 00007ffd1ae0ad20 RDI: 0000000000000003
[76613.153967] RBP: 00007ffd1ae0adc0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[76613.166030] R10: 00007f80b6f77040 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00007ffd1ae0aed8
[76613.177130] R13: 000055ddf42ce1e9 R14: 000055ddf42d0d98 R15: 00
---truncated---

Statement: For the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8/9 to confirm the current state, inspect the sysctl with the command:

    cat /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_bpf_disabled

The setting of 1 or 2 would mean that unprivileged users can not use eBPF, mitigating the flaw. The difference between the two is a value of 2 means that it can be re-enabled without a reboot, while a value of 1 requires a reboot to take effect.

Remediation:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
The bug could happen only when XDP sockets and BPF being used. The XDP sockets allows a channel between XDP programs and userspace applications. Even if BPF enabled (by default disabled in Red Hat Enterprise Linux), it requires root privileges to trigger this issue. The mitigation is not using BPF or not using XDP. The link to the example code for the usage of XDP with BPF: https://medium.com/@yunwei356/ebpf-tutorial-by-example-capturing-tcp-information-with-xdp-aef77f42a8e1

Our analysis indicates that while it is out of support scope for this issue, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is also affected. For systems on that version, the same mitigation can be applied. However, in that version, the unprivileged_bpf_disabled sysctl takes only two values: 0 for enabled, 1 for disabled. Unprivileged BPF can be disabled by setting that sysctl in a file, such as in /etc/sysctl.d/