bpf, sockmap: Fix an infinite loop error when len is 0 in tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser()
CVE: CVE-2023-53133
Component: kernel
CWE: CWE-835
Severity: Moderate
CVSS v3: 5.6/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Release date: 2023-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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

bpf, sockmap: Fix an infinite loop error when len is 0 in tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser()

When the buffer length of the recvmsg system call is 0, we got the
flollowing soft lockup problem:

watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#3 stuck for 27s! [a.out:6149]
CPU: 3 PID: 6149 Comm: a.out Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.2.0+ #30
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:remove_wait_queue+0xb/0xc0
Code: 5e 41 5f c3 cc cc cc cc 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 0f 1f 44 00 00 41 57 <41> 56 41 55 41 54 55 48 89 fd 53 48 89 f3 4c 8d 6b 18 4c 8d 73 20
RSP: 0018:ffff88811b5978b8 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88811a7d3780 RCX: ffffffffb7a4d768
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffff88811b597908 RDI: ffff888115408040
RBP: 1ffff110236b2f1b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff88811a7d37e7
R10: ffffed10234fa6fc R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff88811179b800
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: ffff88811a7d38a8 R15: ffff88811a7d37e0
FS:  00007f6fb5398740(0000) GS:ffff888237180000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000020000000 CR3: 000000010b6ba002 CR4: 0000000000370ee0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 tcp_msg_wait_data+0x279/0x2f0
 tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser+0x3c6/0x490
 inet_recvmsg+0x280/0x290
 sock_recvmsg+0xfc/0x120
 ____sys_recvmsg+0x160/0x3d0
 ___sys_recvmsg+0xf0/0x180
 __sys_recvmsg+0xea/0x1a0
 do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc

The logic in tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser is as follows:

msg_bytes_ready:
	copied = sk_msg_recvmsg(sk, psock, msg, len, flags);
	if (!copied) {
		wait data;
		goto msg_bytes_ready;
	}

In this case, "copied" always is 0, the infinite loop occurs.

According to the Linux system call man page, 0 should be returned in this
case. Therefore, in tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser(), if the length is 0, directly
return. Also modify several other functions with the same problem.

Statement: A logic bug in the BPF-enabled recvmsg() paths (tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser(), udp_bpf_recvmsg(), unix_bpf_recvmsg()) failed to handle len == 0, looping indefinitely and triggering soft lockups. A local user or service that can issue a zero-length recvmsg() on a socket with sockmap/BPF redirection enabled could hang a CPU, leading to denial of service.

The default Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel prevents unprivileged users from being able to use eBPF by the kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled sysctl. This would require a privileged user with CAP_SYS_ADMIN or root to be able to abuse this flaw reducing its attack space.

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

cat /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_bpf_disabled
The setting of 1 would mean that unprivileged users can not use eBPF, mitigating the flaw.

Remediation: