net/sched: accept TCA_STAB only for root qdisc
CVE: CVE-2024-50039
Component: kernel
CWE: CWE-476
Severity: Moderate
CVSS v3: 5.6/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Release date: 2024-10-21T00:00:00+00:00

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

net/sched: accept TCA_STAB only for root qdisc

Most qdiscs maintain their backlog using qdisc_pkt_len(skb)
on the assumption it is invariant between the enqueue()
and dequeue() handlers.

Unfortunately syzbot can crash a host rather easily using
a TBF + SFQ combination, with an STAB on SFQ [1]

We can't support TCA_STAB on arbitrary level, this would
require to maintain per-qdisc storage.

[1]
[   88.796496] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
[   88.798611] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[   88.799014] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[   88.799506] PGD 0 P4D 0
[   88.799829] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[   88.800569] CPU: 14 UID: 0 PID: 2053 Comm: b371744477 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc1-virtme #1117
[   88.801107] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
[   88.801779] RIP: 0010:sfq_dequeue (net/sched/sch_sfq.c:272 net/sched/sch_sfq.c:499) sch_sfq
[ 88.802544] Code: 0f b7 50 12 48 8d 04 d5 00 00 00 00 48 89 d6 48 29 d0 48 8b 91 c0 01 00 00 48 c1 e0 03 48 01 c2 66 83 7a 1a 00 7e c0 48 8b 3a <4c> 8b 07 4c 89 02 49 89 50 08 48 c7 47 08 00 00 00 00 48 c7 07 00
All code
========
   0:	0f b7 50 12          	movzwl 0x12(%rax),%edx
   4:	48 8d 04 d5 00 00 00 	lea    0x0(,%rdx,8),%rax
   b:	00
   c:	48 89 d6             	mov    %rdx,%rsi
   f:	48 29 d0             	sub    %rdx,%rax
  12:	48 8b 91 c0 01 00 00 	mov    0x1c0(%rcx),%rdx
  19:	48 c1 e0 03          	shl    $0x3,%rax
  1d:	48 01 c2             	add    %rax,%rdx
  20:	66 83 7a 1a 00       	cmpw   $0x0,0x1a(%rdx)
  25:	7e c0                	jle    0xffffffffffffffe7
  27:	48 8b 3a             	mov    (%rdx),%rdi
  2a:*	4c 8b 07             	mov    (%rdi),%r8		<-- trapping instruction
  2d:	4c 89 02             	mov    %r8,(%rdx)
  30:	49 89 50 08          	mov    %rdx,0x8(%r8)
  34:	48 c7 47 08 00 00 00 	movq   $0x0,0x8(%rdi)
  3b:	00
  3c:	48                   	rex.W
  3d:	c7                   	.byte 0xc7
  3e:	07                   	(bad)
	...

Code starting with the faulting instruction
===========================================
   0:	4c 8b 07             	mov    (%rdi),%r8
   3:	4c 89 02             	mov    %r8,(%rdx)
   6:	49 89 50 08          	mov    %rdx,0x8(%r8)
   a:	48 c7 47 08 00 00 00 	movq   $0x0,0x8(%rdi)
  11:	00
  12:	48                   	rex.W
  13:	c7                   	.byte 0xc7
  14:	07                   	(bad)
	...
[   88.803721] RSP: 0018:ffff9a1f892b7d58 EFLAGS: 00000206
[   88.804032] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9a1f8420c800 RCX: ffff9a1f8420c800
[   88.804560] RDX: ffff9a1f81bc1440 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
[   88.805056] RBP: ffffffffc04bb0e0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 00000000ff7f9a1f
[   88.805473] R10: 000000000001001b R11: 0000000000009a1f R12: 0000000000000140
[   88.806194] R13: 0000000000000001 R14: ffff9a1f886df400 R15: ffff9a1f886df4ac
[   88.806734] FS:  00007f445601a740(0000) GS:ffff9a2e7fd80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[   88.807225] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[   88.807672] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000050cc46000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
[   88.808165] Call Trace:
[   88.808459]  <TASK>
[   88.808710] ? __die (arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:421 arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:434)
[   88.809261] ? page_fault_oops (arch/x86/mm/fault.c:715)
[   88.809561] ? exc_page_fault (./arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:26 ./arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:87 ./arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:147 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1489 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1539)
[   88.809806] ? asm_exc_page_fault (./arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:623)
[   88.810074] ? sfq_dequeue (net/sched/sch_sfq.c:272 net/sched/sch_sfq.c:499) sch_sfq
[   88.810411] sfq_reset (net/sched/sch_sfq.c:525) sch_sfq
[   88.810671] qdisc_reset (./include/linux/skbuff.h:2135 ./include/linux/skbuff.h:2441 ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3304 ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3310 net/sched/sch_g
---truncated---


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.