af_unix: Fix data races in unix_release_sock/unix_stream_sendmsg
CVE: CVE-2024-38596
Component: kernel
CWE: CWE-362
Severity: Low
CVSS v3: 4.7/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Release date: 2024-06-19T00:00:00+00:00

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

af_unix: Fix data races in unix_release_sock/unix_stream_sendmsg

A data-race condition has been identified in af_unix. In one data path,
the write function unix_release_sock() atomically writes to
sk->sk_shutdown using WRITE_ONCE. However, on the reader side,
unix_stream_sendmsg() does not read it atomically. Consequently, this
issue is causing the following KCSAN splat to occur:

	BUG: KCSAN: data-race in unix_release_sock / unix_stream_sendmsg

	write (marked) to 0xffff88867256ddbb of 1 bytes by task 7270 on cpu 28:
	unix_release_sock (net/unix/af_unix.c:640)
	unix_release (net/unix/af_unix.c:1050)
	sock_close (net/socket.c:659 net/socket.c:1421)
	__fput (fs/file_table.c:422)
	__fput_sync (fs/file_table.c:508)
	__se_sys_close (fs/open.c:1559 fs/open.c:1541)
	__x64_sys_close (fs/open.c:1541)
	x64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:33)
	do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:?)
	entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)

	read to 0xffff88867256ddbb of 1 bytes by task 989 on cpu 14:
	unix_stream_sendmsg (net/unix/af_unix.c:2273)
	__sock_sendmsg (net/socket.c:730 net/socket.c:745)
	____sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2584)
	__sys_sendmmsg (net/socket.c:2638 net/socket.c:2724)
	__x64_sys_sendmmsg (net/socket.c:2753 net/socket.c:2750 net/socket.c:2750)
	x64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:33)
	do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:?)
	entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)

	value changed: 0x01 -> 0x03

The line numbers are related to commit dd5a440a31fa ("Linux 6.9-rc7").

Commit e1d09c2c2f57 ("af_unix: Fix data races around sk->sk_shutdown.")
addressed a comparable issue in the past regarding sk->sk_shutdown.
However, it overlooked resolving this particular data path.
This patch only offending unix_stream_sendmsg() function, since the
other reads seem to be protected by unix_state_lock() as discussed in


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.
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.