scsi: zfcp: Fix double free of FSF request when qdio send fails
CVE: CVE-2022-49789
Component: kernel
Severity: Moderate
CVSS v3: 7.2/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Release date: 2022-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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

scsi: zfcp: Fix double free of FSF request when qdio send fails

We used to use the wrong type of integer in 'zfcp_fsf_req_send()' to cache
the FSF request ID when sending a new FSF request. This is used in case the
sending fails and we need to remove the request from our internal hash
table again (so we don't keep an invalid reference and use it when we free
the request again).

In 'zfcp_fsf_req_send()' we used to cache the ID as 'int' (signed and 32
bit wide), but the rest of the zfcp code (and the firmware specification)
handles the ID as 'unsigned long'/'u64' (unsigned and 64 bit wide [s390x
ELF ABI]).  For one this has the obvious problem that when the ID grows
past 32 bit (this can happen reasonably fast) it is truncated to 32 bit
when storing it in the cache variable and so doesn't match the original ID
anymore.  The second less obvious problem is that even when the original ID
has not yet grown past 32 bit, as soon as the 32nd bit is set in the
original ID (0x80000000 = 2'147'483'648) we will have a mismatch when we
cast it back to 'unsigned long'. As the cached variable is of a signed
type, the compiler will choose a sign-extending instruction to load the 32
bit variable into a 64 bit register (e.g.: 'lgf %r11,188(%r15)'). So once
we pass the cached variable into 'zfcp_reqlist_find_rm()' to remove the
request again all the leading zeros will be flipped to ones to extend the
sign and won't match the original ID anymore (this has been observed in
practice).

If we can't successfully remove the request from the hash table again after
'zfcp_qdio_send()' fails (this happens regularly when zfcp cannot notify
the adapter about new work because the adapter is already gone during
e.g. a ChpID toggle) we will end up with a double free.  We unconditionally
free the request in the calling function when 'zfcp_fsf_req_send()' fails,
but because the request is still in the hash table we end up with a stale
memory reference, and once the zfcp adapter is either reset during recovery
or shutdown we end up freeing the same memory twice.

The resulting stack traces vary depending on the kernel and have no direct
correlation to the place where the bug occurs. Here are three examples that
have been seen in practice:

  list_del corruption. next->prev should be 00000001b9d13800, but was 00000000dead4ead. (next=00000001bd131a00)
  ------------[ cut here ]------------
  kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:62!
  monitor event: 0040 ilc:2 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
  Modules linked in: ...
  CPU: 9 PID: 1617 Comm: zfcperp0.0.1740 Kdump: loaded
  Hardware name: ...
  Krnl PSW : 0704d00180000000 00000003cbeea1f8 (__list_del_entry_valid+0x98/0x140)
             R:0 T:1 IO:1 EX:1 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:1 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3
  Krnl GPRS: 00000000916d12f1 0000000080000000 000000000000006d 00000003cb665cd6
             0000000000000001 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000d28d21e8
             00000000d3844000 00000380099efd28 00000001bd131a00 00000001b9d13800
             00000000d3290100 0000000000000000 00000003cbeea1f4 00000380099efc70
  Krnl Code: 00000003cbeea1e8: c020004f68a7        larl    %r2,00000003cc8d7336
             00000003cbeea1ee: c0e50027fd65        brasl   %r14,00000003cc3e9cb8
            #00000003cbeea1f4: af000000            mc      0,0
            >00000003cbeea1f8: c02000920440        larl    %r2,00000003cd12aa78
             00000003cbeea1fe: c0e500289c25        brasl   %r14,00000003cc3fda48
             00000003cbeea204: b9040043            lgr     %r4,%r3
             00000003cbeea208: b9040051            lgr     %r5,%r1
             00000003cbeea20c: b9040032            lgr     %r3,%r2
  Call Trace:
   [<00000003cbeea1f8>] __list_del_entry_valid+0x98/0x140
  ([<00000003cbeea1f4>] __list_del_entry_valid+0x94/0x140)
   [<000003ff7ff502fe>] zfcp_fsf_req_dismiss_all+0xde/0x150 [zfcp]
   [<000003ff7ff49cd0>] zfcp_erp_strategy_do_action+0x160/0x280 [zfcp]
---truncated---

Statement: Actual only for s390 hardware platform. CVE‑2022‑49789 addresses a double‑free bug in the zfcp SCSI driver when qdio send fails, potentially leading to kernel memory corruption or panic. Privilege Level: Requires local unprivileged user with ability to interact with the zfcp subsystem (high privileges not strictly required), but the impact is high due to possible denial-of-service or memory corruption. A type mismatch in zfcp_fsf_req_send() caused incorrect request ID caching, potentially leading to a double free and kernel panic if QDIO transmission failed. The issue can only be triggered by privileged components interacting with the zfcp SCSI subsystem, as it involves kernel-level request structures and hash table operations.

Remediation:
To mitigate this issue, prevent module zfcp from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.