CVE-2022-1974 (published 2022-08-31T16:15Z)

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFC core functionality due to a race condition between kobject creation and delete. This vulnerability allows a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege to leak kernel information.

CVSS v3 base score: 4.1, MEDIUM (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: CWE-367
cwe_name: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
description: The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.
extended_description: This weakness can be security-relevant when an attacker can influence the state of the resource between check and use. This can happen with shared resources such as files, memory, or even variables in multithreaded programs.
         

Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
author: Duoming Zhou
author_date: 2022-04-29 20:45:50+08:00
msg: nfc: replace improper check device_is_registered() in netlink related functions

The device_is_registered() in nfc core is used to check whether
nfc device is registered in netlink related functions such as
nfc_fw_download(), nfc_dev_up() and so on. Although device_is_registered()
is protected by device_lock, there is still a race condition between
device_del() and device_is_registered(). The root cause is that
kobject_del() in device_del() is not protected by device_lock.

   (cleanup task)         |     (netlink task)
                          |
nfc_unregister_device     | nfc_fw_download
 device_del               |  device_lock
  ...                     |   if (!device_is_registered)//(1)
  kobject_del//(2)        |   ...
 ...                      |  device_unlock

The device_is_registered() returns the value of state_in_sysfs and
the state_in_sysfs is set to zero in kobject_del(). If we pass check in
position (1), then set zero in position (2). As a result, the check
in position (1) is useless.

This patch uses bool variable instead of device_is_registered() to judge
whether the nfc device is registered, which is well synchronized.

Fixes: 3e256b8f8dfa ("NFC: add nfc subsystem core")
Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <duoming@zju.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
repository: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
repo_name: torvalds/linux
description: Linux kernel source tree
repo_language: C
owner: torvalds
file_changes: filename: core.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int nfc_fw_download(struct nfc_dev *dev, const char *firmware_name)
 
 	device_lock(&dev->dev);
 
-	if (!device_is_registered(&dev->dev)) {
+	if (dev->shutting_down) {
 		rc = -ENODEV;
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int nfc_dev_up(struct nfc_dev *dev)
 
 	device_lock(&dev->dev);
 
-	if (!device_is_registered(&dev->dev)) {
+	if (dev->shutting_down) {
 		rc = -ENODEV;
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ int nfc_dev_down(struct nfc_dev *dev)
 
 	device_lock(&dev->dev);
 
-	if (!device_is_registered(&dev->dev)) {
+	if (dev->shutting_down) {
 		rc = -ENODEV;
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ int nfc_start_poll(struct nfc_dev *dev, u32 im_protocols, u32 tm_protocols)
 
 	device_lock(&dev->dev);
 
-	if (!device_is_registered(&dev->dev)) {
+	if (dev->shutting_down) {
 		rc = -ENODEV;
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ int nfc_stop_poll(struct nfc_dev *dev)
 
 	device_lock(&dev->dev);
 
-	if (!device_is_registered(&dev->dev)) {
+	if (dev->shutting_down) {
 		rc = -ENODEV;
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ int nfc_dep_link_up(struct nfc_dev *dev, int target_index, u8 comm_mode)
 
 	device_lock(&dev->dev);
 
-	if (!device_is_registered(&dev->dev)) {
+	if (dev->shutting_down) {
 		rc = -ENODEV;
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ int nfc_dep_link_down(struct nfc_dev *dev)
 
 	device_lock(&dev->dev);
 
-	if (!device_is_registered(&dev->dev)) {
+	if (dev->shutting_down) {
 		rc = -ENODEV;
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ int nfc_activate_target(struct nfc_dev *dev, u32 target_idx, u32 protocol)
 
 	device_lock(&dev->dev);
 
-	if (!device_is_registered(&dev->dev)) {
+	if (dev->shutting_down) {
 		rc = -ENODEV;
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ int nfc_deactivate_target(struct nfc_dev *dev, u32 target_idx, u8 mode)
 
 	device_lock(&dev->dev);
 
-	if (!device_is_registered(&dev->dev)) {
+	if (dev->shutting_down) {
 		rc = -ENODEV;
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ int nfc_data_exchange(struct nfc_dev *dev, u32 target_idx, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	device_lock(&dev->dev);
 
-	if (!device_is_registered(&dev->dev)) {
+	if (dev->shutting_down) {
 		rc = -ENODEV;
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		goto error;
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ int nfc_enable_se(struct nfc_dev *dev, u32 se_idx)
 
 	device_lock(&dev->dev);
 
-	if (!device_is_registered(&dev->dev)) {
+	if (dev->shutting_down) {
 		rc = -ENODEV;
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ int nfc_disable_se(struct nfc_dev *dev, u32 se_idx)
 
 	device_lock(&dev->dev);
 
-	if (!device_is_registered(&dev->dev)) {
+	if (dev->shutting_down) {
 		rc = -ENODEV;
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -1134,6 +1134,7 @@ int nfc_register_device(struct nfc_dev *dev)
 			dev->rfkill = NULL;
 		}
 	}
+	dev->shutting_down = false;
 	device_unlock(&dev->dev);
 
 	rc = nfc_genl_device_added(dev);
@@ -1166,12 +1167,10 @@ void nfc_unregister_device(struct nfc_dev *dev)
 		rfkill_unregister(dev->rfkill);
 		rfkill_destroy(dev->rfkill);
 	}
+	dev->shutting_down = true;
 	device_unlock(&dev->dev);
 
 	if (dev->ops->check_presence) {
-		device_lock(&dev->dev);
-		dev->shutting_down = true;
-		device_unlock(&dev->dev);
 		del_timer_sync(&dev->check_pres_timer);
 		cancel_work_sync(&dev->check_pres_work);
 	}

programming_language: C