CVE-2023-52885 (Moderate severity, published 2024-07-13)
CVSS score: 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

SUNRPC: Fix UAF in svc_tcp_listen_data_ready()

After the listener svc_sock is freed, and before invoking svc_tcp_accept()
for the established child sock, there is a window that the newsock
retaining a freed listener svc_sock in sk_user_data which cloning from
parent. In the race window, if data is received on the newsock, we will
observe use-after-free report in svc_tcp_listen_data_ready().

Reproduce by two tasks:

1. while :; do rpc.nfsd 0 ; rpc.nfsd; done
2. while :; do echo "" | ncat -4 127.0.0.1 2049 ; done

KASAN report:

  ==================================================================
  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in svc_tcp_listen_data_ready+0x1cf/0x1f0 [sunrpc]
  Read of size 8 at addr ffff888139d96228 by task nc/102553
  CPU: 7 PID: 102553 Comm: nc Not tainted 6.3.0+ #18
  Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 11/12/2020
  Call Trace:
   <IRQ>
   dump_stack_lvl+0x33/0x50
   print_address_description.constprop.0+0x27/0x310
   print_report+0x3e/0x70
   kasan_report+0xae/0xe0
   svc_tcp_listen_data_ready+0x1cf/0x1f0 [sunrpc]
   tcp_data_queue+0x9f4/0x20e0
   tcp_rcv_established+0x666/0x1f60
   tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x51c/0x850
   tcp_v4_rcv+0x23fc/0x2e80
   ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x62/0x300
   ip_local_deliver_finish+0x267/0x350
   ip_local_deliver+0x18b/0x2d0
   ip_rcv+0x2fb/0x370
   __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x166/0x1b0
   process_backlog+0x24c/0x5e0
   __napi_poll+0xa2/0x500
   net_rx_action+0x854/0xc90
   __do_softirq+0x1bb/0x5de
   do_softirq+0xcb/0x100
   </IRQ>
   <TASK>
   ...
   </TASK>

  Allocated by task 102371:
   kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
   kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30
   __kasan_kmalloc+0x7b/0x90
   svc_setup_socket+0x52/0x4f0 [sunrpc]
   svc_addsock+0x20d/0x400 [sunrpc]
   __write_ports_addfd+0x209/0x390 [nfsd]
   write_ports+0x239/0x2c0 [nfsd]
   nfsctl_transaction_write+0xac/0x110 [nfsd]
   vfs_write+0x1c3/0xae0
   ksys_write+0xed/0x1c0
   do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc

  Freed by task 102551:
   kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
   kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30
   kasan_save_free_info+0x2a/0x50
   __kasan_slab_free+0x106/0x190
   __kmem_cache_free+0x133/0x270
   svc_xprt_free+0x1e2/0x350 [sunrpc]
   svc_xprt_destroy_all+0x25a/0x440 [sunrpc]
   nfsd_put+0x125/0x240 [nfsd]
   nfsd_svc+0x2cb/0x3c0 [nfsd]
   write_threads+0x1ac/0x2a0 [nfsd]
   nfsctl_transaction_write+0xac/0x110 [nfsd]
   vfs_write+0x1c3/0xae0
   ksys_write+0xed/0x1c0
   do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc

Fix the UAF by simply doing nothing in svc_tcp_listen_data_ready()
if state != TCP_LISTEN, that will avoid dereferencing svsk for all
child socket.
Statement: This vulnerability is rated as a moderate severity due to its potential to disrupt service through crashes where the use-after-free allows for exploitation under specific conditions.
Mitigation: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.