CVE-2022-48719

net, neigh: Do not trigger immediate probes on NUD_FAILED from neigh_managed_work

published June 20, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

net, neigh: Do not trigger immediate probes on NUD_FAILED from neigh_managed_work

syzkaller was able to trigger a deadlock for NTF_MANAGED entries [0]:

kworker/0:16/14617 is trying to acquire lock:

ffffffff8d4dd370 (&tbl->lock){++-.}-{2:2}, at: ___neigh_create+0x9e1/0x2990 net/core/neighbour.c:652

[...]

but task is already holding lock:

ffffffff8d4dd370 (&tbl->lock){++-.}-{2:2}, at: neigh_managed_work+0x35/0x250 net/core/neighbour.c:1572

The neighbor entry turned to NUD_FAILED state, where __neigh_event_send()

triggered an immediate probe as per commit cd28ca0a3dd1 ("neigh: reduce

arp latency") via neigh_probe() given table lock was held.

One option to fix this situation is to defer the neigh_probe() back to

the neigh_timer_handler() similarly as pre cd28ca0a3dd1. For the case

of NTF_MANAGED, this deferral is acceptable given this only happens on

actual failure state and regular / expected state is NUD_VALID with the

entry already present.

The fix adds a parameter to __neigh_event_send() in order to communicate

whether immediate probe is allowed or disallowed. Existing call-sites

of neigh_event_send() default as-is to immediate probe. However, the

neigh_managed_work() disables it via use of neigh_event_send_probe().

[0] <TASK>

__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]

dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106

print_deadlock_bug kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2956 [inline]

check_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2999 [inline]

validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline]

__lock_acquire.cold+0x149/0x3ab kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5027

lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5639 [inline]

lock_acquire+0x1ab/0x510 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5604

__raw_write_lock_bh include/linux/rwlock_api_smp.h:202 [inline]

_raw_write_lock_bh+0x2f/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:334

___neigh_create+0x9e1/0x2990 net/core/neighbour.c:652

ip6_finish_output2+0x1070/0x14f0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:123

__ip6_finish_output net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:191 [inline]

__ip6_finish_output+0x61e/0xe90 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:170

ip6_finish_output+0x32/0x200 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:201

NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:296 [inline]

ip6_output+0x1e4/0x530 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:224

dst_output include/net/dst.h:451 [inline]

NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:307 [inline]

ndisc_send_skb+0xa99/0x17f0 net/ipv6/ndisc.c:508

ndisc_send_ns+0x3a9/0x840 net/ipv6/ndisc.c:650

ndisc_solicit+0x2cd/0x4f0 net/ipv6/ndisc.c:742

neigh_probe+0xc2/0x110 net/core/neighbour.c:1040

__neigh_event_send+0x37d/0x1570 net/core/neighbour.c:1201

neigh_event_send include/net/neighbour.h:470 [inline]

neigh_managed_work+0x162/0x250 net/core/neighbour.c:1574

process_one_work+0x9ac/0x1650 kernel/workqueue.c:2307

worker_thread+0x657/0x1110 kernel/workqueue.c:2454

kthread+0x2e9/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:377

ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295

</TASK>

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00141 · 3.1th percentile
Published
2024-06-20T11:13Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 JUN 11:13Z
    net, neigh: Do not trigger immediate probes on NUD_FAILED from neigh_managed_work
    cvelistv5