CVE-2024-26781

mptcp: fix possible deadlock in subflow diag

published April 4, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

mptcp: fix possible deadlock in subflow diag

Syzbot and Eric reported a lockdep splat in the subflow diag:

WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected

6.8.0-rc4-syzkaller-00212-g40b9385dd8e6 #0 Not tainted

syz-executor.2/24141 is trying to acquire lock:

ffff888045870130 (k-sk_lock-AF_INET6){+.+.}-{0:0}, at:

tcp_diag_put_ulp net/ipv4/tcp_diag.c:100 [inline]

ffff888045870130 (k-sk_lock-AF_INET6){+.+.}-{0:0}, at:

tcp_diag_get_aux+0x738/0x830 net/ipv4/tcp_diag.c:137

but task is already holding lock:

ffffc9000135e488 (&h->lhash2[i].lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock

include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]

ffffc9000135e488 (&h->lhash2[i].lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at:

inet_diag_dump_icsk+0x39f/0x1f80 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:1038

which lock already depends on the new lock.

the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&h->lhash2[i].lock){+.+.}-{2:2}:

lock_acquire+0x1e3/0x530 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754

__raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:133 [inline]

_raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154

spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]

__inet_hash+0x335/0xbe0 net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c:743

inet_csk_listen_start+0x23a/0x320 net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c:1261

__inet_listen_sk+0x2a2/0x770 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:217

inet_listen+0xa3/0x110 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:239

rds_tcp_listen_init+0x3fd/0x5a0 net/rds/tcp_listen.c:316

rds_tcp_init_net+0x141/0x320 net/rds/tcp.c:577

ops_init+0x352/0x610 net/core/net_namespace.c:136

__register_pernet_operations net/core/net_namespace.c:1214 [inline]

register_pernet_operations+0x2cb/0x660 net/core/net_namespace.c:1283

register_pernet_device+0x33/0x80 net/core/net_namespace.c:1370

rds_tcp_init+0x62/0xd0 net/rds/tcp.c:735

do_one_initcall+0x238/0x830 init/main.c:1236

do_initcall_level+0x157/0x210 init/main.c:1298

do_initcalls+0x3f/0x80 init/main.c:1314

kernel_init_freeable+0x42f/0x5d0 init/main.c:1551

kernel_init+0x1d/0x2a0 init/main.c:1441

ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147

ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:242

-> #0 (k-sk_lock-AF_INET6){+.+.}-{0:0}:

check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]

check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]

validate_chain+0x18ca/0x58e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869

__lock_acquire+0x1345/0x1fd0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137

lock_acquire+0x1e3/0x530 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754

lock_sock_fast include/net/sock.h:1723 [inline]

subflow_get_info+0x166/0xd20 net/mptcp/diag.c:28

tcp_diag_put_ulp net/ipv4/tcp_diag.c:100 [inline]

tcp_diag_get_aux+0x738/0x830 net/ipv4/tcp_diag.c:137

inet_sk_diag_fill+0x10ed/0x1e00 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:345

inet_diag_dump_icsk+0x55b/0x1f80 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:1061

__inet_diag_dump+0x211/0x3a0 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:1263

inet_diag_dump_compat+0x1c1/0x2d0 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:1371

netlink_dump+0x59b/0xc80 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2264

__netlink_dump_start+0x5df/0x790 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2370

netlink_dump_start include/linux/netlink.h:338 [inline]

inet_diag_rcv_msg_compat+0x209/0x4c0 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:1405

sock_diag_rcv_msg+0xe7/0x410

netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e3/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2543

sock_diag_rcv+0x2a/0x40 net/core/sock_diag.c:280

netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1341 [inline]

netlink_unicast+0x7ea/0x980 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1367

netlink_sendmsg+0xa3b/0xd70 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1908

sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]

__sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:745

____sys_sendmsg+0x525/0x7d0 net/socket.c:2584

___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2638 [inline]

__sys_sendmsg+0x2b0/0x3a0 net/socket.c:2667

do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x240

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77

As noted by Eric we can break the lock dependency chain avoid

dumping

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The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00173 · 6.4th percentile
Published
2024-04-04T08:20Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 APR 08:20Z
    mptcp: fix possible deadlock in subflow diag
    cvelistv5