CVE-2024-56592

bpf: Call free_htab_elem() after htab_unlock_bucket()

published December 27, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
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Percentile
11.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

bpf: Call free_htab_elem() after htab_unlock_bucket()

For htab of maps, when the map is removed from the htab, it may hold the

last reference of the map. bpf_map_fd_put_ptr() will invoke

bpf_map_free_id() to free the id of the removed map element. However,

bpf_map_fd_put_ptr() is invoked while holding a bucket lock

(raw_spin_lock_t), and bpf_map_free_id() attempts to acquire map_idr_lock

(spinlock_t), triggering the following lockdep warning:

=============================

[ BUG: Invalid wait context ]

6.11.0-rc4+ #49 Not tainted

-----------------------------

test_maps/4881 is trying to lock:

ffffffff84884578 (map_idr_lock){+...}-{3:3}, at: bpf_map_free_id.part.0+0x21/0x70

other info that might help us debug this:

context-{5:5}

2 locks held by test_maps/4881:

#0: ffffffff846caf60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: bpf_fd_htab_map_update_elem+0xf9/0x270

#1: ffff888149ced148 (&htab->lockdep_key#2){....}-{2:2}, at: htab_map_update_elem+0x178/0xa80

stack backtrace:

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 4881 Comm: test_maps Not tainted 6.11.0-rc4+ #49

Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), ...

Call Trace:

<TASK>

dump_stack_lvl+0x6e/0xb0

dump_stack+0x10/0x20

__lock_acquire+0x73e/0x36c0

lock_acquire+0x182/0x450

_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x43/0x70

bpf_map_free_id.part.0+0x21/0x70

bpf_map_put+0xcf/0x110

bpf_map_fd_put_ptr+0x9a/0xb0

free_htab_elem+0x69/0xe0

htab_map_update_elem+0x50f/0xa80

bpf_fd_htab_map_update_elem+0x131/0x270

htab_map_update_elem+0x50f/0xa80

bpf_fd_htab_map_update_elem+0x131/0x270

bpf_map_update_value+0x266/0x380

__sys_bpf+0x21bb/0x36b0

__x64_sys_bpf+0x45/0x60

x64_sys_call+0x1b2a/0x20d0

do_syscall_64+0x5d/0x100

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

One way to fix the lockdep warning is using raw_spinlock_t for

map_idr_lock as well. However, bpf_map_alloc_id() invokes

idr_alloc_cyclic() after acquiring map_idr_lock, it will trigger a

similar lockdep warning because the slab's lock (s->cpu_slab->lock) is

still a spinlock.

Instead of changing map_idr_lock's type, fix the issue by invoking

htab_put_fd_value() after htab_unlock_bucket(). However, only deferring

the invocation of htab_put_fd_value() is not enough, because the old map

pointers in htab of maps can not be saved during batched deletion.

Therefore, also defer the invocation of free_htab_elem(), so these

to-be-freed elements could be linked together similar to lru map.

There are four callers for ->map_fd_put_ptr:

(1) alloc_htab_elem() (through htab_put_fd_value())

It invokes ->map_fd_put_ptr() under a raw_spinlock_t. The invocation of

htab_put_fd_value() can not simply move after htab_unlock_bucket(),

because the old element has already been stashed in htab->extra_elems.

It may be reused immediately after htab_unlock_bucket() and the

invocation of htab_put_fd_value() after htab_unlock_bucket() may release

the newly-added element incorrectly. Therefore, saving the map pointer

of the old element for htab of maps before unlocking the bucket and

releasing the map_ptr after unlock. Beside the map pointer in the old

element, should do the same thing for the special fields in the old

element as well.

(2) free_htab_elem() (through htab_put_fd_value())

Its caller includes __htab_map_lookup_and_delete_elem(),

htab_map_delete_elem() and __htab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch().

For htab_map_delete_elem(), simply invoke free_htab_elem() after

htab_unlock_bucket(). For __htab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch(), just

like lru map, linking the to-be-freed element into node_to_free list

and invoking free_htab_elem() for these element after unlock. It is safe

to reuse batch_flink as the link for node_to_free, because these

elements have been removed from the hash llist.

Because htab of maps doesn't support lookup_and_delete operation,

__htab_map_lookup_and_delete_elem() doesn't have the problem, so kept

it as

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The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
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EPSS
0.00218 · 11.6th percentile
Published
2024-12-27T14:50Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 DEC 14:50Z
    bpf: Call free_htab_elem() after htab_unlock_bucket()
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