linux/kernel
Martin Schwidefsky 0baf2a4dbf kernel/kmod: fix use-after-free of the sub_info structure
Found this in the message log on a s390 system:

    BUG kmalloc-192 (Not tainted): Poison overwritten
    Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
    INFO: 0x00000000684761f4-0x00000000684761f7. First byte 0xff instead of 0x6b
    INFO: Allocated in call_usermodehelper_setup+0x70/0x128 age=71 cpu=2 pid=648
     __slab_alloc.isra.47.constprop.56+0x5f6/0x658
     kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x106/0x408
     call_usermodehelper_setup+0x70/0x128
     call_usermodehelper+0x62/0x90
     cgroup_release_agent+0x178/0x1c0
     process_one_work+0x36e/0x680
     worker_thread+0x2f0/0x4f8
     kthread+0x10a/0x120
     kernel_thread_starter+0x6/0xc
     kernel_thread_starter+0x0/0xc
    INFO: Freed in call_usermodehelper_exec+0x110/0x1b8 age=71 cpu=2 pid=648
     __slab_free+0x94/0x560
     kfree+0x364/0x3e0
     call_usermodehelper_exec+0x110/0x1b8
     cgroup_release_agent+0x178/0x1c0
     process_one_work+0x36e/0x680
     worker_thread+0x2f0/0x4f8
     kthread+0x10a/0x120
     kernel_thread_starter+0x6/0xc
     kernel_thread_starter+0x0/0xc

There is a use-after-free bug on the subprocess_info structure allocated
by the user mode helper.  In case do_execve() returns with an error
____call_usermodehelper() stores the error code to sub_info->retval, but
sub_info can already have been freed.

Regarding UMH_NO_WAIT, the sub_info structure can be freed by
__call_usermodehelper() before the worker thread returns from
do_execve(), allowing memory corruption when do_execve() failed after
exec_mmap() is called.

Regarding UMH_WAIT_EXEC, the call to umh_complete() allows
call_usermodehelper_exec() to continue which then frees sub_info.

To fix this race the code needs to make sure that the call to
call_usermodehelper_freeinfo() is always done after the last store to
sub_info->retval.

Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-10-29 16:33:14 -07:00
..
bpf bpf: add search pruning optimization to verifier 2014-10-01 21:30:33 -04:00
configs
debug kdb: replace strnicmp with strncasecmp 2014-10-14 02:18:25 +02:00
events Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
gcov gcov: add ARM64 to GCOV_PROFILE_ALL 2014-10-29 16:33:14 -07:00
irq Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
locking Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-10-13 15:51:40 +02:00
power Merge branch 'freezer' 2014-10-23 23:02:45 +02:00
printk Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
rcu rcu: Eliminate deadlock between CPU hotplug and expedited grace periods 2014-09-18 16:22:27 -07:00
sched Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
time Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
trace ftrace: Fix checking of trampoline ftrace_ops in finding trampoline 2014-10-24 16:53:11 -04:00
.gitignore
acct.c acct: eliminate compile warning 2014-10-09 22:26:04 -04:00
async.c kernel/async.c: switch to pr_foo() 2014-10-09 22:26:04 -04:00
audit_tree.c audit: rename audit_log_remove_rule to disambiguate for trees 2014-10-10 15:30:25 -04:00
audit_watch.c audit: invalid op= values for rules 2014-09-23 16:37:53 -04:00
audit.c Merge git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/audit 2014-10-19 16:25:56 -07:00
audit.h audit: reduce scope of audit_log_fcaps 2014-09-23 16:37:51 -04:00
auditfilter.c Merge git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/audit 2014-10-19 16:25:56 -07:00
auditsc.c Merge git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/audit 2014-10-19 16:25:56 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
cgroup_freezer.c
cgroup.c Merge branch 'for-3.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-10 07:26:02 -04:00
compat.c compat: nanosleep: Clarify error handling 2014-09-06 12:58:18 +02:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c rcu: Eliminate deadlock between CPU hotplug and expedited grace periods 2014-09-18 16:22:27 -07:00
cpuset.c Merge branch 'for-3.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2014-10-10 07:24:40 -04:00
crash_dump.c crash_dump: Make is_kdump_kernel() accessible from modules 2014-08-25 15:42:19 -07:00
cred.c
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-10-13 16:23:15 +02:00
extable.c
fork.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-10-13 16:23:15 +02:00
freezer.c freezer: remove obsolete comments in __thaw_task() 2014-10-21 23:44:20 +02:00
futex_compat.c
futex.c futex: Ensure get_futex_key_refs() always implies a barrier 2014-10-18 09:28:51 -07:00
groups.c
hung_task.c
irq_work.c Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c kernel/kallsyms.c: use __seq_open_private() 2014-10-14 02:18:16 +02:00
kcmp.c kcmp: fix standard comparison bug 2014-09-10 15:42:12 -07:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c kexec: remove the unused function parameter 2014-10-14 02:18:21 +02:00
kmod.c kernel/kmod: fix use-after-free of the sub_info structure 2014-10-29 16:33:14 -07:00
kprobes.c
ksysfs.c
kthread.c kernel/kthread.c: partial revert of 81c98869fa ("kthread: ensure locality of task_struct allocations") 2014-10-09 22:25:51 -04:00
latencytop.c
Makefile
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c A single panic fix for a rare race, stable CC'd. 2014-10-18 10:24:26 -07:00
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c
panic.c
params.c kernel/param: consolidate __{start,stop}___param[] in <linux/moduleparam.h> 2014-10-14 02:18:28 +02:00
pid_namespace.c
pid.c
profile.c
ptrace.c
range.c
reboot.c kernel: add support for kernel restart handler call chain 2014-09-26 00:00:06 -07:00
relay.c
res_counter.c
resource.c x86: optimize resource lookups for ioremap 2014-10-14 02:18:22 +02:00
seccomp.c Merge branch 'x86-seccomp-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-10-14 02:27:06 +02:00
signal.c
smp.c Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2014-10-08 21:40:54 -04:00
sys.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-10-13 16:23:15 +02:00
sysctl_binary.c dmaengine-3.17 2014-10-07 20:39:25 -04:00
sysctl.c Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-10-13 15:44:12 +02:00
system_certificates.S
system_keyring.c
task_work.c
taskstats.c scheduler: Replace __get_cpu_var with this_cpu_ptr 2014-08-26 13:45:45 -04:00
test_kprobes.c
torture.c torture: Address race in module cleanup 2014-09-16 13:41:06 -07:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c
uid16.c
up.c
user_namespace.c
user-return-notifier.c scheduler: Replace __get_cpu_var with this_cpu_ptr 2014-08-26 13:45:45 -04:00
user.c
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
watchdog.c Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c workqueue: Use cond_resched_rcu_qs macro 2014-10-06 05:58:26 -07:00