[PATCH v2] kernel/watch_queue: Make pipe NULL while clearing watch_queue
From: Siddh Raman Pant
Date: Sun Jul 24 2022 - 00:07:56 EST
If not done, a reference to a freed pipe remains in the watch_queue,
as this function is called before freeing a pipe in free_pipe_info()
(see line 834 of fs/pipe.c).
This causes a UAF when post_one_notification tries to access the pipe on
a key update, which is reported by syzbot.
Bug report: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=1870dd7791ba05f2ea7f47f7cbdde701173973fc
Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+c70d87ac1d001f29a058@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Siddh Raman Pant <code@xxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v1:
- Removed the superfluous ifdef guard.
kernel/watch_queue.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/watch_queue.c b/kernel/watch_queue.c
index bb9962b33f95..0357e5c6cf18 100644
--- a/kernel/watch_queue.c
+++ b/kernel/watch_queue.c
@@ -637,8 +637,15 @@ void watch_queue_clear(struct watch_queue *wqueue)
spin_lock_bh(&wqueue->lock);
}
- spin_unlock_bh(&wqueue->lock);
rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ /* Clearing the watch queue, so we should clean the associated pipe. */
+ if (wqueue->pipe) {
+ wqueue->pipe->watch_queue = NULL;
+ wqueue->pipe = NULL;
+ }
+
+ spin_unlock_bh(&wqueue->lock);
}
/**
--
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