Re: [PATCH] memstick: r592: Fix UAF bug in r592_remove due to race condition

From: Zheng Hacker
Date: Fri Mar 10 2023 - 11:25:24 EST


Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> 于2023年3月9日周四 23:02写道:
>
> On Tue, 7 Mar 2023 at 17:44, Zheng Wang <zyytlz.wz@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > In r592_probe, dev->detect_timer was bound with r592_detect_timer.
> > In r592_irq function, the timer function will be invoked by mod_timer.
> >
> > If we remove the module which will call hantro_release to make cleanup,
> > there may be a unfinished work. The possible sequence is as follows,
> > which will cause a typical UAF bug.
> >
> > Fix it by canceling the work before cleanup in r592_remove.
> >
> > CPU0 CPU1
> >
> > |r592_detect_timer
> > r592_remove |
> > memstick_free_host|
> > put_device; |
> > kfree(host); |
> > |
> > | queue_work
> > | &host->media_checker //use
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Zheng Wang <zyytlz.wz@xxxxxxx>
>
> Applied for next, thanks!
>
Sorry for my late reply and thanks for your effort!

Best regards,
Zheng
>
>
> > ---
> > drivers/memstick/host/r592.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/memstick/host/r592.c b/drivers/memstick/host/r592.c
> > index 1d35d147552d..2bfa7eaae80a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/memstick/host/r592.c
> > +++ b/drivers/memstick/host/r592.c
> > @@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ static void r592_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> > /* Stop the processing thread.
> > That ensures that we won't take any more requests */
> > kthread_stop(dev->io_thread);
> > -
> > + del_timer_sync(&dev->detect_timer);
> > r592_enable_device(dev, false);
> >
> > while (!error && dev->req) {
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >