Bug report: greybus/interface.c: use-after-free bug in gb_interface_release due to race condition

From: sicong
Date: Mon Apr 15 2024 - 23:02:09 EST


greybus/interface.c: use-after-free bug in gb_interface_release due to
race condition.

In gb_interface_create, &intf->mode_switch_completion is bound with
gb_interface_mode_switch_work. Then it will be started by
gb_interface_request_mode_switch. Here is the code.
if (!queue_work(system_long_wq, &intf->mode_switch_work)) {
...
}

If we call gb_interface_release to make cleanup, there may be an
unfinished work. This function will call kfree to free the object
"intf". However, if gb_interface_mode_switch_work is scheduled to
run after kfree, it may cause use-after-free error as
gb_interface_mode_switch_work will use the object "intf".
The possible execution flow that may lead to the issue is as follows:

CPU0 CPU1

| gb_interface_create
| gb_interface_request_mode_switch
gb_interface_release |
kfree(intf) (free) |
| gb_interface_mode_switch_work
| mutex_lock(&intf->mutex) (use)

This bug may be fixed by adding the following code before kfree.
cancel_work_sync(&intf->mode_switch_work);

Best regards,
Sicong Huang