ghsa-mxwc-7773-pqqc
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-12-27 15:31
Modified
2025-11-03 21:31
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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

net/smc: fix LGR and link use-after-free issue

We encountered a LGR/link use-after-free issue, which manifested as the LGR/link refcnt reaching 0 early and entering the clear process, making resource access unsafe.

refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. WARNING: CPU: 14 PID: 107447 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0x9c/0x140 Workqueue: events smc_lgr_terminate_work [smc] Call trace: refcount_warn_saturate+0x9c/0x140 __smc_lgr_terminate.part.45+0x2a8/0x370 [smc] smc_lgr_terminate_work+0x28/0x30 [smc] process_one_work+0x1b8/0x420 worker_thread+0x158/0x510 kthread+0x114/0x118

or

refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free. WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 93140 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0xf0/0x140 Workqueue: smc_hs_wq smc_listen_work [smc] Call trace: refcount_warn_saturate+0xf0/0x140 smcr_link_put+0x1cc/0x1d8 [smc] smc_conn_free+0x110/0x1b0 [smc] smc_conn_abort+0x50/0x60 [smc] smc_listen_find_device+0x75c/0x790 [smc] smc_listen_work+0x368/0x8a0 [smc] process_one_work+0x1b8/0x420 worker_thread+0x158/0x510 kthread+0x114/0x118

It is caused by repeated release of LGR/link refcnt. One suspect is that smc_conn_free() is called repeatedly because some smc_conn_free() from server listening path are not protected by sock lock.

e.g.

Calls under socklock | smc_listen_work

lock_sock(sk) | smc_conn_abort smc_conn_free | - smc_conn_free - smcr_link_put | - smcr_link_put (duplicated) release_sock(sk)

So here add sock lock protection in smc_listen_work() path, making it exclusive with other connection operations.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-56640"
  ],
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    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-12-27T15:15:23Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/smc: fix LGR and link use-after-free issue\n\nWe encountered a LGR/link use-after-free issue, which manifested as\nthe LGR/link refcnt reaching 0 early and entering the clear process,\nmaking resource access unsafe.\n\n refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.\n WARNING: CPU: 14 PID: 107447 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0x9c/0x140\n Workqueue: events smc_lgr_terminate_work [smc]\n Call trace:\n  refcount_warn_saturate+0x9c/0x140\n  __smc_lgr_terminate.part.45+0x2a8/0x370 [smc]\n  smc_lgr_terminate_work+0x28/0x30 [smc]\n  process_one_work+0x1b8/0x420\n  worker_thread+0x158/0x510\n  kthread+0x114/0x118\n\nor\n\n refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.\n WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 93140 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0xf0/0x140\n Workqueue: smc_hs_wq smc_listen_work [smc]\n Call trace:\n  refcount_warn_saturate+0xf0/0x140\n  smcr_link_put+0x1cc/0x1d8 [smc]\n  smc_conn_free+0x110/0x1b0 [smc]\n  smc_conn_abort+0x50/0x60 [smc]\n  smc_listen_find_device+0x75c/0x790 [smc]\n  smc_listen_work+0x368/0x8a0 [smc]\n  process_one_work+0x1b8/0x420\n  worker_thread+0x158/0x510\n  kthread+0x114/0x118\n\nIt is caused by repeated release of LGR/link refcnt. One suspect is that\nsmc_conn_free() is called repeatedly because some smc_conn_free() from\nserver listening path are not protected by sock lock.\n\ne.g.\n\nCalls under socklock        | smc_listen_work\n-------------------------------------------------------\nlock_sock(sk)               | smc_conn_abort\nsmc_conn_free               | \\- smc_conn_free\n\\- smcr_link_put            |    \\- smcr_link_put (duplicated)\nrelease_sock(sk)\n\nSo here add sock lock protection in smc_listen_work() path, making it\nexclusive with other connection operations.",
  "id": "GHSA-mxwc-7773-pqqc",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:31:56Z",
  "published": "2024-12-27T15:31:55Z",
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