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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Jul 16, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jul 17, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

ice: Fix race condition during interface enslave

Commit 5dbbbd01cbba83 ("ice: Avoid RTNL lock when re-creating
auxiliary device") changes a process of re-creation of aux device
so ice_plug_aux_dev() is called from ice_service_task() context.
This unfortunately opens a race window that can result in dead-lock
when interface has left LAG and immediately enters LAG again.

Reproducer:

#!/bin/sh

ip link add lag0 type bond mode 1 miimon 100
ip link set lag0

for n in {1..10}; do
        echo Cycle: $n
        ip link set ens7f0 master lag0
        sleep 1
        ip link set ens7f0 nomaster
done

This results in:
[20976.208697] Workqueue: ice ice_service_task [ice]
[20976.213422] Call Trace:
[20976.215871] __schedule+0x2d1/0x830
[20976.219364] schedule+0x35/0xa0
[20976.222510] schedule_preempt_disabled+0xa/0x10
[20976.227043] __mutex_lock.isra.7+0x310/0x420
[20976.235071] enum_all_gids_of_dev_cb+0x1c/0x100 [ib_core]
[20976.251215] ib_enum_roce_netdev+0xa4/0xe0 [ib_core]
[20976.256192] ib_cache_setup_one+0x33/0xa0 [ib_core]
[20976.261079] ib_register_device+0x40d/0x580 [ib_core]
[20976.266139] irdma_ib_register_device+0x129/0x250 [irdma]
[20976.281409] irdma_probe+0x2c1/0x360 [irdma]
[20976.285691] auxiliary_bus_probe+0x45/0x70
[20976.289790] really_probe+0x1f2/0x480
[20976.298509] driver_probe_device+0x49/0xc0
[20976.302609] bus_for_each_drv+0x79/0xc0
[20976.306448] __device_attach+0xdc/0x160
[20976.310286] bus_probe_device+0x9d/0xb0
[20976.314128] device_add+0x43c/0x890
[20976.321287] __auxiliary_device_add+0x43/0x60
[20976.325644] ice_plug_aux_dev+0xb2/0x100 [ice]
[20976.330109] ice_service_task+0xd0c/0xed0 [ice]
[20976.342591] process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360
[20976.350536] worker_thread+0x30/0x390
[20976.358128] kthread+0x10a/0x120
[20976.365547] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40
...
[20976.438030] task:ip state:D stack: 0 pid:213658 ppid:213627 flags:0x00004084
[20976.446469] Call Trace:
[20976.448921] __schedule+0x2d1/0x830
[20976.452414] schedule+0x35/0xa0
[20976.455559] schedule_preempt_disabled+0xa/0x10
[20976.460090] __mutex_lock.isra.7+0x310/0x420
[20976.464364] device_del+0x36/0x3c0
[20976.467772] ice_unplug_aux_dev+0x1a/0x40 [ice]
[20976.472313] ice_lag_event_handler+0x2a2/0x520 [ice]
[20976.477288] notifier_call_chain+0x47/0x70
[20976.481386] __netdev_upper_dev_link+0x18b/0x280
[20976.489845] bond_enslave+0xe05/0x1790 [bonding]
[20976.494475] do_setlink+0x336/0xf50
[20976.502517] __rtnl_newlink+0x529/0x8b0
[20976.543441] rtnl_newlink+0x43/0x60
[20976.546934] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x2b1/0x360
[20976.559238] netlink_rcv_skb+0x4c/0x120
[20976.563079] netlink_unicast+0x196/0x230
[20976.567005] netlink_sendmsg+0x204/0x3d0
[20976.570930] sock_sendmsg+0x4c/0x50
[20976.574423] ____sys_sendmsg+0x1eb/0x250
[20976.586807] ___sys_sendmsg+0x7c/0xc0
[20976.606353] __sys_sendmsg+0x57/0xa0
[20976.609930] do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1a0
[20976.613598] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca

  1. Command 'ip link ... set nomaster' causes that ice_plug_aux_dev()
    is called from ice_service_task() context, aux device is created
    and associated device->lock is taken.
  2. Command 'ip link ... set master...' calls ice's notifier under
    RTNL lock and that notifier calls ice_unplug_aux_dev(). That
    function tries to take aux device->lock but this is already taken
    by ice_plug_aux_dev() in step 1
  3. Later ice_plug_aux_dev() tries to take RTNL lock but this is already
    taken in step 2
  4. Dead-lock

The patch fixes this issue by following changes:

  • Bit ICE_FLAG_PLUG_AUX_DEV is kept to be set during ice_plug_aux_dev()
    call in ice_service_task()
  • The bit is checked in ice_clear_rdma_cap() and only if it is not set
    then ice_unplug_aux_dev() is called. If it is set (in other words
    plugging of aux device was requested and ice_plug_aux_dev() is
    potentially running) then the function only clears the
    ---truncated---

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 16, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 16, 2024
Last updated Jul 17, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-48842

GHSA ID

GHSA-9pfw-fqv3-483p

Source code

No known source code

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