[PATCH 5.10.y] ALSA: pcm: Properly take rwsem lock in ctl_elem_read_user/ctl_elem_write_user to prevent UAF

Jaroslav Kysela perex at perex.cz
Fri Jan 13 15:45:27 CET 2023


On 13. 01. 23 15:26, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> From: Clement Lecigne <clecigne at google.com>
> 
> [ Note: this is a fix that works around the bug equivalently as the
>    two upstream commits:
>     1fa4445f9adf ("ALSA: control - introduce snd_ctl_notify_one() helper")
>     56b88b50565c ("ALSA: pcm: Move rwsem lock inside snd_ctl_elem_read to prevent UAF")
>    but in a simpler way to fit with older stable trees -- tiwai ]
> 
> Add missing locking in ctl_elem_read_user/ctl_elem_write_user which can be
> easily triggered and turned into an use-after-free.
> 
> Example code paths with SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_READ:
> 
> 64-bits:
> snd_ctl_ioctl
>    snd_ctl_elem_read_user
>      [takes controls_rwsem]
>      snd_ctl_elem_read [lock properly held, all good]
>      [drops controls_rwsem]
> 
> 32-bits (compat):
> snd_ctl_ioctl_compat
>    snd_ctl_elem_write_read_compat
>      ctl_elem_write_read
>        snd_ctl_elem_read [missing lock, not good]
> 
> CVE-2023-0266 was assigned for this issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Clement Lecigne <clecigne at google.com>
> Cc: stable at kernel.org # 5.12 and older
> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de>

Reviewed-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex at perex.cz>

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex at perex.cz>
Linux Sound Maintainer; ALSA Project; Red Hat, Inc.


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