CVE-2022-48796

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

iommu: Fix potential use-after-free during probe

Kasan has reported the following use after free on dev->iommu.
when a device probe fails and it is in process of freeing dev->iommu
in dev_iommu_free function, a deferred_probe_work_func runs in parallel
and tries to access dev->iommu->fwspec in of_iommu_configure path thus
causing use after free.

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in of_iommu_configure+0xb4/0x4a4
Read of size 8 at addr ffffff87a2f1acb8 by task kworker/u16:2/153

Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func
Call trace:
 dump_backtrace+0x0/0x33c
 show_stack+0x18/0x24
 dump_stack_lvl+0x16c/0x1e0
 print_address_description+0x84/0x39c
 __kasan_report+0x184/0x308
 kasan_report+0x50/0x78
 __asan_load8+0xc0/0xc4
 of_iommu_configure+0xb4/0x4a4
 of_dma_configure_id+0x2fc/0x4d4
 platform_dma_configure+0x40/0x5c
 really_probe+0x1b4/0xb74
 driver_probe_device+0x11c/0x228
 __device_attach_driver+0x14c/0x304
 bus_for_each_drv+0x124/0x1b0
 __device_attach+0x25c/0x334
 device_initial_probe+0x24/0x34
 bus_probe_device+0x78/0x134
 deferred_probe_work_func+0x130/0x1a8
 process_one_work+0x4c8/0x970
 worker_thread+0x5c8/0xaec
 kthread+0x1f8/0x220
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18

Allocated by task 1:
 ____kasan_kmalloc+0xd4/0x114
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x10/0x1c
 kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0xe4/0x3d4
 __iommu_probe_device+0x90/0x394
 probe_iommu_group+0x70/0x9c
 bus_for_each_dev+0x11c/0x19c
 bus_iommu_probe+0xb8/0x7d4
 bus_set_iommu+0xcc/0x13c
 arm_smmu_bus_init+0x44/0x130 [arm_smmu]
 arm_smmu_device_probe+0xb88/0xc54 [arm_smmu]
 platform_drv_probe+0xe4/0x13c
 really_probe+0x2c8/0xb74
 driver_probe_device+0x11c/0x228
 device_driver_attach+0xf0/0x16c
 __driver_attach+0x80/0x320
 bus_for_each_dev+0x11c/0x19c
 driver_attach+0x38/0x48
 bus_add_driver+0x1dc/0x3a4
 driver_register+0x18c/0x244
 __platform_driver_register+0x88/0x9c
 init_module+0x64/0xff4 [arm_smmu]
 do_one_initcall+0x17c/0x2f0
 do_init_module+0xe8/0x378
 load_module+0x3f80/0x4a40
 __se_sys_finit_module+0x1a0/0x1e4
 __arm64_sys_finit_module+0x44/0x58
 el0_svc_common+0x100/0x264
 do_el0_svc+0x38/0xa4
 el0_svc+0x20/0x30
 el0_sync_handler+0x68/0xac
 el0_sync+0x160/0x180

Freed by task 1:
 kasan_set_track+0x4c/0x84
 kasan_set_free_info+0x28/0x4c
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x120/0x15c
 __kasan_slab_free+0x18/0x28
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x204/0x2fc
 kfree+0xfc/0x3a4
 __iommu_probe_device+0x284/0x394
 probe_iommu_group+0x70/0x9c
 bus_for_each_dev+0x11c/0x19c
 bus_iommu_probe+0xb8/0x7d4
 bus_set_iommu+0xcc/0x13c
 arm_smmu_bus_init+0x44/0x130 [arm_smmu]
 arm_smmu_device_probe+0xb88/0xc54 [arm_smmu]
 platform_drv_probe+0xe4/0x13c
 really_probe+0x2c8/0xb74
 driver_probe_device+0x11c/0x228
 device_driver_attach+0xf0/0x16c
 __driver_attach+0x80/0x320
 bus_for_each_dev+0x11c/0x19c
 driver_attach+0x38/0x48
 bus_add_driver+0x1dc/0x3a4
 driver_register+0x18c/0x244
 __platform_driver_register+0x88/0x9c
 init_module+0x64/0xff4 [arm_smmu]
 do_one_initcall+0x17c/0x2f0
 do_init_module+0xe8/0x378
 load_module+0x3f80/0x4a40
 __se_sys_finit_module+0x1a0/0x1e4
 __arm64_sys_finit_module+0x44/0x58
 el0_svc_common+0x100/0x264
 do_el0_svc+0x38/0xa4
 el0_svc+0x20/0x30
 el0_sync_handler+0x68/0xac
 el0_sync+0x160/0x180

Fix this by setting dev->iommu to NULL first and
then freeing dev_iommu structure in dev_iommu_free
function.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
LinuxCNA
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CVEADP
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CISA-ADPADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 11%
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
5.7 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.101
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.24
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 ≤
𝑥
< 5.16.10
linuxlinux_kernel
5.17:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
5.17:rc2
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
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linux
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.226-1
fixed
bookworm
6.1.106-3
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bookworm (security)
6.1.112-1
fixed
sid
6.11.5-1
fixed
trixie
6.11.5-1
fixed
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linux-intel-5.13
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noble
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