Patch "ALSA: seq: Fix possible UAF in snd_seq_check_queue()" has been added to the 3.18-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    ALSA: seq: Fix possible UAF in snd_seq_check_queue()

to the 3.18-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     alsa-seq-fix-possible-uaf-in-snd_seq_check_queue.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.18 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From d0f833065221cbfcbadf19fd4102bcfa9330006a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 21:58:28 +0100
Subject: ALSA: seq: Fix possible UAF in snd_seq_check_queue()

From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

commit d0f833065221cbfcbadf19fd4102bcfa9330006a upstream.

Although we've covered the races between concurrent write() and
ioctl() in the previous patch series, there is still a possible UAF in
the following scenario:

A: user client closed		B: timer irq
  -> snd_seq_release()		  -> snd_seq_timer_interrupt()
    -> snd_seq_free_client()	    -> snd_seq_check_queue()
				      -> cell = snd_seq_prioq_cell_peek()
      -> snd_seq_prioq_leave()
         .... removing all cells
      -> snd_seq_pool_done()
         .... vfree()
				      -> snd_seq_compare_tick_time(cell)
				         ... Oops

So the problem is that a cell is peeked and accessed without any
protection until it's retrieved from the queue again via
snd_seq_prioq_cell_out().

This patch tries to address it, also cleans up the code by a slight
refactoring.  snd_seq_prioq_cell_out() now receives an extra pointer
argument.  When it's non-NULL, the function checks the event timestamp
with the given pointer.  The caller needs to pass the right reference
either to snd_seq_tick or snd_seq_realtime depending on the event
timestamp type.

A good news is that the above change allows us to remove the
snd_seq_prioq_cell_peek(), too, thus the patch actually reduces the
code size.

Reviewed-by: Nicolai Stange <nstange@suse.de>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
 sound/core/seq/seq_prioq.c |   28 ++++++++++++++--------------
 sound/core/seq/seq_prioq.h |    6 ++----
 sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c |   28 +++++++++-------------------
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_prioq.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_prioq.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void snd_seq_prioq_delete(struct snd_seq
 	if (f->cells > 0) {
 		/* drain prioQ */
 		while (f->cells > 0)
-			snd_seq_cell_free(snd_seq_prioq_cell_out(f));
+			snd_seq_cell_free(snd_seq_prioq_cell_out(f, NULL));
 	}
 	
 	kfree(f);
@@ -214,8 +214,18 @@ int snd_seq_prioq_cell_in(struct snd_seq
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* return 1 if the current time >= event timestamp */
+static int event_is_ready(struct snd_seq_event *ev, void *current_time)
+{
+	if ((ev->flags & SNDRV_SEQ_TIME_STAMP_MASK) == SNDRV_SEQ_TIME_STAMP_TICK)
+		return snd_seq_compare_tick_time(current_time, &ev->time.tick);
+	else
+		return snd_seq_compare_real_time(current_time, &ev->time.time);
+}
+
 /* dequeue cell from prioq */
-struct snd_seq_event_cell *snd_seq_prioq_cell_out(struct snd_seq_prioq *f)
+struct snd_seq_event_cell *snd_seq_prioq_cell_out(struct snd_seq_prioq *f,
+						  void *current_time)
 {
 	struct snd_seq_event_cell *cell;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -227,6 +237,8 @@ struct snd_seq_event_cell *snd_seq_prioq
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&f->lock, flags);
 
 	cell = f->head;
+	if (cell && current_time && !event_is_ready(&cell->event, current_time))
+		cell = NULL;
 	if (cell) {
 		f->head = cell->next;
 
@@ -252,18 +264,6 @@ int snd_seq_prioq_avail(struct snd_seq_p
 	return f->cells;
 }
 
-
-/* peek at cell at the head of the prioq */
-struct snd_seq_event_cell *snd_seq_prioq_cell_peek(struct snd_seq_prioq * f)
-{
-	if (f == NULL) {
-		pr_debug("ALSA: seq: snd_seq_prioq_cell_in() called with NULL prioq\n");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	return f->head;
-}
-
-
 static inline int prioq_match(struct snd_seq_event_cell *cell,
 			      int client, int timestamp)
 {
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_prioq.h
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_prioq.h
@@ -44,14 +44,12 @@ void snd_seq_prioq_delete(struct snd_seq
 int snd_seq_prioq_cell_in(struct snd_seq_prioq *f, struct snd_seq_event_cell *cell);
 
 /* dequeue cell from prioq */ 
-struct snd_seq_event_cell *snd_seq_prioq_cell_out(struct snd_seq_prioq *f);
+struct snd_seq_event_cell *snd_seq_prioq_cell_out(struct snd_seq_prioq *f,
+						  void *current_time);
 
 /* return number of events available in prioq */
 int snd_seq_prioq_avail(struct snd_seq_prioq *f);
 
-/* peek at cell at the head of the prioq */
-struct snd_seq_event_cell *snd_seq_prioq_cell_peek(struct snd_seq_prioq *f);
-
 /* client left queue */
 void snd_seq_prioq_leave(struct snd_seq_prioq *f, int client, int timestamp);        
 
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c
@@ -271,30 +271,20 @@ void snd_seq_check_queue(struct snd_seq_
 
       __again:
 	/* Process tick queue... */
-	while ((cell = snd_seq_prioq_cell_peek(q->tickq)) != NULL) {
-		if (snd_seq_compare_tick_time(&q->timer->tick.cur_tick,
-					      &cell->event.time.tick)) {
-			cell = snd_seq_prioq_cell_out(q->tickq);
-			if (cell)
-				snd_seq_dispatch_event(cell, atomic, hop);
-		} else {
-			/* event remains in the queue */
+	for (;;) {
+		cell = snd_seq_prioq_cell_out(q->tickq,
+					      &q->timer->tick.cur_tick);
+		if (!cell)
 			break;
-		}
+		snd_seq_dispatch_event(cell, atomic, hop);
 	}
 
-
 	/* Process time queue... */
-	while ((cell = snd_seq_prioq_cell_peek(q->timeq)) != NULL) {
-		if (snd_seq_compare_real_time(&q->timer->cur_time,
-					      &cell->event.time.time)) {
-			cell = snd_seq_prioq_cell_out(q->timeq);
-			if (cell)
-				snd_seq_dispatch_event(cell, atomic, hop);
-		} else {
-			/* event remains in the queue */
+	for (;;) {
+		cell = snd_seq_prioq_cell_out(q->timeq, &q->timer->cur_time);
+		if (!cell)
 			break;
-		}
+		snd_seq_dispatch_event(cell, atomic, hop);
 	}
 
 	/* free lock */


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tiwai@suse.de are

queue-3.18/alsa-pcm-fix-uaf-in-snd_pcm_oss_get_formats.patch
queue-3.18/alsa-seq-fix-possible-uaf-in-snd_seq_check_queue.patch
queue-3.18/alsa-seq-clear-client-entry-before-deleting-else-at-closing.patch