[patch 152/166] kcov: fix potential use-after-free in kcov_remote_start

Andrew Morton
2020-04-07T03:12:11Z

From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@google.com>
Subject: kcov: fix potential use-after-free in kcov_remote_start

If vmalloc() fails in kcov_remote_start() we'll access remote->kcov
without holding kcov_remote_lock, so remote might potentially be freed at
that point. Cache kcov pointer in a local variable.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9d9134359725a965627b7e8f2652069f86f1d1fa.1585233617.git.andreyknvl@google.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/de0d3d30ff90776a2a509cc34c7c1c7521bda125.1584655448.git.andreyknvl@google.com
Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@google.com>
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

kernel/kcov.c | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/kcov.c~kcov-fix-potential-use-after-free-in-kcov_remote_start
+++ a/kernel/kcov.c
@@ -748,6 +748,7 @@ static const struct file_operations kcov
void kcov_remote_start(u64 handle)
{
struct kcov_remote *remote;
+ struct kcov *kcov;
void *area;
struct task_struct *t;
unsigned int size;
@@ -774,16 +775,17 @@ void kcov_remote_start(u64 handle)
spin_unlock(&kcov_remote_lock);
return;
}
+ kcov = remote->kcov;
/* Put in kcov_remote_stop(). */
- kcov_get(remote->kcov);
- t->kcov = remote->kcov;
+ kcov_get(kcov);
+ t->kcov = kcov;
/*
* Read kcov fields before unlock to prevent races with
* KCOV_DISABLE / kcov_remote_reset().
*/
- size = remote->kcov->remote_size;
- mode = remote->kcov->mode;
- sequence = remote->kcov->sequence;
+ size = kcov->remote_size;
+ mode = kcov->mode;
+ sequence = kcov->sequence;
area = kcov_remote_area_get(size);
spin_unlock(&kcov_remote_lock);

@@ -791,7 +793,7 @@ void kcov_remote_start(u64 handle)
area = vmalloc(size * sizeof(unsigned long));
if (!area) {
t->kcov = NULL;
- kcov_put(remote->kcov);
+ kcov_put(kcov);
return;
}
}
_