Bug 2189388 (CVE-2023-2269)

Summary:	CVE-2023-2269 kernel: A possible deadlock in dm_get_inactive_table in dm- ioctl.c leads to dos
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Rohit Keshri <rkeshri>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel, leading to a denial of service. This issue occurs due to a possible recursive locking scenario, resulting in a deadlock in table_clear in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c in the Linux Kernel Device Mapper-Multipathing sub-component.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2189389, 2189390, 2189391, 2189392, 2189394
Bug Blocks:	2189387

Description Rohit Keshri 2023-04-25 05:07:40 UTC

A bug in the Linux kernel version 6.2.0 by syzkaller with our own templates. The bug causes a
possible recursive locking scenario, resulting in a deadlock.

The key trace is as follows:

down_read+0x9d/0x450 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1509
dm_get_inactive_table+0x2b/0xc0 drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c:773
__dev_status+0x4fd/0x7c0 drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c:844
table_clear+0x197/0x280 drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c:1537

In table_clear, it acquires a write lock
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.2/source/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c#L1520
down_write(&_hash_lock);

Then before the lock is released at L1539, there is a path shown above:
table_clear -> __dev_status -> dm_get_inactive_table -> down_read

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.2/source/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c#L773
down_read(&_hash_lock);

It tries to acquire the same read lock again, resulting in the deadlock problem

Comment 3 Rohit Keshri 2023-04-25 05:33:21 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2189394]