Bug 2309864 (CVE-2024-45001)

Summary: CVE-2024-45001 kernel: net: mana: Fix RX buf alloc_size alignment and atomic op panic
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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A flaw was found in the MANA driver in the Linux Kernel, where the RX buffer alloc_size is passed into napi_build_skb() to create SKB. skb_shinfo(skb) is located at the end of skb, and its alignment is affected by the alloc_size passed into napi_build_skb(). The size needs to be aligned properly for better performance and atomic operations, otherwise, on ARM64 CPU for certain MTU settings such as 4000, atomic operations may panic on the skb_shinfo(skb)->dataref due to alignment fault. To mitigate, add proper alignment to the alloc_size calculation.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-09-04 20:22:40 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: mana: Fix RX buf alloc_size alignment and atomic op panic

The MANA driver's RX buffer alloc_size is passed into napi_build_skb() to
create SKB. skb_shinfo(skb) is located at the end of skb, and its alignment
is affected by the alloc_size passed into napi_build_skb(). The size needs
to be aligned properly for better performance and atomic operations.
Otherwise, on ARM64 CPU, for certain MTU settings like 4000, atomic
operations may panic on the skb_shinfo(skb)->dataref due to alignment fault.

To fix this bug, add proper alignment to the alloc_size calculation.

Sample panic info:
[  253.298819] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff000129ba5cce
[  253.300900] Mem abort info:
[  253.301760]   ESR = 0x0000000096000021
[  253.302825]   EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[  253.304268]   SET = 0, FnV = 0
[  253.305172]   EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[  253.306103]   FSC = 0x21: alignment fault
Call trace:
 __skb_clone+0xfc/0x198
 skb_clone+0x78/0xe0
 raw6_local_deliver+0xfc/0x228
 ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x80/0x500
 ip6_input_finish+0x48/0x80
 ip6_input+0x48/0xc0
 ip6_sublist_rcv_finish+0x50/0x78
 ip6_sublist_rcv+0x1cc/0x2b8
 ipv6_list_rcv+0x100/0x150
 __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x180/0x220
 netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x198/0x2a8
 __napi_poll+0x138/0x250
 net_rx_action+0x148/0x330
 handle_softirqs+0x12c/0x3a0