Bug 2334444 (CVE-2024-56554)

Summary: CVE-2024-56554 kernel: binder: fix freeze UAF in binder_release_work()
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-12-27 15:02:27 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

binder: fix freeze UAF in binder_release_work()

When a binder reference is cleaned up, any freeze work queued in the
associated process should also be removed. Otherwise, the reference is
freed while its ref->freeze.work is still queued in proc->work leading
to a use-after-free issue as shown by the following KASAN report:

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  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in binder_release_work+0x398/0x3d0
  Read of size 8 at addr ffff31600ee91488 by task kworker/5:1/211

  CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 211 Comm: kworker/5:1 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7-00382-gfc6c92196396 #22
  Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
  Workqueue: events binder_deferred_func
  Call trace:
   binder_release_work+0x398/0x3d0
   binder_deferred_func+0xb60/0x109c
   process_one_work+0x51c/0xbd4
   worker_thread+0x608/0xee8

  Allocated by task 703:
   __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x130/0x280
   binder_thread_write+0xdb4/0x42a0
   binder_ioctl+0x18f0/0x25ac
   __arm64_sys_ioctl+0x124/0x190
   invoke_syscall+0x6c/0x254

  Freed by task 211:
   kfree+0xc4/0x230
   binder_deferred_func+0xae8/0x109c
   process_one_work+0x51c/0xbd4
   worker_thread+0x608/0xee8
  ==================================================================

This commit fixes the issue by ensuring any queued freeze work is removed
when cleaning up a binder reference.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2024-12-28 08:29:22 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024122710-CVE-2024-56554-9ee7@gregkh/T