Bug 2334445 (CVE-2024-56556)

Summary: CVE-2024-56556 kernel: binder: fix node UAF in binder_add_freeze_work()
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-12-27 15:02:31 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

binder: fix node UAF in binder_add_freeze_work()

In binder_add_freeze_work() we iterate over the proc->nodes with the
proc->inner_lock held. However, this lock is temporarily dropped in
order to acquire the node->lock first (lock nesting order). This can
race with binder_node_release() and trigger a use-after-free:

  ==================================================================
  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock+0xe4/0x19c
  Write of size 4 at addr ffff53c04c29dd04 by task freeze/640

  CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 640 Comm: freeze Not tainted 6.11.0-07343-ga727812a8d45 #17
  Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
  Call trace:
   _raw_spin_lock+0xe4/0x19c
   binder_add_freeze_work+0x148/0x478
   binder_ioctl+0x1e70/0x25ac
   __arm64_sys_ioctl+0x124/0x190

  Allocated by task 637:
   __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x12c/0x27c
   binder_new_node+0x50/0x700
   binder_transaction+0x35ac/0x6f74
   binder_thread_write+0xfb8/0x42a0
   binder_ioctl+0x18f0/0x25ac
   __arm64_sys_ioctl+0x124/0x190

  Freed by task 637:
   kfree+0xf0/0x330
   binder_thread_read+0x1e88/0x3a68
   binder_ioctl+0x16d8/0x25ac
   __arm64_sys_ioctl+0x124/0x190
  ==================================================================

Fix the race by taking a temporary reference on the node before
releasing the proc->inner lock. This ensures the node remains alive
while in use.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2024-12-28 08:26:01 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024122711-CVE-2024-56556-96b8@gregkh/T

Comment 2 Avinash Hanwate 2024-12-29 05:00:02 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024122711-CVE-2024-56556-96b8@gregkh/T