Bug 2334694 (CVE-2024-56694)

Summary: CVE-2024-56694 kernel: bpf: fix recursive lock when verdict program return SK_PASS
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-12-28 10:03:04 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: fix recursive lock when verdict program return SK_PASS

When the stream_verdict program returns SK_PASS, it places the received skb
into its own receive queue, but a recursive lock eventually occurs, leading
to an operating system deadlock. This issue has been present since v6.9.

'''
sk_psock_strp_data_ready
    write_lock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock)
    strp_data_ready
      strp_read_sock
        read_sock -> tcp_read_sock
          strp_recv
            cb.rcv_msg -> sk_psock_strp_read
              # now stream_verdict return SK_PASS without peer sock assign
              __SK_PASS = sk_psock_map_verd(SK_PASS, NULL)
              sk_psock_verdict_apply
                sk_psock_skb_ingress_self
                  sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue
                    sk_psock_data_ready
                      read_lock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock) <= dead lock

'''

This topic has been discussed before, but it has not been fixed.
Previous discussion:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/6684a5864ec86_403d20898@john.notmuch

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2024-12-29 05:41:06 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024122835-CVE-2024-56694-c701@gregkh/T