Bug 2338843 (CVE-2024-57913)

Summary: CVE-2024-57913 kernel: usb: gadget: f_fs: Remove WARN_ON in functionfs_bind
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-01-19 12:01:45 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: gadget: f_fs: Remove WARN_ON in functionfs_bind

This commit addresses an issue related to below kernel panic where
panic_on_warn is enabled. It is caused by the unnecessary use of WARN_ON
in functionsfs_bind, which easily leads to the following scenarios.

1.adb_write in adbd               2. UDC write via configfs
  =================	             =====================

->usb_ffs_open_thread()           ->UDC write
 ->open_functionfs()               ->configfs_write_iter()
  ->adb_open()                      ->gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store()
   ->adb_write()                     ->usb_gadget_register_driver_owner
                                      ->driver_register()
->StartMonitor()                       ->bus_add_driver()
 ->adb_read()                           ->gadget_bind_driver()
<times-out without BIND event>           ->configfs_composite_bind()
                                          ->usb_add_function()
->open_functionfs()                        ->ffs_func_bind()
 ->adb_open()                               ->functionfs_bind()
                                       <ffs->state !=FFS_ACTIVE>

The adb_open, adb_read, and adb_write operations are invoked from the
daemon, but trying to bind the function is a process that is invoked by
UDC write through configfs, which opens up the possibility of a race
condition between the two paths. In this race scenario, the kernel panic
occurs due to the WARN_ON from functionfs_bind when panic_on_warn is
enabled. This commit fixes the kernel panic by removing the unnecessary
WARN_ON.

Kernel panic - not syncing: kernel: panic_on_warn set ...
[   14.542395] Call trace:
[   14.542464]  ffs_func_bind+0x1c8/0x14a8
[   14.542468]  usb_add_function+0xcc/0x1f0
[   14.542473]  configfs_composite_bind+0x468/0x588
[   14.542478]  gadget_bind_driver+0x108/0x27c
[   14.542483]  really_probe+0x190/0x374
[   14.542488]  __driver_probe_device+0xa0/0x12c
[   14.542492]  driver_probe_device+0x3c/0x220
[   14.542498]  __driver_attach+0x11c/0x1fc
[   14.542502]  bus_for_each_dev+0x104/0x160
[   14.542506]  driver_attach+0x24/0x34
[   14.542510]  bus_add_driver+0x154/0x270
[   14.542514]  driver_register+0x68/0x104
[   14.542518]  usb_gadget_register_driver_owner+0x48/0xf4
[   14.542523]  gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store+0xf8/0x144
[   14.542526]  configfs_write_iter+0xf0/0x138

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-01-20 05:41:32 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025011939-CVE-2024-57913-d69f@gregkh/T