Bug 2348895 (CVE-2025-21805)

Summary: CVE-2025-21805 kernel: RDMA/rtrs: Add missing deinit() call
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-02-27 21:02:13 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/rtrs: Add missing deinit() call

A warning is triggered when repeatedly connecting and disconnecting the
rnbd:
 list_add corruption. prev->next should be next (ffff88800b13e480), but was ffff88801ecd1338. (prev=ffff88801ecd1340).
 WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 36562 at lib/list_debug.c:32 __list_add_valid_or_report+0x7f/0xa0
 Workqueue: ib_cm cm_work_handler [ib_cm]
 RIP: 0010:__list_add_valid_or_report+0x7f/0xa0
  ? __list_add_valid_or_report+0x7f/0xa0
  ib_register_event_handler+0x65/0x93 [ib_core]
  rtrs_srv_ib_dev_init+0x29/0x30 [rtrs_server]
  rtrs_ib_dev_find_or_add+0x124/0x1d0 [rtrs_core]
  __alloc_path+0x46c/0x680 [rtrs_server]
  ? rtrs_rdma_connect+0xa6/0x2d0 [rtrs_server]
  ? rcu_is_watching+0xd/0x40
  ? __mutex_lock+0x312/0xcf0
  ? get_or_create_srv+0xad/0x310 [rtrs_server]
  ? rtrs_rdma_connect+0xa6/0x2d0 [rtrs_server]
  rtrs_rdma_connect+0x23c/0x2d0 [rtrs_server]
  ? __lock_release+0x1b1/0x2d0
  cma_cm_event_handler+0x4a/0x1a0 [rdma_cm]
  cma_ib_req_handler+0x3a0/0x7e0 [rdma_cm]
  cm_process_work+0x28/0x1a0 [ib_cm]
  ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x2f/0x50
  cm_req_handler+0x618/0xa60 [ib_cm]
  cm_work_handler+0x71/0x520 [ib_cm]

Commit 667db86bcbe8 ("RDMA/rtrs: Register ib event handler") introduced a
new element .deinit but never used it at all. Fix it by invoking the
`deinit()` to appropriately unregister the IB event handler.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-02-28 05:59:40 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022753-CVE-2025-21805-7256@gregkh/T