Bug 2163723 (CVE-2023-0469) - CVE-2023-0469 Kernel: file reference underflow problem in io_uring/filetable in io_install_fixed_file
Summary: CVE-2023-0469 Kernel: file reference underflow problem in io_uring/filetable ...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2023-0469
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: Embargoed2152873
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Reported: 2023-01-24 12:01 UTC by Rohit Keshri
Modified: 2023-02-11 18:48 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: Kernel 6.1 RC7
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A use-after-free flaw was found in io_uring/filetable.c in io_install_fixed_file in the io_uring subcomponent in the Linux Kernel during call cleanup. This flaw may lead to a denial of service.
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Last Closed: 2023-01-26 16:52:15 UTC

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Description Rohit Keshri 2023-01-24 12:01:34 UTC 
There is an interesting reference bug when -ENOMEM occurs in calling of
io_install_fixed_file(). KASan report like below:

[   14.057131] ==================================================================
[   14.059161] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in unix_get_socket+0x10/0x90
[   14.060975] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88800b09cf20 by task kworker/u8:2/45
[   14.062684]
[   14.062768] CPU: 2 PID: 45 Comm: kworker/u8:2 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc4 #1
[   14.063099] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[   14.063666] Workqueue: events_unbound io_ring_exit_work
[   14.063936] Call Trace:
[   14.064065]  <TASK>
[   14.064175]  dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x48
[   14.064360]  print_report+0x172/0x475
[   14.064547]  ? _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x83/0xe0
[   14.064758]  ? __virt_addr_valid+0xef/0x170
[   14.064975]  ? unix_get_socket+0x10/0x90
[   14.065167]  kasan_report+0xad/0x130
[   14.065353]  ? unix_get_socket+0x10/0x90
[   14.065553]  unix_get_socket+0x10/0x90
[   14.065744]  __io_sqe_files_unregister+0x87/0x1e0
[   14.065989]  ? io_rsrc_refs_drop+0x1c/0xd0
[   14.066199]  io_ring_exit_work+0x388/0x6a5
[   14.066410]  ? io_uring_try_cancel_requests+0x5bf/0x5bf
[   14.066674]  ? try_to_wake_up+0xdb/0x910
[   14.066873]  ? virt_to_head_page+0xbe/0xbe
[   14.067080]  ? __schedule+0x574/0xd20
[   14.067273]  ? read_word_at_a_time+0xe/0x20
[   14.067492]  ? strscpy+0xb5/0x190
[   14.067665]  process_one_work+0x423/0x710
[   14.067879]  worker_thread+0x2a2/0x6f0
[   14.068073]  ? process_one_work+0x710/0x710
[   14.068284]  kthread+0x163/0x1a0
[   14.068454]  ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20
[   14.068697]  ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

Reference:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9d94c04c0db024922e886c9fd429659f22f48ea4
Comment 1 Rohit Keshri 2023-01-24 12:05:26 UTC 
There was no shipped kernel version were seen affected with this problem. These files are not built in our source code.
Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-01-26 16:52:11 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-0469
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