Re: [PATCH] vt: defer kfree() of vc_screenbuf in vc_do_resize()

On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 08:15:43PM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:

Do you think this approach is acceptable? Or, do we need to modify set_origin() ?

On 2020/07/29 23:57, Tetsuo Handa wrote:

quoted

syzbot is reporting UAF bug in set_origin() from vc_do_resize() [1], for
vc_do_resize() calls kfree(vc->vc_screenbuf) before calling set_origin().

Unfortunately, in set_origin(), vc->vc_sw->con_set_origin() might access
vc->vc_pos when scroll is involved in order to manipulate cursor, but
vc->vc_pos refers already released vc->vc_screenbuf until vc->vc_pos gets
updated based on the result of vc->vc_sw->con_set_origin().

Preserving old buffer and tolerating outdated vc members until set_origin()
completes would be easier than preventing vc->vc_sw->con_set_origin() from
accessing outdated vc members.

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?idf49da2081e2ebdc65c0642c214b27fe91099db3

Reported-by: syzbot <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
---
 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 42d8c67..c9ee8e9 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c

@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ static int vc_do_resize(struct tty_struct *tty, struct vc_data *vc,
 	unsigned int old_rows, old_row_size, first_copied_row;
 	unsigned int new_cols, new_rows, new_row_size, new_screen_size;
 	unsigned int user;
-	unsigned short *newscreen;
+	unsigned short *oldscreen, *newscreen;
 	struct uni_screen *new_uniscr = NULL;
 
 	WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED();

@@ -1294,10 +1294,11 @@ static int vc_do_resize(struct tty_struct *tty, struct vc_data *vc,
 	if (new_scr_end > new_origin)
 		scr_memsetw((void *)new_origin, vc->vc_video_erase_char,
 			    new_scr_end - new_origin);
-	kfree(vc->vc_screenbuf);
+	oldscreen = vc->vc_screenbuf;
 	vc->vc_screenbuf = newscreen;
 	vc->vc_screenbuf_size = new_screen_size;
 	set_origin(vc);
+	kfree(oldscreen);
 
 	/* do part of a reset_terminal() */
 	vc->vc_top = 0;

I think what you have here is fine, as cleaning up set_orgin() might be
hard to do at this point in time.

thanks,

greg k-h