title: ceph: prevent use-after-free in encode_cap_msg()
description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ceph: prevent use-after-free in encode_cap_msg()
In fs/ceph/caps.c, in encode_cap_msg(), "use after free" error was
caught by KASAN at this line - 'ceph_buffer_get(arg->xattr_buf);'. This
implies before the refcount could be increment here, it was freed.
In same file, in "handle_cap_grant()" refcount is decremented by this
line - 'ceph_buffer_put(ci->i_xattrs.blob);'. It appears that a race
occurred and resource was freed by the latter line before the former
line could increment it.
encode_cap_msg() is called by __send_cap() and __send_cap() is called by
ceph_check_caps() after calling __prep_cap(). __prep_cap() is where
arg->xattr_buf is assigned to ci->i_xattrs.blob. This is the spot where
the refcount must be increased to prevent "use after free" error.
affected:
{
product: Linux
vendor: Linux
defaultStatus: unaffected
repo: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
versions:
version: 1da177e4c3f4, lessThan: 8180d0c27b93, status: affected, versionType: git
version: 1da177e4c3f4, lessThan: 70e329b44076, status: affected, versionType: git
version: 1da177e4c3f4, lessThan: f3f98d7d84b3, status: affected, versionType: git
version: 1da177e4c3f4, lessThan: ae20db45e482, status: affected, versionType: git
version: 1da177e4c3f4, lessThan: 7958c1bf5b03, status: affected, versionType: git
version: 1da177e4c3f4, lessThan: cda4672da1c2, status: affected, versionType: git
}
{
product: Linux
vendor: Linux
defaultStatus: affected
repo: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
versions:
version: 5.10.210, lessThanOrEqual: 5.10.*, status: unaffected, versionType: custom
version: 5.15.149, lessThanOrEqual: 5.15.*, status: unaffected, versionType: custom
version: 6.1.79, lessThanOrEqual: 6.1.*, status: unaffected, versionType: custom
version: 6.6.18, lessThanOrEqual: 6.6.*, status: unaffected, versionType: custom
version: 6.7.6, lessThanOrEqual: 6.7.*, status: unaffected, versionType: custom
version: 6.8, lessThanOrEqual: *, status: unaffected, versionType: original_commit_for_fix
}
