Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: tls: fix possible race condition between do_tls_getsockopt_conf() and do_tls_setsockopt_conf()

From: Florian Westphal <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:06:06 +0100

Hangyu Hua <[email-masked]> wrote:
> ctx->crypto_send.info is not protected by lock_sock in
> do_tls_getsockopt_conf(). A race condition between do_tls_getsockopt_conf()
> and do_tls_setsockopt_conf() can cause a NULL point dereference or
> use-after-free read when memcpy.

Its good practice to quote the relevant parts of the splat here.

> Fixes: 3c4d7559159b ("tls: kernel TLS support")
> Signed-off-by: Hangyu Hua <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  net/tls/tls_main.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/tls/tls_main.c b/net/tls/tls_main.c
> index 3735cb00905d..4956f5149b8e 100644
> --- a/net/tls/tls_main.c
> +++ b/net/tls/tls_main.c
> @@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ static int do_tls_getsockopt_conf(struct sock *sk, char __user *optval,
>  	}
>  
>  	/* get user crypto info */
> +	lock_sock(sk);
>  	if (tx) {
>  		crypto_info = &ctx->crypto_send.info;
>  		cctx = &ctx->tx;
> @@ -381,6 +382,7 @@ static int do_tls_getsockopt_conf(struct sock *sk, char __user *optval,
>  		crypto_info = &ctx->crypto_recv.info;
>  		cctx = &ctx->rx;
>  	}
> +	release_sock(sk);

Could you elaborate how this fixes a UAF bug?

AFAIU do_tls_setsockopt_conf uses ctx-> as scratch space, but this means
that getsockopt can see partial states.

If so, can the setsockopt part be changed so that reads only see
consistent states?