[PATCH] ALSA: core: Fix potential UAF after asynchronous card release

Takashi Iwai posted 1 patch 1 week, 5 days ago
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sound/core/init.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
[PATCH] ALSA: core: Fix potential UAF after asynchronous card release
Posted by Takashi Iwai 1 week, 5 days ago
Usually a sound driver releases the resources assigned to the card via
snd_card_free(), and it synchronizes with the whole release procedure.
However, when the card is released asynchronously via
snd_card_free_when_closed() like USB-audio driver, the situation is
slightly different; although the snd_card_disconnect() call at the
disconnection guarantees that any newer accesses will be gated, the
in-flight tasks might be still accessing to the underlying card->dev
device even after the disconnection, which would cause a
use-after-free in the end, as reported by fuzzers.

For addressing the bug above, this patch takes the refcount of
card->dev at initialization of the card object, and releases at its
destructor.   This assures the availability of the card->dev in its
whole lifecycle.

Reported-by: Farhad Alemi <farhad.alemi@berkeley.edu>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/CA+0ovChexj4TrZL_2iG_P0WBEbZc5+73GfB3DkciQi=R8pZOnA@mail.gmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/CA+0ovCgQUQNN=Z1tJTouiCsDaXR5M-3-SQEGk-cpPXQkM5Xh+w@mail.gmail.com
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
---
 sound/core/init.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sound/core/init.c b/sound/core/init.c
index 2f7f83a7611b..bffa94b7b956 100644
--- a/sound/core/init.c
+++ b/sound/core/init.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static int snd_card_init(struct snd_card *card, struct device *parent,
 			kfree(card); /* manually free here, as no destructor called */
 		return err;
 	}
-	card->dev = parent;
+	card->dev = get_device(parent);
 	card->number = idx;
 	WARN_ON(IS_MODULE(CONFIG_SND) && !module);
 	card->module = module;
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ static int snd_card_do_free(struct snd_card *card)
 	}
 	if (card->release_completion)
 		complete(card->release_completion);
+	put_device(card->dev);
 	if (!managed)
 		kfree(card);
 	return 0;
-- 
2.55.0