scsi: iscsi_tcp: Fix UAF during logout when accessing the shost ipaddress
Published Mar 27, 2025
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.30%
Description
Bug report and analysis from Ding Hui.
During iSCSI session logout, if another task accesses the shost ipaddress attr, we can get a KASAN UAF report like this:
[ 276.942144] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x78/0xe0 [ 276.942535] Write of size 4 at addr ffff8881053b45b8 by task cat/4088 [ 276.943511] CPU: 2 PID: 4088 Comm: cat Tainted: G E 6.1.0-rc8+ #3 [ 276.943997] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 11/12/2020 [ 276.944470] Call Trace: [ 276.944943] <TASK> [ 276.945397] dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x48 [ 276.945887] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x86/0x1e7 [ 276.946421] print_report+0x36/0x4f [ 276.947358] kasan_report+0xad/0x130 [ 276.948234] kasan_check_range+0x35/0x1c0 [ 276.948674] _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x78/0xe0 [ 276.949989] iscsi_sw_tcp_host_get_param+0xad/0x2e0 [iscsi_tcp] [ 276.951765] show_host_param_ISCSI_HOST_PARAM_IPADDRESS+0xe9/0x130 [scsi_transport_iscsi] [ 276.952185] dev_attr_show+0x3f/0x80 [ 276.953005] sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x1fb/0x3e0 [ 276.953401] seq_read_iter+0x402/0x1020 [ 276.954260] vfs_read+0x532/0x7b0 [ 276.955113] ksys_read+0xed/0x1c0 [ 276.955952] do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 [ 276.956347] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [ 276.956769] RIP: 0033:0x7f5d3a679222 [ 276.957161] Code: c0 e9 b2 fe ff ff 50 48 8d 3d 32 c0 0b 00 e8 a5 fe 01 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 56 c3 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 83 ec 28 48 89 54 24 [ 276.958009] RSP: 002b:00007ffc864d16a8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000 [ 276.958431] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000020000 RCX: 00007f5d3a679222 [ 276.958857] RDX: 0000000000020000 RSI: 00007f5d3a4fe000 RDI: 0000000000000003 [ 276.959281] RBP: 00007f5d3a4fe000 R08: 00000000ffffffff R09: 0000000000000000 [ 276.959682] R10: 0000000000000022 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000020000 [ 276.960126] R13: 0000000000000003 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000557a26dada58 [ 276.960536] </TASK> [ 276.961357] Allocated by task 2209: [ 276.961756] kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 [ 276.962170] kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 [ 276.962557] __kasan_kmalloc+0x7e/0x90 [ 276.962923] __kmalloc+0x5b/0x140 [ 276.963308] iscsi_alloc_session+0x28/0x840 [scsi_transport_iscsi] [ 276.963712] iscsi_session_setup+0xda/0xba0 [libiscsi] [ 276.964078] iscsi_sw_tcp_session_create+0x1fd/0x330 [iscsi_tcp] [ 276.964431] iscsi_if_create_session.isra.0+0x50/0x260 [scsi_transport_iscsi] [ 276.964793] iscsi_if_recv_msg+0xc5a/0x2660 [scsi_transport_iscsi] [ 276.965153] iscsi_if_rx+0x198/0x4b0 [scsi_transport_iscsi] [ 276.965546] netlink_unicast+0x4d5/0x7b0 [ 276.965905] netlink_sendmsg+0x78d/0xc30 [ 276.966236] sock_sendmsg+0xe5/0x120 [ 276.966576] ____sys_sendmsg+0x5fe/0x860 [ 276.966923] ___sys_sendmsg+0xe0/0x170 [ 276.967300] __sys_sendmsg+0xc8/0x170 [ 276.967666] do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 [ 276.968028] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [ 276.968773] Freed by task 2209: [ 276.969111] kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 [ 276.969449] kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 [ 276.969789] kasan_save_free_info+0x2a/0x50 [ 276.970146] __kasan_slab_free+0x106/0x190 [ 276.970470] __kmem_cache_free+0x133/0x270 [ 276.970816] device_release+0x98/0x210 [ 276.971145] kobject_cleanup+0x101/0x360 [ 276.971462] iscsi_session_teardown+0x3fb/0x530 [libiscsi] [ 276.971775] iscsi_sw_tcp_session_destroy+0xd8/0x130 [iscsi_tcp] [ 276.972143] iscsi_if_recv_msg+0x1bf1/0x2660 [scsi_transport_iscsi] [ 276.972485] iscsi_if_rx+0x198/0x4b0 [scsi_transport_iscsi] [ 276.972808] netlink_unicast+0x4d5/0x7b0 [ 276.973201] netlink_sendmsg+0x78d/0xc30 [ 276.973544] sock_sendmsg+0xe5/0x120 [ 276.973864] ____sys_sendmsg+0x5fe/0x860 [ 276.974248] ___sys_ ---truncated---
Affected products
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- Version StatusaffectedConstraints
- Version StatusaffectedConstraints
- Version StatusaffectedConstraints
- Version StatusaffectedConstraints
- Version
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- Version 2.6.39StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 0StatusunaffectedConstraints<2.6.39
- Version 5.10.248StatusunaffectedConstraints<=5.10.*
- Version 5.15.93StatusunaffectedConstraints<=5.15.*
- Version 6.1.11StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.1.*
- Version 6.2StatusunaffectedConstraints<=*
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
- < 5.10.248
- ≥ 5.11 · < 5.15.93
- ≥ 5.16 · < 6.1.11
- 6.2
- 6.2
- 6.2
- 6.2
- 6.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support
kernel-0:4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8
Fixed · RHSA-2024:0575
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support
kernel-0:5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0
Fixed · RHSA-2024:0432
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
kernel
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
kernel
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel
Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel-rt
Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
kernel
Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
kernel-rt
Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel
Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel-rt
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support | kernel-0:4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:0575 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support | kernel-0:5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:0432 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | kernel | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel-rt | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | kernel | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | kernel-rt | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
References (10)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52975 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2355519 Issue Tracking
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-59745 Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0af745fddefbd56198f4f35eb309215ee5f9e21e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17b738590b97fb3fc287289971d1519ff9b875a1 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f1d64b13097e85abda0f91b5638000afc5f9a06 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8859687f5b242c0b057461df0a9ff51d5500783b Patch
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025032704-CVE-2023-52975-155c@gregkh/T
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52975
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52975
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