🇰🇷 한글 설명
리눅스 커널의 tracing/synthetic 구성 요소에서 발생하는 레이스 컨디션 취약점입니다. 여러 프로세스가 동시에 synthetic_events 노드를 조작할 때 last_cmd 변수에 대한 동기화가 이루어지지 않아 Use-After-Free 또는 Double-Free 오류가 발생할 수 있습니다.
💡 쉬운 설명
여러 사용자가 동시에 시스템의 특정 설정 파일을 건드릴 때, 컴퓨터가 이미 삭제한 데이터를 다시 사용하거나 두 번 삭제하려고 시도하여 시스템이 멈추거나 해킹될 수 있는 문제입니다.
🇺🇸 원문 (English)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing/synthetic: Fix races on freeing last_cmd
Currently, the "last_cmd" variable can be accessed by multiple processes
asynchronously when multiple users manipulate synthetic_events node
at the same time, it could lead to use-after-free or double-free.
This patch add "lastcmd_mutex" to prevent "last_cmd" from being accessed
asynchronously.
================================================================
It's easy to reproduce in the KASAN environment by running the two
scripts below in different shells.
script 1:
while :
do
echo -n -e '\x88' > /sys/kernel/tracing/synthetic_events
done
script 2:
while :
do
echo -n -e '\xb0' > /sys/kernel/tracing/synthetic_events
done
================================================================
double-free scenario:
process A process B
------------------- ---------------
1.kstrdup last_cmd
2.free last_cmd
3.free last_cmd(double-free)
================================================================
use-after-free scenario:
process A process B
------------------- ---------------
1.kstrdup last_cmd
2.free last_cmd
3.tracing_log_err(use-after-free)
================================================================
Appendix 1. KASAN report double-free:
BUG: KASAN: double-free in kfree+0xdc/0x1d4
Free of addr ***** by task sh/4879
Call trace:
...
kfree+0xdc/0x1d4
create_or_delete_synth_event+0x60/0x1e8
trace_parse_run_command+0x2bc/0x4b8
synth_events_write+0x20/0x30
vfs_write+0x200/0x830
...
Allocated by task 4879:
...
kstrdup+0x5c/0x98
create_or_delete_synth_event+0x6c/0x1e8
trace_parse_run_command+0x2bc/0x4b8
synth_events_write+0x20/0x30
vfs_write+0x200/0x830
...
Freed by task 5464:
...
kfree+0xdc/0x1d4
create_or_delete_synth_event+0x60/0x1e8
trace_parse_run_command+0x2bc/0x4b8
synth_events_write+0x20/0x30
vfs_write+0x200/0x830
...
================================================================
Appendix 2. KASAN report use-after-free:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in strlen+0x5c/0x7c
Read of size 1 at addr ***** by task sh/5483
sh: CPU: 7 PID: 5483 Comm: sh
...
__asan_report_load1_noabort+0x34/0x44
strlen+0x5c/0x7c
tracing_log_err+0x60/0x444
create_or_delete_synth_event+0xc4/0x204
trace_parse_run_command+0x2bc/0x4b8
synth_events_write+0x20/0x30
vfs_write+0x200/0x830
...
Allocated by task 5483:
...
kstrdup+0x5c/0x98
create_or_delete_synth_event+0x80/0x204
trace_parse_run_command+0x2bc/0x4b8
synth_events_write+0x20/0x30
vfs_write+0x200/0x830
...
Freed by task 5480:
...
kfree+0xdc/0x1d4
create_or_delete_synth_event+0x74/0x204
trace_parse_run_command+0x2bc/0x4b8
synth_events_write+0x20/0x30
vfs_write+0x200/0x830
...
📍 영향받는 시스템
Linux Kernel (tracing/synthetic 관련 기능이 활성화된 버전)
⚔️ 공격 벡터
로컬 사용자가 synthetic_events 노드에 특정 값을 동시에 반복적으로 쓰는 방식의 레이스 컨디션 공격
🛡️ 대응 방법
커널 패치를 적용하여 lastcmd_mutex를 통한 동기화 메커니즘을 도입해야 함
🔧 검증 코드
현재 실행 중인 커널 버전을 확인하여 해당 취약점이 해결된 패치 버전인지 확인합니다.