🇰🇷 한글 설명
Linux 커널의 SCSI 코어에서 procfs host 디렉토리 제거 관련 회귀 취약점입니다. scsi_host_alloc()로 할당된 후 scsi_add_host()가 호출되지 않는 에러 경로에서 procfs 디렉토리가 제거되지 않아 메모리 누수가 발생합니다.
💡 쉬운 설명
Linux 커널의 USB 스토리지 드라이버에서 특정 에러 상황 시 정리 작업이 제대로 완료되지 않아 시스템 메모리가 누수되는 문제입니다. 반복 발생 시 시스템 성능 저하나 불안정성을 초래합니다.
🇺🇸 원문 (English)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: core: Fix unremoved procfs host directory regression
Commit fc663711b944 ("scsi: core: Remove the /proc/scsi/${proc_name}
directory earlier") fixed a bug related to modules loading/unloading, by
adding a call to scsi_proc_hostdir_rm() on scsi_remove_host(). But that led
to a potential duplicate call to the hostdir_rm() routine, since it's also
called from scsi_host_dev_release(). That triggered a regression report,
which was then fixed by commit be03df3d4bfe ("scsi: core: Fix a procfs host
directory removal regression"). The fix just dropped the hostdir_rm() call
from dev_release().
But it happens that this proc directory is created on scsi_host_alloc(),
and that function "pairs" with scsi_host_dev_release(), while
scsi_remove_host() pairs with scsi_add_host(). In other words, it seems the
reason for removing the proc directory on dev_release() was meant to cover
cases in which a SCSI host structure was allocated, but the call to
scsi_add_host() didn't happen. And that pattern happens to exist in some
error paths, for example.
Syzkaller causes that by using USB raw gadget device, error'ing on
usb-storage driver, at usb_stor_probe2(). By checking that path, we can see
that the BadDevice label leads to a scsi_host_put() after a SCSI host
allocation, but there's no call to scsi_add_host() in such path. That leads
to messages like this in dmesg (and a leak of the SCSI host proc
structure):
usb-storage 4-1:87.51: USB Mass Storage device detected
proc_dir_entry 'scsi/usb-storage' already registered
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 3519 at fs/proc/generic.c:377 proc_register+0x347/0x4e0 fs/proc/generic.c:376
The proper fix seems to still call scsi_proc_hostdir_rm() on dev_release(),
but guard that with the state check for SHOST_CREATED; there is even a
comment in scsi_host_dev_release() detailing that: such conditional is
meant for cases where the SCSI host was allocated but there was no calls to
{add,remove}_host(), like the usb-storage case.
This is what we propose here and with that, the error path of usb-storage
does not trigger the warning anymore.
📍 영향받는 시스템
Linux kernel 5.15 ~ 6.8 (scsi: core: Fix unremoved procfs host directory regression 패치 미적용 버전)
⚔️ 공격 벡터
USB raw gadget 장치를 통해 usb-storage 드라이버 에러 경로를 트리거하여 메모리 누수 유발
🛡️ 대응 방법
Linux 커널 업그레이드 또는 해당 SCSI 코어 패치 적용 (SHOST_CREATED 상태 체크 추가된 버전)
🔧 검증 코드
커널 버전 확인 후 2024년 중반 이후의 최신 LTS 커널 버전과 비교하세요. 구버전이면 kernel 업그레이드가 필요합니다.