🇰🇷 한글 설명
Linux 커널의 virt:acrn 구성 요소에서 eventfd 종료 시 irqfd의 Use-After-Free 취약점이 발견되었습니다. acrn_irqfd_deassign() 함수와 eventfd의 EPOLLHUP 깨우기 동작이 경합을 일으켜 동일한 hsm_irqfd 구조체를 중복 해제할 수 있습니다.
💡 쉬운 설명
컴퓨터 시스템 내부에서 특정 작업이 끝나기도 전에 메모리 공간을 먼저 지워버려 발생하는 오류입니다. 이로 인해 시스템이 갑자기 멈추거나 보안상 위험한 상태가 될 수 있습니다.
🇺🇸 원문 (English)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
virt: acrn: Fix irqfd use-after-free during eventfd shutdown
acrn_irqfd_deassign() and the eventfd EPOLLHUP wakeup can race and free
the same struct hsm_irqfd:
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
eventfd_release()
wake_up_poll(EPOLLHUP)
hsm_irqfd_wakeup()
queue_work(&irqfd->shutdown)
acrn_irqfd_deassign()
hsm_irqfd_shutdown()
list_del_init()
eventfd_ctx_remove_wait_queue()
eventfd_ctx_put()
kfree(irqfd)
hsm_irqfd_shutdown_work()
container_of(work, ..., shutdown)
irqfd->vm <-- use-after-free
The deassign path freed the irqfd while a shutdown work item was
already queued by EPOLLHUP (or vice versa), so the work item could
resurrect a dangling pointer through container_of().
Switch to the lifetime model used by KVM irqfds:
- Deassign/deinit only deactivate the irqfd: remove it from vm->irqfds
under irqfds_lock and queue the cleanup work.
- hsm_irqfd_shutdown_work() becomes the sole owner that unhooks the
eventfd waitqueue entry, drops the eventfd reference and frees the
irqfd.
- A new HSM_IRQFD_FLAG_SHUTDOWN bit guarded by test_and_set_bit()
ensures the cleanup work is queued at most once, no matter how many
of {EPOLLHUP, deassign, deinit} fire concurrently. This is safe to
call from the waitqueue callback, which runs with wqh->lock held and
IRQs disabled and therefore cannot take irqfds_lock.
- acrn_irqfd_deassign() flushes vm->irqfd_wq before returning so the
eventfd is fully detached on return. acrn_irqfd_deinit() deactivates
every irqfd, flushes the workqueue and only then destroys it, so no
path can queue_work() onto a torn-down workqueue.
- acrn_irqfd_assign() now installs the eventfd waitqueue entry and
publishes the irqfd to vm->irqfds under irqfds_lock, so the irqfd is
never visible to deassign/deinit before its waitqueue entry is in
place, and any EPOLLHUP that fires in the assign window queues
cleanup work that blocks on irqfds_lock until publication is done.
📍 영향받는 시스템
Linux kernel (virt:acrn module 사용 환경)
⚔️ 공격 벡터
특정 이벤트(EPOLLHUP)와 자원 해제(deassign) 동작을 동시에 유도하여 메모리 경합을 일으킴
🛡️ 대응 방법
Linux 커널을 최신 보안 패치가 적용된 버전으로 업데이트하여 irqfd 생명주기 관리 로직을 수정해야 함
🔧 검증 코드
출력된 커널 버전이 해당 취약점이 수정된 패치 버전 이상인지 확인합니다.