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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tcp: tcp_rtx_synack() can be called from process context
Laurent reported the enclosed report [1]
This bug triggers with following coditions:
0) Kernel built with CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT=y
1) A new passive FastOpen TCP socket is created.
This FO socket waits for an ACK coming from client to be a complete
ESTABLISHED one.
2) A socket operation on this socket goes through lock_sock()
release_sock() dance.
3) While the socket is owned by the user in step 2),
a retransmit of the SYN is received and stored in socket backlog.
4) At release_sock() time, the socket backlog is processed while
in process context.
5) A SYNACK packet is cooked in response of the SYN retransmit.
6) -> tcp_rtx_synack() is called in process context.
Before blamed commit, tcp_rtx_synack() was always called from BH handler,
from a timer handler.
Fix this by using TCP_INC_STATS() & NET_INC_STATS()
which do not assume caller is in non preemptible context.
[1]
BUG: using __this_cpu_add() in preemptible [00000000] code: epollpep/2180
caller is tcp_rtx_synack.part.0+0x36/0xc0
CPU: 10 PID: 2180 Comm: epollpep Tainted: G OE 5.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 #1 Debian 5.16.12-1~bpo11+1
Hardware name: Supermicro SYS-5039MC-H8TRF/X11SCD-F, BIOS 1.7 11/23/2021
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x5e
check_preemption_disabled+0xde/0xe0
tcp_rtx_synack.part.0+0x36/0xc0
tcp_rtx_synack+0x8d/0xa0
? kmem_cache_alloc+0x2e0/0x3e0
? apparmor_file_alloc_security+0x3b/0x1f0
inet_rtx_syn_ack+0x16/0x30
tcp_check_req+0x367/0x610
tcp_rcv_state_process+0x91/0xf60
? get_nohz_timer_target+0x18/0x1a0
? lock_timer_base+0x61/0x80
? preempt_count_add+0x68/0xa0
tcp_v4_do_rcv+0xbd/0x270
__release_sock+0x6d/0xb0
release_sock+0x2b/0x90
sock_setsockopt+0x138/0x1140
? __sys_getsockname+0x7e/0xc0
? aa_sk_perm+0x3e/0x1a0
__sys_setsockopt+0x198/0x1e0
__x64_sys_setsockopt+0x21/0x30
do_syscall_64+0x38/0xc0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
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*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.20 up to (excluding) 5.4.198
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.10 up to (excluding) 4.14.283
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.15 up to (excluding) 4.19.247
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.18 up to (excluding) 5.18.4
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.16 up to (excluding) 5.17.15
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.11 up to (excluding) 5.15.47
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.7 up to (excluding) 4.9.318
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5 up to (excluding) 5.10.122
New CVE Received from kernel.org2/26/2025 2:01:13 AM
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tcp: tcp_rtx_synack() can be called from process context
Laurent reported the enclosed report [1]
This bug triggers with following coditions:
0) Kernel built with CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT=y
1) A new passive FastOpen TCP socket is created.
This FO socket waits for an ACK coming from client to be a complete
ESTABLISHED one.
2) A socket operation on this socket goes through lock_sock()
release_sock() dance.
3) While the socket is owned by the user in step 2),
a retransmit of the SYN is received and stored in socket backlog.
4) At release_sock() time, the socket backlog is processed while
in process context.
5) A SYNACK packet is cooked in response of the SYN retransmit.
6) -> tcp_rtx_synack() is called in process context.
Before blamed commit, tcp_rtx_synack() was always called from BH handler,
from a timer handler.
Fix this by using TCP_INC_STATS() & NET_INC_STATS()
which do not assume caller is in non preemptible context.
[1]
BUG: using __this_cpu_add() in preemptible [00000000] code: epollpep/2180
caller is tcp_rtx_synack.part.0+0x36/0xc0
CPU: 10 PID: 2180 Comm: epollpep Tainted: G OE 5.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 #1 Debian 5.16.12-1~bpo11+1
Hardware name: Supermicro SYS-5039MC-H8TRF/X11SCD-F, BIOS 1.7 11/23/2021
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x5e
check_preemption_disabled+0xde/0xe0
tcp_rtx_synack.part.0+0x36/0xc0
tcp_rtx_synack+0x8d/0xa0
? kmem_cache_alloc+0x2e0/0x3e0
? apparmor_file_alloc_security+0x3b/0x1f0
inet_rtx_syn_ack+0x16/0x30
tcp_check_req+0x367/0x610
tcp_rcv_state_process+0x91/0xf60
? get_nohz_timer_target+0x18/0x1a0
? lock_timer_base+0x61/0x80
? preempt_count_add+0x68/0xa0
tcp_v4_do_rcv+0xbd/0x270
__release_sock+0x6d/0xb0
release_sock+0x2b/0x90
sock_setsockopt+0x138/0x1140
? __sys_getsockname+0x7e/0xc0
? aa_sk_perm+0x3e/0x1a0
__sys_setsockopt+0x198/0x1e0
__x64_sys_setsockopt+0x21/0x30
do_syscall_64+0x38/0xc0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae