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llcp_sock_sendmsg() calls nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame() which in turn calls nfc_alloc_send_skb(), which accesses the nfc_dev from the llcp_sock for getting the headroom and tailroom needed for skb allocation. Parallelly the nfc_dev can be freed, as the refcount is decreased via nfc_free_device(), leading to a UAF reported by Syzkaller, which can be summarized as follows: (1) llcp_sock_sendmsg() -> nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame() -> nfc_alloc_send_skb() -> Dereference *nfc_dev (2) virtual_ncidev_close() -> nci_free_device() -> nfc_free_device() -> put_device() -> nfc_release() -> Free *nfc_dev When a reference to llcp_local is acquired, we do not acquire the same for the nfc_dev. This leads to freeing even when the llcp_local is in use, and this is the case with the UAF described above too. Thus, when we acquire a reference to llcp_local, we should acquire a reference to nfc_dev, and release the references appropriately later. References for llcp_local is initialized in nfc_llcp_register_device() (which is called by nfc_register_device()). Thus, we should acquire a reference to nfc_dev there. nfc_unregister_device() calls nfc_llcp_unregister_device() which in turn calls nfc_llcp_local_put(). Thus, the reference to nfc_dev is appropriately released later. Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+bbe84a4010eeea00982d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=bbe84a4010eeea00982d Fixes: c7aa12252f51 ("NFC: Take a reference on the LLCP local pointer when creating a socket") Reviewed-by: Suman Ghosh <sumang@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Siddh Raman Pant <code@siddh.me> Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.