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ipc, msg: Use dedicated slab buckets for alloc_msg()
authorKees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Mon, 1 Jul 2024 19:13:02 +0000 (12:13 -0700)
committerVlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Wed, 3 Jul 2024 10:24:20 +0000 (12:24 +0200)
commit734bbc1c97ea7e46e0e53b087de16c87c03bd65f
treea7c5cf2fb6c0215cfe298b79c26fecae47610a27
parentb32801d1255be1da62ea8134df3ed9f3331fba12
ipc, msg: Use dedicated slab buckets for alloc_msg()

The msg subsystem is a common target for exploiting[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
use-after-free type confusion flaws in the kernel for both read and write
primitives. Avoid having a user-controlled dynamically-size allocation
share the global kmalloc cache by using a separate set of kmalloc buckets
via the kmem_buckets API.

Link: https://blog.hacktivesecurity.com/index.php/2022/06/13/linux-kernel-exploit-development-1day-case-study/
Link: https://hardenedvault.net/blog/2022-11-13-msg_msg-recon-mitigation-ved/
Link: https://www.willsroot.io/2021/08/corctf-2021-fire-of-salvation-writeup.html
Link: https://a13xp0p0v.github.io/2021/02/09/CVE-2021-26708.html
Link: https://google.github.io/security-research/pocs/linux/cve-2021-22555/writeup.html
Link: https://zplin.me/papers/ELOISE.pdf
Link: https://syst3mfailure.io/wall-of-perdition/
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
ipc/msgutil.c