CVE-2023-53110

When performing a stress test on SMC-R by rmmod mlx5_ib driver during the wrk/nginx test, we found that there is a probability of triggering a panic while terminating all link groups.

This issue dues to the race between smcsmcrterminateall() and smcbuf_create().

        smc_smcr_terminate_all

smcbufcreate /* init */ conn->sndbuf_desc = NULL; ...

        __smc_lgr_terminate
            smc_conn_kill
                smc_close_abort
                    smc_cdc_get_slot_and_msg_send

        __softirqentry_text_start
            smc_wr_tx_process_cqe
                smc_cdc_tx_handler
                    READ(conn->sndbuf_desc->len);
                    /* panic dues to NULL sndbuf_desc */

conn->sndbuf_desc = xxx;

This patch tries to fix the issue by always to check the sndbuf_desc before send any cdc msg, to make sure that no null pointer is seen during cqe processing.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.10.178-1

Affected versions

5.*

5.10.46-4

5.10.46-5

5.10.70-1~bpo10+1

5.10.70-1

5.10.84-1

5.10.92-1~bpo10+1

5.10.92-1

5.10.92-2

5.10.103-1~bpo10+1

5.10.103-1

5.10.106-1

5.10.113-1

5.10.120-1~bpo10+1

5.10.120-1

5.10.127-1

5.10.127-2~bpo10+1

5.10.127-2

5.10.136-1

5.10.140-1

5.10.148-1

5.10.149-1

5.10.149-2

5.10.158-1

5.10.158-2

5.10.162-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

6.1.25-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

6.1.25-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

6.1.25-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}