In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vsock: Fix memory leak in vmci_transport_recv_dgram_cb()
During the closure of a datagram socket, the vmci_transport_recv_dgram_cb()
function may be called, which will add the packets
to the socket's backlog; then, after the receive queue is cleared,
the __release_sock() function will move the packet back from the socket's
backlog to the receive queue, which will lead to a memory leak.
sock_close
__sock_release
__vsock_release
// take ownership by user-space
lock_sock_nested
sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD)
vmci_transport_release
vmci_dispatch_dgs
vmci_datagram_invoke_guest_handler
vmci_transport_recv_dgram_cb
sk_receive_skb
if (!sock_owned_by_user(sk))
[...]
(!) else if sk_add_backlog()
[...]
(!) skb_queue_purge(&sk->sk_receive_queue)
release_sock
__release_sock
// move all packets from the backlog
// to the receive queue
(!) sk_backlog_rcv
vsock_queue_rcv_skb
[...]
__sock_queue_rcv_skb
if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD))
// Since the socket is "dead", the function will not
// be called
sk->sk_data_ready(sk)
sock_release_ownership(sk);
sock_put
Add a receive queue cleanup in the socket destructor to fix this.
syzkaller report:
unreferenced object 0xffff8880117bfb80 (size 240):
comm "irq/56-vmw_vmci", pid 205, jiffies 4295064448 (age 73.992s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
78 dc 26 1e 80 88 ff ff 78 dc 26 1e 80 88 ff ff x.&.....x.&.....
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0 da 26 1e 80 88 ff ff ..........&.....
backtrace:
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