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FAILED: patch "[PATCH] binder: fix race that allows malicious free of live buffer" failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

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The patch below does not apply to the 4.14-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

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greg k-h

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From: Todd Kjos <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2018 15:55:32 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] binder: fix race that allows malicious free of live buffer
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Malicious code can attempt to free buffers using the BC_FREE_BUFFER ioctl to binder. There are protections against a user freeing a buffer while in use by the kernel, however there was a window where BC_FREE_BUFFER could be used to free a recently allocated buffer that was not completely initialized. This resulted in a use-after-free detected by KASAN with a malicious test program.

This window is closed by setting the buffer's allow_user_free attribute to 0 when the buffer is allocated or when the user has previously freed it instead of waiting for the caller to set it. The problem was that when the struct buffer was recycled, allow_user_free was stale and set to 1 allowing a free to go through.

drivers/android/binder.c +12 -9
index cb30a524d16d..9f1000d2a40c 100644
@@ -2974,7 +2974,6 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 		t->buffer = NULL;
 		goto err_binder_alloc_buf_failed;
 	}
-	t->buffer->allow_user_free = 0;
 	t->buffer->debug_id = t->debug_id;
 	t->buffer->transaction = t;
 	t->buffer->target_node = target_node;
@@ -3510,14 +3509,18 @@ static int binder_thread_write(struct binder_proc *proc,
 
 			buffer = binder_alloc_prepare_to_free(&proc->alloc,
 							      data_ptr);
-			if (buffer == NULL) {
-				binder_user_error("%d:%d BC_FREE_BUFFER u%016llx no match\n",
-					proc->pid, thread->pid, (u64)data_ptr);
-				break;
-			}
-			if (!buffer->allow_user_free) {
-				binder_user_error("%d:%d BC_FREE_BUFFER u%016llx matched unreturned buffer\n",
-					proc->pid, thread->pid, (u64)data_ptr);
+			if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(buffer)) {
+				if (PTR_ERR(buffer) == -EPERM) {
+					binder_user_error(
+						"%d:%d BC_FREE_BUFFER u%016llx matched unreturned or currently freeing buffer\n",
+						proc->pid, thread->pid,
+						(u64)data_ptr);
+				} else {
+					binder_user_error(
+						"%d:%d BC_FREE_BUFFER u%016llx no match\n",
+						proc->pid, thread->pid,
+						(u64)data_ptr);
+				}
 				break;
 			}
 			binder_debug(BINDER_DEBUG_FREE_BUFFER,
drivers/android/binder_alloc.c +6 -10
index 64fd96eada31..030c98f35cca 100644
@@ -151,16 +151,12 @@ static struct binder_buffer *binder_alloc_prepare_to_free_locked(
 		else {
 			/*
 			 * Guard against user threads attempting to
-			 * free the buffer twice
+			 * free the buffer when in use by kernel or
+			 * after it's already been freed.
 			 */
-			if (buffer->free_in_progress) {
-				binder_alloc_debug(BINDER_DEBUG_USER_ERROR,
-						   "%d:%d FREE_BUFFER u%016llx user freed buffer twice\n",
-						   alloc->pid, current->pid,
-						   (u64)user_ptr);
-				return NULL;
-			}
-			buffer->free_in_progress = 1;
+			if (!buffer->allow_user_free)
+				return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
+			buffer->allow_user_free = 0;
 			return buffer;
 		}
 	}
@@ -500,7 +496,7 @@ static struct binder_buffer *binder_alloc_new_buf_locked(
 
 	rb_erase(best_fit, &alloc->free_buffers);
 	buffer->free = 0;
-	buffer->free_in_progress = 0;
+	buffer->allow_user_free = 0;
 	binder_insert_allocated_buffer_locked(alloc, buffer);
 	binder_alloc_debug(BINDER_DEBUG_BUFFER_ALLOC,
 		     "%d: binder_alloc_buf size %zd got %pK\n",
drivers/android/binder_alloc.h +1 -2
index 9ef64e563856..fb3238c74c8a 100644
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ struct binder_buffer {
 	unsigned free:1;
 	unsigned allow_user_free:1;
 	unsigned async_transaction:1;
-	unsigned free_in_progress:1;
-	unsigned debug_id:28;
+	unsigned debug_id:29;
 
 	struct binder_transaction *transaction;