CVE-2023-52974
scsi: iscsi_tcp: Fix UAF during login when accessing the shost ipaddress
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: iscsi_tcp: Fix UAF during login when accessing the shost ipaddress If during iscsi_sw_tcp_session_create() iscsi_tcp_r2tpool_alloc() fails, userspace could be accessing the host's ipaddress attr. If we then free the session via iscsi_session_teardown() while userspace is still accessing the session we will hit a use after free bug. Set the tcp_sw_host->session after we have completed session creation and can no longer fail.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0aaabdb900c7415caa2006ef580322f7eac5f6b6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/496af9d3682ed4c28fb734342a09e6cc0c056ea4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61e43ebfd243bcbad11be26bd921723027b77441
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6abd4698f4c8a78e7bbfc421205c060c199554a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9758ffe1c07b86aefd7ca8e40d9a461293427ca0
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