boot/grub2/0020-disk-loopback-Reference-tracking-for-the-loopback.patch

From a81ef3044791e7ee02bd349b5ec0adcbf6947555 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: B Horn <b@horn.uk>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2024 03:26:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] disk/loopback: Reference tracking for the loopback

It was possible to delete a loopback while there were still references
to it. This led to an exploitable use-after-free.

Fixed by implementing a reference counting in the grub_loopback struct.

Reported-by: B Horn <b@horn.uk>
Signed-off-by: B Horn <b@horn.uk>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
Upstream: 67f70f70a36b6e87a65f928fe1e840a12eafb7ae
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
---
 grub-core/disk/loopback.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 include/grub/err.h        |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/grub-core/disk/loopback.c b/grub-core/disk/loopback.c
index 4635dcfde..2bea4e922 100644
--- a/grub-core/disk/loopback.c
+++ b/grub-core/disk/loopback.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <grub/mm.h>
 #include <grub/extcmd.h>
 #include <grub/i18n.h>
+#include <grub/safemath.h>
 
 GRUB_MOD_LICENSE ("GPLv3+");
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ struct grub_loopback
   grub_file_t file;
   struct grub_loopback *next;
   unsigned long id;
+  grub_uint64_t refcnt;
 };
 
 static struct grub_loopback *loopback_list;
@@ -64,6 +66,8 @@ delete_loopback (const char *name)
   if (! dev)
     return grub_error (GRUB_ERR_BAD_DEVICE, "device not found");
 
+  if (dev->refcnt > 0)
+    return grub_error (GRUB_ERR_STILL_REFERENCED, "device still referenced");
   /* Remove the device from the list.  */
   *prev = dev->next;
 
@@ -120,6 +124,7 @@ grub_cmd_loopback (grub_extcmd_context_t ctxt, int argc, char **args)
 
   newdev->file = file;
   newdev->id = last_id++;
+  newdev->refcnt = 0;
 
   /* Add the new entry to the list.  */
   newdev->next = loopback_list;
@@ -161,6 +166,9 @@ grub_loopback_open (const char *name, grub_disk_t disk)
   if (! dev)
     return grub_error (GRUB_ERR_UNKNOWN_DEVICE, "can't open device");
 
+  if (grub_add (dev->refcnt, 1, &dev->refcnt))
+    grub_fatal ("Reference count overflow");
+
   /* Use the filesize for the disk size, round up to a complete sector.  */
   if (dev->file->size != GRUB_FILE_SIZE_UNKNOWN)
     disk->total_sectors = ((dev->file->size + GRUB_DISK_SECTOR_SIZE - 1)
@@ -178,6 +186,15 @@ grub_loopback_open (const char *name, grub_disk_t disk)
   return 0;
 }
 
+static void
+grub_loopback_close (grub_disk_t disk)
+{
+  struct grub_loopback *dev = disk->data;
+
+  if (grub_sub (dev->refcnt, 1, &dev->refcnt))
+    grub_fatal ("Reference count underflow");
+}
+
 static grub_err_t
 grub_loopback_read (grub_disk_t disk, grub_disk_addr_t sector,
 		    grub_size_t size, char *buf)
@@ -220,6 +237,7 @@ static struct grub_disk_dev grub_loopback_dev =
     .id = GRUB_DISK_DEVICE_LOOPBACK_ID,
     .disk_iterate = grub_loopback_iterate,
     .disk_open = grub_loopback_open,
+    .disk_close = grub_loopback_close,
     .disk_read = grub_loopback_read,
     .disk_write = grub_loopback_write,
     .next = 0
diff --git a/include/grub/err.h b/include/grub/err.h
index 1c07034cd..b0e54e0a0 100644
--- a/include/grub/err.h
+++ b/include/grub/err.h
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ typedef enum
     GRUB_ERR_NET_NO_DOMAIN,
     GRUB_ERR_EOF,
     GRUB_ERR_BAD_SIGNATURE,
-    GRUB_ERR_BAD_FIRMWARE
+    GRUB_ERR_BAD_FIRMWARE,
+    GRUB_ERR_STILL_REFERENCED
   }
 grub_err_t;
 
-- 
2.50.1