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CVE-2024-36489: tls: fix missing memory barrier in tls_init

CKI Backport Bot requested to merge redhat/red-hat-ci-tools/kernel/bot-branches/centos-stream-9:backport-RHEL-44477-centos-stream-9-main into main

JIRA: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-44477
CVE: CVE-2024-36489

tls: fix missing memory barrier in tls_init

In tls_init(), a write memory barrier is missing, and store-store
reordering may cause NULL dereference in tls_{setsockopt,getsockopt}.

CPU0                               CPU1
-----                              -----
// In tls_init()
// In tls_ctx_create()
ctx = kzalloc()
ctx->sk_proto = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_prot) -(1)

// In update_sk_prot()
WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_prot, tls_prots)     -(2)

                                   // In sock_common_setsockopt()
                                   READ_ONCE(sk->sk_prot)->setsockopt()

                                   // In tls_{setsockopt,getsockopt}()
                                   ctx->sk_proto->setsockopt()    -(3)

In the above scenario, when (1) and (2) are reordered, (3) can observe
the NULL value of ctx->sk_proto, causing NULL dereference.

To fix it, we rely on rcu_assign_pointer() which implies the release
barrier semantic. By moving rcu_assign_pointer() after ctx->sk_proto is
initialized, we can ensure that ctx->sk_proto are visible when
changing sk->sk_prot.

Fixes: d5bee7374b68 ("net/tls: Annotate access to sk_prot with READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE")
Signed-off-by: Yewon Choi <woni9911@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dae R. Jeong <threeearcat@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/ZU4OJG56g2V9z_H7@dragonet/T/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/Zkx4vjSFp0mfpjQ2@libra05
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
(cherry picked from commit 91e61dd7a0af660408e87372d8330ceb218be302)

Signed-off-by: cki-backport-bot cki-ci-bot+cki-gitlab-backport-bot@redhat.com

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