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diff --git a/results/classifier/deepseek-2-tmp/output/other/1863025 b/results/classifier/deepseek-2-tmp/output/other/1863025 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..71c9106bc --- /dev/null +++ b/results/classifier/deepseek-2-tmp/output/other/1863025 @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ + +Use-after-free after flush in TCG accelerator + +I believe I found a UAF in TCG that can lead to a guest VM escape. The security +list informed me "This can not be treated as a security issue." and to post it +here. I am looking at the 4.2.0 source code. The issue requires a race and I +will try to describe it in terms of three concurrent threads. + +I am looking +at the 4.2.0 source code. The issue requires a race and I will try to describe +it in terms of three concurrent threads. + +Thread A: + +A1. qemu_tcg_cpu_thread_fn runs work loop +A2. qemu_wait_io_event => qemu_wait_io_event_common => process_queued_cpu_work +A3. start_exclusive critical section entered +A4. do_tb_flush is called, TB memory freed/re-allocated +A5. end_exclusive exits critical section + +Thread B: + +B1. qemu_tcg_cpu_thread_fn runs work loop +B2. tcg_cpu_exec => cpu_exec => tb_find => tb_gen_code +B3. tcg_tb_alloc obtains a new TB + +Thread C: + +C1. qemu_tcg_cpu_thread_fn runs work loop +C2. cpu_exec_step_atomic executes +C3. TB obtained with tb_lookup__cpu_state or tb_gen_code +C4. start_exclusive critical section entered +C5. cpu_tb_exec executes the TB code +C6. end_exclusive exits critical section + +Consider the following sequence of events: + B2 => B3 => C3 (same TB as B2) => A3 => A4 (TB freed) => A5 => B2 => + B3 (re-allocates TB from B2) => C4 => C5 (freed/reused TB now executing) => C6 + +In short, because thread C uses the TB in the critical section, there is no +guarantee that the pointer has not been "freed" (rather the memory is marked as +re-usable) and therefore a use-after-free occurs. + +Since the TCG generated code can be in the same memory as the TB data structure, +it is possible for an attacker to overwrite the UAF pointer with code generated +from TCG. This can overwrite key pointer values and could lead to code +execution on the host outside of the TCG sandbox. \ No newline at end of file |