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[1/5] usb: gadget: u_serial: add missing port entry locking

Message ID 1437fea1a8e1ca2c00870451197611df29c1a7ac.1551253561.git.mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series usb: gadget: u_serial: console for multiple ports | expand

Commit Message

Michał Mirosław Feb. 27, 2019, 7:48 a.m. UTC
gserial_alloc_line() misses locking (for a release barrier) while
resetting port entry on TTY allocation failure. Fix this.

Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl>
---
 drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Comments

Greg KH Feb. 27, 2019, 8:41 a.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 08:48:56AM +0100, Michał Mirosław wrote:
> gserial_alloc_line() misses locking (for a release barrier) while
> resetting port entry on TTY allocation failure. Fix this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
> index 65f634ec7fc2..bb1e2e1d0076 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
> @@ -1239,8 +1239,10 @@ int gserial_alloc_line(unsigned char *line_num)
>  				__func__, port_num, PTR_ERR(tty_dev));
>  
>  		ret = PTR_ERR(tty_dev);
> +		mutex_lock(&ports[port_num].lock);
>  		port = ports[port_num].port;
>  		ports[port_num].port = NULL;
> +		mutex_unlock(&ports[port_num].lock);
>  		gserial_free_port(port);
>  		goto err;
>  	}

Should this be backported to stable kernels to resolve this issue?

thanks,

greg k-h
Michał Mirosław Feb. 27, 2019, 8:59 a.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 09:41:07AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 08:48:56AM +0100, Michał Mirosław wrote:
> > gserial_alloc_line() misses locking (for a release barrier) while
> > resetting port entry on TTY allocation failure. Fix this.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl>
> > ---
> >  drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c | 2 ++
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
> > index 65f634ec7fc2..bb1e2e1d0076 100644
> > --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
> > @@ -1239,8 +1239,10 @@ int gserial_alloc_line(unsigned char *line_num)
> >  				__func__, port_num, PTR_ERR(tty_dev));
> >  
> >  		ret = PTR_ERR(tty_dev);
> > +		mutex_lock(&ports[port_num].lock);
> >  		port = ports[port_num].port;
> >  		ports[port_num].port = NULL;
> > +		mutex_unlock(&ports[port_num].lock);
> >  		gserial_free_port(port);
> >  		goto err;
> >  	}
> 
> Should this be backported to stable kernels to resolve this issue?

This code has been there for ages and the failure case is rather obscure,
but I guess it won't hurt to fix it.

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław
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diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
index 65f634ec7fc2..bb1e2e1d0076 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
@@ -1239,8 +1239,10 @@  int gserial_alloc_line(unsigned char *line_num)
 				__func__, port_num, PTR_ERR(tty_dev));
 
 		ret = PTR_ERR(tty_dev);
+		mutex_lock(&ports[port_num].lock);
 		port = ports[port_num].port;
 		ports[port_num].port = NULL;
+		mutex_unlock(&ports[port_num].lock);
 		gserial_free_port(port);
 		goto err;
 	}