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authorShuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>2016-06-10 14:37:23 -0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2020-05-27 16:40:25 +0200
commitb882fcc49cb6c95259508766624d08fc516cd672 (patch)
tree7ce60604cc9bce238a90bd0ebb01fdbb45af70af /include
parentbbb3ce60dd698ec19fc7d5ff9fc61e7bedb6b9a4 (diff)
media: fix media devnode ioctl/syscall and unregister race
commit 6f0dd24a084a17f9984dd49dffbf7055bf123993 upstream. Media devnode open/ioctl could be in progress when media device unregister is initiated. System calls and ioctls check media device registered status at the beginning, however, there is a window where unregister could be in progress without changing the media devnode status to unregistered. process 1 process 2 fd = open(/dev/media0) media_devnode_is_registered() (returns true here) media_device_unregister() (unregister is in progress and devnode isn't unregistered yet) ... ioctl(fd, ...) __media_ioctl() media_devnode_is_registered() (returns true here) ... media_devnode_unregister() ... (driver releases the media device memory) media_device_ioctl() (By this point devnode->media_dev does not point to allocated memory. use-after free in in mutex_lock_nested) BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in mutex_lock_nested+0x79c/0x800 at addr ffff8801ebe914f0 Fix it by clearing register bit when unregister starts to avoid the race. process 1 process 2 fd = open(/dev/media0) media_devnode_is_registered() (could return true here) media_device_unregister() (clear the register bit, then start unregister.) ... ioctl(fd, ...) __media_ioctl() media_devnode_is_registered() (return false here, ioctl returns I/O error, and will not access media device memory) ... media_devnode_unregister() ... (driver releases the media device memory) Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com> Suggested-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com> Reported-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com> Tested-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> [bwh: Backported to 4.4: adjut filename, context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/media/media-devnode.h14
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/media/media-devnode.h b/include/media/media-devnode.h
index 8b854c044032..d5ff95bf2d4b 100644
--- a/include/media/media-devnode.h
+++ b/include/media/media-devnode.h
@@ -93,6 +93,20 @@ struct media_devnode {
int __must_check media_devnode_register(struct media_device *mdev,
struct media_devnode *devnode,
struct module *owner);
+
+/**
+ * media_devnode_unregister_prepare - clear the media device node register bit
+ * @devnode: the device node to prepare for unregister
+ *
+ * This clears the passed device register bit. Future open calls will be met
+ * with errors. Should be called before media_devnode_unregister() to avoid
+ * races with unregister and device file open calls.
+ *
+ * This function can safely be called if the device node has never been
+ * registered or has already been unregistered.
+ */
+void media_devnode_unregister_prepare(struct media_devnode *devnode);
+
void media_devnode_unregister(struct media_devnode *devnode);
static inline struct media_devnode *media_devnode_data(struct file *filp)