[PATCH v4 1/1] media: vivid: Fix wrong locking that causes race conditions on streaming stop

From: Alexander Popov
Date: Sun Nov 03 2019 - 17:17:56 EST


There is the same incorrect approach to locking implemented in
vivid_stop_generating_vid_cap(), vivid_stop_generating_vid_out() and
sdr_cap_stop_streaming().

These functions are called during streaming stopping with vivid_dev.mutex
locked. And they all do the same mistake while stopping their kthreads,
which need to lock this mutex as well. See the example from
vivid_stop_generating_vid_cap():
/* shutdown control thread */
vivid_grab_controls(dev, false);
mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
kthread_stop(dev->kthread_vid_cap);
dev->kthread_vid_cap = NULL;
mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);

But when this mutex is unlocked, another vb2_fop_read() can lock it
instead of vivid_thread_vid_cap() and manipulate the buffer queue.
That causes a use-after-free access later.

To fix those issues let's:
1. avoid unlocking the mutex in vivid_stop_generating_vid_cap(),
vivid_stop_generating_vid_out() and sdr_cap_stop_streaming();
2. use mutex_trylock() with schedule_timeout_uninterruptible() in
the loops of the vivid kthread handlers.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-kthread-cap.c | 8 +++++---
drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-kthread-out.c | 8 +++++---
drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-sdr-cap.c | 8 +++++---
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-kthread-cap.c b/drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-kthread-cap.c
index 003319d7816d..31f78d6a05a4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-kthread-cap.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-kthread-cap.c
@@ -796,7 +796,11 @@ static int vivid_thread_vid_cap(void *data)
if (kthread_should_stop())
break;

- mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
+ if (!mutex_trylock(&dev->mutex)) {
+ schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+ continue;
+ }
+
cur_jiffies = jiffies;
if (dev->cap_seq_resync) {
dev->jiffies_vid_cap = cur_jiffies;
@@ -956,8 +960,6 @@ void vivid_stop_generating_vid_cap(struct vivid_dev *dev, bool *pstreaming)

/* shutdown control thread */
vivid_grab_controls(dev, false);
- mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
kthread_stop(dev->kthread_vid_cap);
dev->kthread_vid_cap = NULL;
- mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
}
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-kthread-out.c b/drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-kthread-out.c
index ce5bcda2348c..1e165a6a2207 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-kthread-out.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-kthread-out.c
@@ -143,7 +143,11 @@ static int vivid_thread_vid_out(void *data)
if (kthread_should_stop())
break;

- mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
+ if (!mutex_trylock(&dev->mutex)) {
+ schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+ continue;
+ }
+
cur_jiffies = jiffies;
if (dev->out_seq_resync) {
dev->jiffies_vid_out = cur_jiffies;
@@ -301,8 +305,6 @@ void vivid_stop_generating_vid_out(struct vivid_dev *dev, bool *pstreaming)

/* shutdown control thread */
vivid_grab_controls(dev, false);
- mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
kthread_stop(dev->kthread_vid_out);
dev->kthread_vid_out = NULL;
- mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
}
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-sdr-cap.c b/drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-sdr-cap.c
index 9acc709b0740..2b7522e16efc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-sdr-cap.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-sdr-cap.c
@@ -141,7 +141,11 @@ static int vivid_thread_sdr_cap(void *data)
if (kthread_should_stop())
break;

- mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
+ if (!mutex_trylock(&dev->mutex)) {
+ schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+ continue;
+ }
+
cur_jiffies = jiffies;
if (dev->sdr_cap_seq_resync) {
dev->jiffies_sdr_cap = cur_jiffies;
@@ -303,10 +307,8 @@ static void sdr_cap_stop_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq)
}

/* shutdown control thread */
- mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
kthread_stop(dev->kthread_sdr_cap);
dev->kthread_sdr_cap = NULL;
- mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
}

static void sdr_cap_buf_request_complete(struct vb2_buffer *vb)
--
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