[PATCH 3.16 57/83] USB: cdc-wdm: fix race between write and disconnect due to flag abuse

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Wed Nov 20 2019 - 10:43:56 EST


3.16.78-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx>

commit 1426bd2c9f7e3126e2678e7469dca9fd9fc6dd3e upstream.

In case of a disconnect an ongoing flush() has to be made fail.
Nevertheless we cannot be sure that any pending URB has already
finished, so although they will never succeed, they still must
not be touched.
The clean solution for this is to check for WDM_IN_USE
and WDM_DISCONNECTED in flush(). There is no point in ever
clearing WDM_IN_USE, as no further writes make sense.

The issue is as old as the driver.

Fixes: afba937e540c9 ("USB: CDC WDM driver")
Reported-by: syzbot+d232cca6ec42c2edb3fc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190827103436.21143-1-oneukum@xxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c
@@ -576,10 +576,20 @@ static int wdm_flush(struct file *file,
{
struct wdm_device *desc = file->private_data;

- wait_event(desc->wait, !test_bit(WDM_IN_USE, &desc->flags));
+ wait_event(desc->wait,
+ /*
+ * needs both flags. We cannot do with one
+ * because resetting it would cause a race
+ * with write() yet we need to signal
+ * a disconnect
+ */
+ !test_bit(WDM_IN_USE, &desc->flags) ||
+ test_bit(WDM_DISCONNECTING, &desc->flags));

/* cannot dereference desc->intf if WDM_DISCONNECTING */
- if (desc->werr < 0 && !test_bit(WDM_DISCONNECTING, &desc->flags))
+ if (test_bit(WDM_DISCONNECTING, &desc->flags))
+ return -ENODEV;
+ if (desc->werr < 0)
dev_err(&desc->intf->dev, "Error in flush path: %d\n",
desc->werr);

@@ -967,8 +977,6 @@ static void wdm_disconnect(struct usb_in
spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->iuspin, flags);
set_bit(WDM_DISCONNECTING, &desc->flags);
set_bit(WDM_READ, &desc->flags);
- /* to terminate pending flushes */
- clear_bit(WDM_IN_USE, &desc->flags);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->iuspin, flags);
wake_up_all(&desc->wait);
mutex_lock(&desc->rlock);