Re: [PATCH 1/3] serial: 8250: fix racy uartclk update

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Fri Oct 15 2021 - 07:23:45 EST


On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 01:14:20PM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> Commit 868f3ee6e452 ("serial: 8250: Add 8250 port clock update method")
> added a hack to support SoCs where the UART reference clock can
> change behind the back of the driver but failed to add the proper
> locking.
>
> First, make sure to take a reference to the tty struct to avoid
> dereferencing a NULL pointer if the clock change races with a hangup.
>
> Second, the termios semaphore must be held during the update to prevent
> a racing termios change.

Nice catch!
Thanks, Johan, for fixing this!
Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Fixes: 868f3ee6e452 ("serial: 8250: Add 8250 port clock update method")
> Fixes: c8dff3aa8241 ("serial: 8250: Skip uninitialized TTY port baud rate update")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.9
> Cc: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
> index 66374704747e..e4dd82fd7c2a 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
> @@ -2696,21 +2696,32 @@ static unsigned int serial8250_get_baud_rate(struct uart_port *port,
> void serial8250_update_uartclk(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int uartclk)
> {
> struct uart_8250_port *up = up_to_u8250p(port);
> + struct tty_port *tport = &port->state->port;
> unsigned int baud, quot, frac = 0;
> struct ktermios *termios;
> + struct tty_struct *tty;
> unsigned long flags;
>
> - mutex_lock(&port->state->port.mutex);
> + tty = tty_port_tty_get(tport);
> + if (!tty) {
> + mutex_lock(&tport->mutex);
> + port->uartclk = uartclk;
> + mutex_unlock(&tport->mutex);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + down_write(&tty->termios_rwsem);
> + mutex_lock(&tport->mutex);
>
> if (port->uartclk == uartclk)
> goto out_lock;
>
> port->uartclk = uartclk;
>
> - if (!tty_port_initialized(&port->state->port))
> + if (!tty_port_initialized(tport))
> goto out_lock;
>
> - termios = &port->state->port.tty->termios;
> + termios = &tty->termios;
>
> baud = serial8250_get_baud_rate(port, termios, NULL);
> quot = serial8250_get_divisor(port, baud, &frac);
> @@ -2727,7 +2738,9 @@ void serial8250_update_uartclk(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int uartclk)
> serial8250_rpm_put(up);
>
> out_lock:
> - mutex_unlock(&port->state->port.mutex);
> + mutex_unlock(&tport->mutex);
> + up_write(&tty->termios_rwsem);
> + tty_kref_put(tty);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(serial8250_update_uartclk);
>
> --
> 2.32.0
>

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko