Re: [2.4 patch] Port of adutux driver from 2.6 kernel to 2.4.

From: Vitaliy Ivanov
Date: Tue Oct 16 2007 - 09:49:19 EST


Pete,

On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 20:30, Pete Zaitcev wrote:

> > + in_end_size = le16_to_cpu(dev->interrupt_in_endpoint->wMaxPacketSize);
> > + out_end_size = le16_to_cpu(dev->interrupt_out_endpoint->wMaxPacketSize);
>
> Did you verify if this works? We use pre-swapped descriptors in 2.4.
> I suspect you allocate 256 times more memory than necessary.

Just checked. Seems to be OK. At least printk shows shows it.

>
> > +static void adu_delete(struct adu_device *dev)
> > + kfree(dev);
>
> > +static int adu_release_internal(struct adu_device *dev)
> > + if (dev->udev == NULL) {
> > + adu_delete(dev);
>
> > +static int adu_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> > + retval = adu_release_internal(dev);
> > + up(&dev->sem);
>
> The above very clearly is a use-after-free, in case the device was
> open across a disconnect. Solution: Use minor_table_mutex to lock
> dev->open_count instead of dev->sem. There's no rule that the lock
> has to live inside the same structure with members it locks.

Yeah. You are right. Found similar issue in adu_release also.
It's a problem with 2.6 kernel driver.
So, I've got a material to create some fixes in 2.6 driver too.
I've reworked the code to avoid this issue.

Sending final patch as a reply to Willy's mail. Please check it.


Vitaliy

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