[patch 16/42] drivers/char/random.c: fix a race which can lead toa bogus BUG()

[Greg KH]

2.6.26-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 8b76f46a2db29407fed66cf4aca19d61b3dcb3e1 upstream

Fix a bug reported by and diagnosed by Aaron Straus.

This is a regression intruduced into 2.6.26 by

    commit adc782dae6c4c0f6fb679a48a544cfbcd79ae3dc
    Author: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
    Date:   Tue Apr 29 01:03:07 2008 -0700

        random: simplify and rename credit_entropy_store

credit_entropy_bits() does:

	spin_lock_irqsave(&r->lock, flags);
	...
	if (r->entropy_count > r->poolinfo->POOLBITS)
		r->entropy_count = r->poolinfo->POOLBITS;

so there is a time window in which this BUG_ON():

static size_t account(struct entropy_store *r, size_t nbytes, int min,
		      int reserved)
{
	unsigned long flags;

	BUG_ON(r->entropy_count > r->poolinfo->POOLBITS);

	/* Hold lock while accounting */
	spin_lock_irqsave(&r->lock, flags);

can trigger.

We could fix this by moving the assertion inside the lock, but it seems
safer and saner to revert to the old behaviour wherein
entropy_store.entropy_count at no time exceeds
entropy_store.poolinfo->POOLBITS.

Reported-by: Aaron Straus <aaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
 drivers/char/random.c |   19 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ struct entropy_store {
 	/* read-write data: */
 	spinlock_t lock;
 	unsigned add_ptr;
-	int entropy_count;
+	int entropy_count;	/* Must at no time exceed ->POOLBITS! */
 	int input_rotate;
 };
 
@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ static void mix_pool_bytes(struct entrop
 static void credit_entropy_bits(struct entropy_store *r, int nbits)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
+	int entropy_count;
 
 	if (!nbits)
 		return;
@@ -526,20 +527,20 @@ static void credit_entropy_bits(struct e
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&r->lock, flags);
 
 	DEBUG_ENT("added %d entropy credits to %s\n", nbits, r->name);
-	r->entropy_count += nbits;
-	if (r->entropy_count < 0) {
+	entropy_count = r->entropy_count;
+	entropy_count += nbits;
+	if (entropy_count < 0) {
 		DEBUG_ENT("negative entropy/overflow\n");
-		r->entropy_count = 0;
-	} else if (r->entropy_count > r->poolinfo->POOLBITS)
-		r->entropy_count = r->poolinfo->POOLBITS;
+		entropy_count = 0;
+	} else if (entropy_count > r->poolinfo->POOLBITS)
+		entropy_count = r->poolinfo->POOLBITS;
+	r->entropy_count = entropy_count;
 
 	/* should we wake readers? */
-	if (r == &input_pool &&
-	    r->entropy_count >= random_read_wakeup_thresh) {
+	if (r == &input_pool && entropy_count >= random_read_wakeup_thresh) {
 		wake_up_interruptible(&random_read_wait);
 		kill_fasync(&fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
 	}
-
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&r->lock, flags);
 }
 

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