[PATCH 4/7] staging: ashmem: Avoid deadlock between read and mmap calls

[John Stultz]

From: Todd Poynor <toddpoynor@xxxxxxxxxx>

Avoid holding ashmem_mutex across code that can page fault.  Page faults
grab the mmap_sem for the process, which are also held by mmap calls
prior to calling ashmem_mmap, which locks ashmem_mutex.  The reversed
order of locking between the two can deadlock.

The calls that can page fault are read() and the ASHMEM_SET_NAME and
ASHMEM_GET_NAME ioctls.  Move the code that accesses userspace pages
outside the ashmem_mutex.

Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Colin Cross <ccross@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Todd Poynor <toddpoynor@xxxxxxxxxx>
[jstultz: minor commit message tweaks]
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
index 23948f1..713a972 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
@@ -295,21 +295,29 @@ static ssize_t ashmem_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 
 	/* If size is not set, or set to 0, always return EOF. */
 	if (asma->size == 0)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_unlock;
 
 	if (!asma->file) {
 		ret = -EBADF;
-		goto out;
+		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	ret = asma->file->f_op->read(asma->file, buf, len, pos);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out;
+	mutex_unlock(&ashmem_mutex);
 
-	/** Update backing file pos, since f_ops->read() doesn't */
-	asma->file->f_pos = *pos;
+	/*
+	 * asma and asma->file are used outside the lock here.  We assume
+	 * once asma->file is set it will never be changed, and will not
+	 * be destroyed until all references to the file are dropped and
+	 * ashmem_release is called.
+	 */
+	ret = asma->file->f_op->read(asma->file, buf, len, pos);
+	if (ret >= 0) {
+		/** Update backing file pos, since f_ops->read() doesn't */
+		asma->file->f_pos = *pos;
+	}
+	return ret;
 
-out:
+out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&ashmem_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -498,6 +506,7 @@ out:
 
 static int set_name(struct ashmem_area *asma, void __user *name)
 {
+	int len;
 	int ret = 0;
 	char local_name[ASHMEM_NAME_LEN];
 
@@ -510,21 +519,19 @@ static int set_name(struct ashmem_area *asma, void __user *name)
 	 * variable that does not need protection and later copy the local
 	 * variable to the structure member with lock held.
 	 */
-	if (copy_from_user(local_name, name, ASHMEM_NAME_LEN))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
+	len = strncpy_from_user(local_name, name, ASHMEM_NAME_LEN);
+	if (len < 0)
+		return len;
+	if (len == ASHMEM_NAME_LEN)
+		local_name[ASHMEM_NAME_LEN - 1] = '\0';
 	mutex_lock(&ashmem_mutex);
 	/* cannot change an existing mapping's name */
-	if (unlikely(asma->file)) {
+	if (unlikely(asma->file))
 		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-	memcpy(asma->name + ASHMEM_NAME_PREFIX_LEN,
-		local_name, ASHMEM_NAME_LEN);
-	asma->name[ASHMEM_FULL_NAME_LEN-1] = '\0';
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&ashmem_mutex);
+	else
+		strcpy(asma->name + ASHMEM_NAME_PREFIX_LEN, local_name);
 
+	mutex_unlock(&ashmem_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
1.8.3.2

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