[PATCH] drivers: isdn: capi: Fix data-race bug

From: madhuparnabhowmik10
Date: Wed Jul 22 2020 - 13:23:47 EST


From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@xxxxxxxxx>

In capi_init(), after register_chrdev() the file operation callbacks
can be called. However capinc_tty_init() is called later.
Since capiminors and capinc_tty_driver are initialized in
capinc_tty_init(), their initialization can race with their usage
in various callbacks like in capi_release().

Therefore, call capinc_tty_init() before register_chrdev to avoid
such race conditions.

Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c | 17 ++++++++---------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c b/drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c
index 85767f52fe3c..7e8ab48a15af 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ static int __init capinc_tty_init(void)
return 0;
}

-static void __exit capinc_tty_exit(void)
+static void capinc_tty_exit(void)
{
tty_unregister_driver(capinc_tty_driver);
put_tty_driver(capinc_tty_driver);
@@ -1420,29 +1420,28 @@ static int __init capi_init(void)
if (ret)
return ret;

+ if (capinc_tty_init() < 0) {
+ kcapi_exit();
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
major_ret = register_chrdev(capi_major, "capi20", &capi_fops);
if (major_ret < 0) {
printk(KERN_ERR "capi20: unable to get major %d\n", capi_major);
+ capinc_tty_exit();
kcapi_exit();
return major_ret;
}
capi_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "capi");
if (IS_ERR(capi_class)) {
unregister_chrdev(capi_major, "capi20");
+ capinc_tty_exit();
kcapi_exit();
return PTR_ERR(capi_class);
}

device_create(capi_class, NULL, MKDEV(capi_major, 0), NULL, "capi20");

- if (capinc_tty_init() < 0) {
- device_destroy(capi_class, MKDEV(capi_major, 0));
- class_destroy(capi_class);
- unregister_chrdev(capi_major, "capi20");
- kcapi_exit();
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
-
proc_init();

#ifdef CONFIG_ISDN_CAPI_MIDDLEWARE
--
2.17.1