[PATCH v6] media: uvcvideo: Fix race condition with usb_kill_urb

From: Ricardo Ribalda
Date: Mon Jan 02 2023 - 09:48:58 EST


usb_kill_urb warranties that all the handlers are finished when it
returns, but does not protect against threads that might be handling
asynchronously the urb.

For UVC, the function uvc_ctrl_status_event_async() takes care of
control changes asynchronously.

If the code is executed in the following order:

CPU 0 CPU 1
===== =====
uvc_status_complete()
uvc_status_stop()
uvc_ctrl_status_event_work()
uvc_status_start() -> FAIL

Then uvc_status_start will keep failing and this error will be shown:

<4>[ 5.540139] URB 0000000000000000 submitted while active
drivers/usb/core/urb.c:378 usb_submit_urb+0x4c3/0x528

Let's improve the current situation, by not re-submiting the urb if
we are stopping the status event. Also process the queued work
(if any) during stop.

CPU 0 CPU 1
===== =====
uvc_status_complete()
uvc_status_stop()
uvc_status_start()
uvc_ctrl_status_event_work() -> FAIL

Hopefully, with the usb layer protection this should be enough to cover
all the cases.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: e5225c820c05 ("media: uvcvideo: Send a control event when a Control Change interrupt arrives")
Reviewed-by: Yunke Cao <yunkec@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
uvc: Fix race condition on uvc

Make sure that all the async work is finished when we stop the status urb.

To: Yunke Cao <yunkec@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Max Staudt <mstaudt@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
Changes in v6:
- Improve comments. (Thanks Laurent).
- Use true/false instead of 1/0 (Thanks Laurent).
- Link to v5: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221212-uvc-race-v5-0-3db3933d1608@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v5:
- atomic_t do not impose barriers, use smp_mb() instead. (Thanks Laurent)
- Add an extra cancel_work_sync().
- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221212-uvc-race-v4-0-38d7075b03f5@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v4:
- Replace bool with atomic_t to avoid compiler reordering.
- First complete the async work and then kill the urb to avoid race (Thanks Laurent!)
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221212-uvc-race-v3-0-954efc752c9a@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v3:
- Remove the patch for dev->status, makes more sense in another series, and makes
the zero day less nervous.
- Update reviewed-by (thanks Yunke!).
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221212-uvc-race-v2-0-54496cc3b8ab@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v2:
- Add a patch for not kalloc dev->status
- Redo the logic mechanism, so it also works with suspend (Thanks Yunke!)
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221212-uvc-race-v1-0-c52e1783c31d@xxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c | 3 +++
drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_status.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 44 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
index c95a2229f4fa..5160facc8e20 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
@@ -1442,6 +1442,9 @@ static void uvc_ctrl_status_event_work(struct work_struct *work)

uvc_ctrl_status_event(w->chain, w->ctrl, w->data);

+ if (dev->flush_status)
+ return;
+
/* Resubmit the URB. */
w->urb->interval = dev->int_ep->desc.bInterval;
ret = usb_submit_urb(w->urb, GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_status.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_status.c
index 7518ffce22ed..e457889345a3 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_status.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_status.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
* Laurent Pinchart (laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
*/

+#include <asm/barrier.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/input.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -309,5 +310,44 @@ int uvc_status_start(struct uvc_device *dev, gfp_t flags)

void uvc_status_stop(struct uvc_device *dev)
{
+ struct uvc_ctrl_work *w = &dev->async_ctrl;
+
+ /* Prevent the asynchronous control handler from requeing the URB */
+ dev->flush_status = true;
+
+ /*
+ * The barrier is needed so the flush_status change is visible to other
+ * CPUs running the asynchronous handler before usb_kill_urb() is
+ * called below.
+ */
+ smp_mb();
+
+ /* If there is any status event on the queue, process it. */
+ if (cancel_work_sync(&w->work))
+ uvc_ctrl_status_event(w->chain, w->ctrl, w->data);
+
+ /* Kill the urb. */
usb_kill_urb(dev->int_urb);
+
+ /*
+ * The URB completion handler may have queued asynchronous work. This
+ * won't resubmit the URB as flush_status is set, but it needs to be
+ * cancelled before returning or it could then race with a future
+ * uvc_status_start() call.
+ */
+ if (cancel_work_sync(&w->work))
+ uvc_ctrl_status_event(w->chain, w->ctrl, w->data);
+
+ /*
+ * From this point, there are no events on the queue and the status URB
+ * is dead, this is, no events will be queued until uvc_status_start()
+ * is called.
+ */
+ dev->flush_status = false;
+
+ /*
+ * Write to memory the value of flush_status before uvc_status_start()
+ * is called again.
+ */
+ smp_mb();
}
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
index df93db259312..6a9b72d6789e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ struct uvc_device {
struct usb_host_endpoint *int_ep;
struct urb *int_urb;
u8 *status;
+ bool flush_status;
struct input_dev *input;
char input_phys[64];


---
base-commit: 0ec5a38bf8499f403f81cb81a0e3a60887d1993c
change-id: 20221212-uvc-race-09276ea68bf8

Best regards,
--
Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>