[PATCH v4 4.14 1/1] test_firmware: prevent race conditions by a correct implementation of locking
From: Mirsad Goran Todorovac
Date: Wed Aug 16 2023 - 17:27:27 EST
[ Upstream commit 4acfe3dfde685a5a9eaec5555351918e2d7266a1 ]
Dan Carpenter spotted a race condition in a couple of situations like
these in the test_firmware driver:
static int test_dev_config_update_u8(const char *buf, size_t size, u8 *cfg)
{
u8 val;
int ret;
ret = kstrtou8(buf, 10, &val);
if (ret)
return ret;
mutex_lock(&test_fw_mutex);
*(u8 *)cfg = val;
mutex_unlock(&test_fw_mutex);
/* Always return full write size even if we didn't consume all */
return size;
}
static ssize_t config_num_requests_store(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count)
{
int rc;
mutex_lock(&test_fw_mutex);
if (test_fw_config->reqs) {
pr_err("Must call release_all_firmware prior to changing config\n");
rc = -EINVAL;
mutex_unlock(&test_fw_mutex);
goto out;
}
mutex_unlock(&test_fw_mutex);
// NOTE: HERE is the race!!! Function can be preempted!
// test_fw_config->reqs can change between the release of
// the lock about and acquire of the lock in the
// test_dev_config_update_u8()
rc = test_dev_config_update_u8(buf, count,
&test_fw_config->num_requests);
out:
return rc;
}
static ssize_t config_read_fw_idx_store(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count)
{
return test_dev_config_update_u8(buf, count,
&test_fw_config->read_fw_idx);
}
The function test_dev_config_update_u8() is called from both the locked
and the unlocked context, function config_num_requests_store() and
config_read_fw_idx_store() which can both be called asynchronously as
they are driver's methods, while test_dev_config_update_u8() and siblings
change their argument pointed to by u8 *cfg or similar pointer.
To avoid deadlock on test_fw_mutex, the lock is dropped before calling
test_dev_config_update_u8() and re-acquired within test_dev_config_update_u8()
itself, but alas this creates a race condition.
Having two locks wouldn't assure a race-proof mutual exclusion.
This situation is best avoided by the introduction of a new, unlocked
function __test_dev_config_update_u8() which can be called from the locked
context and reducing test_dev_config_update_u8() to:
static int test_dev_config_update_u8(const char *buf, size_t size, u8 *cfg)
{
int ret;
mutex_lock(&test_fw_mutex);
ret = __test_dev_config_update_u8(buf, size, cfg);
mutex_unlock(&test_fw_mutex);
return ret;
}
doing the locking and calling the unlocked primitive, which enables both
locked and unlocked versions without duplication of code.
Fixes: c92316bf8e948 ("test_firmware: add batched firmware tests")
Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Tianfei Zhang <tianfei.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kselftest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v5.4, 4.19, 4.14
Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230509084746.48259-1-mirsad.todorovac@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mirsad Goran Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ This is the patch to fix the racing condition in locking for the 5.4, ]
[ 4.19 and 4.14 stable branches. Not all the fixes from the upstream ]
[ commit apply, but those which do are verbatim equal to those in the ]
[ upstream commit. ]
---
v4:
verbatim the same patch as for the 5.4 stable tree which patchwork didn't apply
lib/test_firmware.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/test_firmware.c b/lib/test_firmware.c
index 34210306ea66..d407e5e670f3 100644
--- a/lib/test_firmware.c
+++ b/lib/test_firmware.c
@@ -283,16 +283,26 @@ static ssize_t config_test_show_str(char *dst,
return len;
}
-static int test_dev_config_update_bool(const char *buf, size_t size,
- bool *cfg)
+static inline int __test_dev_config_update_bool(const char *buf, size_t size,
+ bool *cfg)
{
int ret;
- mutex_lock(&test_fw_mutex);
if (strtobool(buf, cfg) < 0)
ret = -EINVAL;
else
ret = size;
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static int test_dev_config_update_bool(const char *buf, size_t size,
+ bool *cfg)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ mutex_lock(&test_fw_mutex);
+ ret = __test_dev_config_update_bool(buf, size, cfg);
mutex_unlock(&test_fw_mutex);
return ret;
@@ -322,7 +332,7 @@ static ssize_t test_dev_config_show_int(char *buf, int cfg)
return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", val);
}
-static int test_dev_config_update_u8(const char *buf, size_t size, u8 *cfg)
+static inline int __test_dev_config_update_u8(const char *buf, size_t size, u8 *cfg)
{
int ret;
long new;
@@ -334,14 +344,23 @@ static int test_dev_config_update_u8(const char *buf, size_t size, u8 *cfg)
if (new > U8_MAX)
return -EINVAL;
- mutex_lock(&test_fw_mutex);
*(u8 *)cfg = new;
- mutex_unlock(&test_fw_mutex);
/* Always return full write size even if we didn't consume all */
return size;
}
+static int test_dev_config_update_u8(const char *buf, size_t size, u8 *cfg)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ mutex_lock(&test_fw_mutex);
+ ret = __test_dev_config_update_u8(buf, size, cfg);
+ mutex_unlock(&test_fw_mutex);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
static ssize_t test_dev_config_show_u8(char *buf, u8 cfg)
{
u8 val;
@@ -374,10 +393,10 @@ static ssize_t config_num_requests_store(struct device *dev,
mutex_unlock(&test_fw_mutex);
goto out;
}
- mutex_unlock(&test_fw_mutex);
- rc = test_dev_config_update_u8(buf, count,
- &test_fw_config->num_requests);
+ rc = __test_dev_config_update_u8(buf, count,
+ &test_fw_config->num_requests);
+ mutex_unlock(&test_fw_mutex);
out:
return rc;
--
2.34.1