[PATCH] locking/mutex: add MUTEX_WARN_ON() into fast path

From: Yunhui Cui
Date: Sat Jan 25 2025 - 22:33:00 EST


Scenario: In platform_device_register, the driver misuses struct
device as platform_data, making kmemdup duplicate a device. Accessing
the duplicate may cause list corruption due to its mutex magic or list
holding old content.
It recurs randomly as the first mutex - getting process skips the slow
path and mutex check. Adding MUTEX_WARN_ON(lock->magic!= lock) in
__mutex_trylock_fast() makes it always happen.

Signed-off-by: Yunhui Cui <cuiyunhui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/locking/mutex.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
index b36f23de48f1..19b636f60a24 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ static __always_inline bool __mutex_trylock_fast(struct mutex *lock)
unsigned long curr = (unsigned long)current;
unsigned long zero = 0UL;

+ MUTEX_WARN_ON(lock->magic != lock);
+
if (atomic_long_try_cmpxchg_acquire(&lock->owner, &zero, curr))
return true;

--
2.39.2