linux-kernel - [053/151] USB: Close usb_find

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Date:	Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:55:50 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Russ Dill <Russ.Dill@...il.com>
Subject: [053/151] USB: Close usb_find_interface race v3

2.6.32-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Russ Dill <Russ.Dill@...il.com>

commit c2d284ee04ab6f6718de2ddcf1b43160e046c41d upstream.

USB drivers that create character devices call usb_register_dev in their
probe function. This associates the usb_interface device with that minor
number and creates the character device and announces it to the world.
However, the driver's probe function is called before the new
usb_interface is added to the driver's klist_devices.

This is a problem because userspace will respond to the character device
creation announcement by opening the character device. The driver's open
function will the call usb_find_interface to find the usb_interface
associated with that minor number. usb_find_interface will walk the
driver's list of devices and find the usb_interface with the matching
minor number.

Because the announcement happens before the usb_interface is added to the
driver's klist_devices, a race condition exists. A straightforward fix
is to walk the list of devices on usb_bus_type instead since the device
is added to that list before the announcement occurs.

bus_find_device calls get_device to bump the reference count on the found
device. It is arguable that the reference count should be dropped by the
caller of usb_find_interface instead of usb_find_interface, however,
the current users of usb_find_interface do not expect this.

The original version of this patch only matched against minor number
instead of driver and minor number. This version matches against both.

Signed-off-by: Russ Dill <Russ.Dill@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/usb/core/usb.c |   31 ++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_altnum_to_altsetti

 struct find_interface_arg {
 	int minor;
-	struct usb_interface *interface;
+	struct device_driver *drv;
 };

 static int __find_interface(struct device *dev, void *data)
@@ -143,12 +143,10 @@ static int __find_interface(struct devic
 	if (!is_usb_interface(dev))
 		return 0;

+	if (dev->driver != arg->drv)
+		return 0;
 	intf = to_usb_interface(dev);
-	if (intf->minor != -1 && intf->minor == arg->minor) {
-		arg->interface = intf;
-		return 1;
-	}
-	return 0;
+	return intf->minor == arg->minor;
 }

 /**
@@ -156,21 +154,24 @@ static int __find_interface(struct devic
  * @drv: the driver whose current configuration is considered
  * @minor: the minor number of the desired device
  *
- * This walks the driver device list and returns a pointer to the interface
- * with the matching minor.  Note, this only works for devices that share the
- * USB major number.
+ * This walks the bus device list and returns a pointer to the interface
+ * with the matching minor and driver.  Note, this only works for devices
+ * that share the USB major number.
  */
 struct usb_interface *usb_find_interface(struct usb_driver *drv, int minor)
 {
 	struct find_interface_arg argb;
-	int retval;
+	struct device *dev;

 	argb.minor = minor;
-	argb.interface = NULL;
-	/* eat the error, it will be in argb.interface */
-	retval = driver_for_each_device(&drv->drvwrap.driver, NULL, &argb,
-					__find_interface);
-	return argb.interface;
+	argb.drv = &drv->drvwrap.driver;
+
+	dev = bus_find_device(&usb_bus_type, NULL, &argb, __find_interface);
+
+	/* Drop reference count from bus_find_device */
+	put_device(dev);
+
+	return dev ? to_usb_interface(dev) : NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_find_interface);

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