linux-kernel - [31/87] IB/cm: Bump reference count on cm

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Message-Id: <20110321230712.370561917@clark.kroah.org>
Date:	Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:06:30 -0700
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,
	Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
	Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
	Roland Dreier <roland@...estorage.com>
Subject: [31/87] IB/cm: Bump reference count on cm_id before invoking callback

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

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

From: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>

commit 29963437a48475036353b95ab142bf199adb909e upstream.

When processing a SIDR REQ, the ib_cm allocates a new cm_id.  The
refcount of the cm_id is initialized to 1.  However, cm_process_work
will decrement the refcount after invoking all callbacks.  The result
is that the cm_id will end up with refcount set to 0 by the end of the
sidr req handler.

If a user tries to destroy the cm_id, the destruction will proceed,
under the incorrect assumption that no other threads are referencing
the cm_id.  This can lead to a crash when the cm callback thread tries
to access the cm_id.

This problem was noticed as part of a larger investigation with kernel
crashes in the rdma_cm when running on a real time OS.

Signed-off-by: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>
Acked-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <roland@...estorage.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c
@@ -2989,6 +2989,7 @@ static int cm_sidr_req_handler(struct cm
 		goto out; /* No match. */
 	}
 	atomic_inc(&cur_cm_id_priv->refcount);
+	atomic_inc(&cm_id_priv->refcount);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&cm.lock);

 	cm_id_priv->id.cm_handler = cur_cm_id_priv->id.cm_handler;

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