linux-kernel - [PATCH] [media] dvb_demux: fix deadlock in dmx_section_feed_release

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Date:	Sat, 17 Aug 2013 23:48:51 +0300
From:	Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>
To:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@...sung.com>
Cc:	Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	ldv-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: [PATCH] [media] dvb_demux: fix deadlock in dmx_section_feed_release_filter()

dmx_section_feed_release_filter() locks dvbdmx->mutex and
if the feed is still filtering, it calls feed->stop_filtering(feed).
stop_filtering() is implemented by dmx_section_feed_stop_filtering()
that first of all try to lock the same mutex: dvbdmx->mutex.
That leads to a deadlock.

It does not happen often in practice because all callers of
release_filter() stop filtering by themselves.
So the problem can happen in case of race condition only.

The patch proposes to unlock dvbdmx->mutex before call feed->stop_filtering(feed)
and recheck feed->is_filtering after reacquiring mutex.

Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>
---
 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c
index 3485655..9d517af 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c
@@ -1027,8 +1027,11 @@ static int dmx_section_feed_release_filter(struct dmx_section_feed *feed,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}

-	if (feed->is_filtering)
+	while (feed->is_filtering) {
+		mutex_unlock(&dvbdmx->mutex);
 		feed->stop_filtering(feed);
+		mutex_lock(&dvbdmx->mutex);
+	}

 	spin_lock_irq(&dvbdmx->lock);
 	f = dvbdmxfeed->filter;
-- 
1.8.1.2

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