linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 060/149] crypto: api - Fix race condition in larval lookup

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Date:	Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:46:28 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Kees Cook" <keescook@...omium.org>,
	"Herbert Xu" <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 060/149] crypto: api - Fix race condition in larval lookup

3.2.52-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

commit 77dbd7a95e4a4f15264c333a9e9ab97ee27dc2aa upstream.

crypto_larval_lookup should only return a larval if it created one.
Any larval created by another entity must be processed through
crypto_larval_wait before being returned.

Otherwise this will lead to a larval being killed twice, which
will most likely lead to a crash.

Reported-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Tested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 crypto/api.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/crypto/api.c
+++ b/crypto/api.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_alg_sem);
 BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(crypto_chain);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_chain);
 
+static struct crypto_alg *crypto_larval_wait(struct crypto_alg *alg);
+
 static inline struct crypto_alg *crypto_alg_get(struct crypto_alg *alg)
 {
 	atomic_inc(&alg->cra_refcnt);
@@ -150,8 +152,11 @@ static struct crypto_alg *crypto_larval_
 	}
 	up_write(&crypto_alg_sem);
 
-	if (alg != &larval->alg)
+	if (alg != &larval->alg) {
 		kfree(larval);
+		if (crypto_is_larval(alg))
+			alg = crypto_larval_wait(alg);
+	}
 
 	return alg;
 }

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