linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.8 49/81] dma: ste_dma40: don't dereference free:d descriptor

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Message-Id: <1395767794-5012-50-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com>
Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2014 10:16:02 -0700
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.8 49/81] dma: ste_dma40: don't dereference free:d descriptor

3.8.13.20 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

commit e9baa9d9d520fb0e24cca671e430689de2d4a4b2 upstream.

It appears that in the DMA40 driver the DMA tasklet will very
often dereference memory for a descriptor just free:d from the
DMA40 slab. Nothing happens because no other part of the driver
has yet had a chance to claim this memory, but it's really
nasty to dereference free:d memory, so let's check the flag
before the descriptor is free and store it in a bool variable.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
index 17459ad..da6426e 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
@@ -1410,6 +1410,7 @@ static void dma_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 	struct d40_chan *d40c = (struct d40_chan *) data;
 	struct d40_desc *d40d;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	bool callback_active;
 	dma_async_tx_callback callback;
 	void *callback_param;
 
@@ -1433,6 +1434,7 @@ static void dma_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 	}
 
 	/* Callback to client */
+	callback_active = !!(d40d->txd.flags & DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT);
 	callback = d40d->txd.callback;
 	callback_param = d40d->txd.callback_param;
 
@@ -1457,7 +1459,7 @@ static void dma_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d40c->lock, flags);
 
-	if (callback && (d40d->txd.flags & DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT))
+	if (callback_active && callback)
 		callback(callback_param);
 
 	return;
-- 
1.8.3.2

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