linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 131/183] locking/rtmutex: Avoid a NULL pointer dereference on deadlock

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Date:	Fri,  6 Mar 2015 09:57:02 +0000
From:	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 131/183] locking/rtmutex: Avoid a NULL pointer dereference on deadlock

3.16.7-ckt8 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>

commit 8d1e5a1a1ccf5ae9d8a5a0ee7960202ccb0c5429 upstream.

With task_blocks_on_rt_mutex() returning early -EDEADLK we never
add the waiter to the waitqueue. Later, we try to remove it via
remove_waiter() and go boom in rt_mutex_top_waiter() because
rb_entry() gives a NULL pointer.

( Tested on v3.18-RT where rtmutex is used for regular mutex and I
  tried to get one twice in a row. )

Not sure when this started but I guess 397335f004f4 ("rtmutex: Fix
deadlock detector for real") or commit 3d5c9340d194 ("rtmutex:
Handle deadlock detection smarter").

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1424187823-19600-1-git-send-email-bigeasy@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
[ luis: backported to 3.16: adjusted context ]
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
---
 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
index fc605941b9b8..f9878d16b80b 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -936,7 +936,8 @@ rt_mutex_slowlock(struct rt_mutex *lock, int state,
 	set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 
 	if (unlikely(ret)) {
-		remove_waiter(lock, &waiter);
+		if (rt_mutex_has_waiters(lock))
+			remove_waiter(lock, &waiter);
 		rt_mutex_handle_deadlock(ret, detect_deadlock, &waiter);
 	}
 
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