linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 020/185] mtd: fix: avoid race condition when accessing mtd->usecount

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:10:15 +0100
From:	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 020/185] mtd: fix: avoid race condition when accessing mtd->usecount

3.16.7-ckt15 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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

From: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>

commit 073db4a51ee43ccb827f54a4261c0583b028d5ab upstream.

On A MIPS 32-cores machine a BUG_ON was triggered because some acesses to
mtd->usecount were done without taking mtd_table_mutex.
kernel: Call Trace:
kernel: [<ffffffff80401818>] __put_mtd_device+0x20/0x50
kernel: [<ffffffff804086f4>] blktrans_release+0x8c/0xd8
kernel: [<ffffffff802577e0>] __blkdev_put+0x1a8/0x200
kernel: [<ffffffff802579a4>] blkdev_close+0x1c/0x30
kernel: [<ffffffff8022006c>] __fput+0xac/0x250
kernel: [<ffffffff80171208>] task_work_run+0xd8/0x120
kernel: [<ffffffff8012c23c>] work_notifysig+0x10/0x18
kernel:
kernel:
        Code: 2442ffff  ac8202d8  000217fe <00020336> dc820128  10400003
               00000000  0040f809  00000000
kernel: ---[ end trace 080fbb4579b47a73 ]---

Fixed by taking the mutex in blktrans_open and blktrans_release.

Note that this locking is already suggested in
include/linux/mtd/blktrans.h:

struct mtd_blktrans_ops {
...
	/* Called with mtd_table_mutex held; no race with add/remove */
	int (*open)(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev);
	void (*release)(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev);
...
};

But we weren't following it.

Originally reported by (and patched by) Zhang and Giuseppe,
independently. Improved and rewritten.

Reported-by: Zhang Xingcai <zhangxingcai@...wei.com>
Reported-by: Giuseppe Cantavenera <giuseppe.cantavenera.ext@...ia.com>
Tested-by: Giuseppe Cantavenera <giuseppe.cantavenera.ext@...ia.com>
Acked-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com>
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
index 43e30992a369..7266a318628c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ static int blktrans_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
 		return -ERESTARTSYS; /* FIXME: busy loop! -arnd*/
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
+	mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex);
 
 	if (dev->open)
 		goto unlock;
@@ -223,6 +224,7 @@ static int blktrans_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
 
 unlock:
 	dev->open++;
+	mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex);
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
 	blktrans_dev_put(dev);
 	return ret;
@@ -233,6 +235,7 @@ error_release:
 error_put:
 	module_put(dev->tr->owner);
 	kref_put(&dev->ref, blktrans_dev_release);
+	mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex);
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
 	blktrans_dev_put(dev);
 	return ret;
@@ -246,6 +249,7 @@ static void blktrans_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
 		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
+	mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex);
 
 	if (--dev->open)
 		goto unlock;
@@ -259,6 +263,7 @@ static void blktrans_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
 		__put_mtd_device(dev->mtd);
 	}
 unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex);
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
 	blktrans_dev_put(dev);
 }
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