linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 051/159] ANDROID: binder: synchronize

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Message-Id: <20180223170749.735086588@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Fri, 23 Feb 2018 19:25:59 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        syzbot+a2a3c4909716e271487e@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
        Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 051/159] ANDROID: binder: synchronize_rcu() when using POLLFREE.

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

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

From: Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>

commit 5eeb2ca02a2f6084fc57ae5c244a38baab07033a upstream.

To prevent races with ep_remove_waitqueue() removing the
waitqueue at the same time.

Reported-by: syzbot+a2a3c4909716e271487e@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>
Cc: stable <stable@...r.kernel.org> # 4.14+
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/android/binder.c |    9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
@@ -4322,6 +4322,15 @@ static int binder_thread_release(struct
 
 	binder_inner_proc_unlock(thread->proc);
 
+	/*
+	 * This is needed to avoid races between wake_up_poll() above and
+	 * and ep_remove_waitqueue() called for other reasons (eg the epoll file
+	 * descriptor being closed); ep_remove_waitqueue() holds an RCU read
+	 * lock, so we can be sure it's done after calling synchronize_rcu().
+	 */
+	if (thread->looper & BINDER_LOOPER_STATE_POLL)
+		synchronize_rcu();
+
 	if (send_reply)
 		binder_send_failed_reply(send_reply, BR_DEAD_REPLY);
 	binder_release_work(proc, &thread->todo);