linux-kernel - [PATCH] tpm: fix a race between poll and write in tpm-dev-common

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Date:   Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:18:16 -0700
From:   Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>
To:     jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com
Cc:     grawity@...il.com, James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        tadeusz.struk@...el.com
Subject: [PATCH] tpm: fix a race between poll and write in tpm-dev-common

Since the poll returns EPOLLIN base on the state of two
variables, the response_read being false and the
response_length > 0 the poll needs to take the buffer_mutex
after it is woken up.

Fixes: 9488585b21bef0df12 ("tpm: add support for partial reads")
Reported-by: Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>
---
 drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c
index 5eecad233ea1..61e458d6f652 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c
@@ -203,12 +203,14 @@ __poll_t tpm_common_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 	__poll_t mask = 0;
 
 	poll_wait(file, &priv->async_wait, wait);
+	mutex_lock(&priv->buffer_mutex);
 
 	if (!priv->response_read || priv->response_length)
 		mask = EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
 	else
 		mask = EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM;
 
+	mutex_unlock(&priv->buffer_mutex);
 	return mask;
 }