linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.19 050/220] watchdog: core: fix null pointer dereference when releasing cdev

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Message-Id: <20191122100915.802441612@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Fri, 22 Nov 2019 11:26:55 +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,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
        Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.castro@...renesas.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.19 050/220] watchdog: core: fix null pointer dereference when releasing cdev

From: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>

[ Upstream commit 953b9dd7725bad55a922a35e75bff7bebf7b9978 ]

watchdog_stop() calls watchdog_update_worker() which needs a valid
wdd->wd_data pointer. So, when unregistering the cdev, clear the
pointers after we call watchdog_stop(), not before.

Fixes: bb292ac1c602 ("watchdog: Introduce watchdog_stop_on_unregister helper")
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
Reviewed-by: Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.castro@...renesas.com>
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
index ffbdc4642ea55..f6c24b22b37c0 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
@@ -1019,16 +1019,16 @@ static void watchdog_cdev_unregister(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
 		old_wd_data = NULL;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&wd_data->lock);
-	wd_data->wdd = NULL;
-	wdd->wd_data = NULL;
-	mutex_unlock(&wd_data->lock);
-
 	if (watchdog_active(wdd) &&
 	    test_bit(WDOG_STOP_ON_UNREGISTER, &wdd->status)) {
 		watchdog_stop(wdd);
 	}
 
+	mutex_lock(&wd_data->lock);
+	wd_data->wdd = NULL;
+	wdd->wd_data = NULL;
+	mutex_unlock(&wd_data->lock);
+
 	hrtimer_cancel(&wd_data->timer);
 	kthread_cancel_work_sync(&wd_data->work);
 
-- 
2.20.1