linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HID: hiddev: Fix race in in hiddev

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Date:   Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:47:31 +0100 (CET)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        syzbot <syzbot+784ccb935f9900cc7c9e@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
cc:     Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>, andreyknvl@...gle.com,
        syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: hiddev: Fix race in in hiddev_disconnect()

On Wed, 15 Jan 2020, Dan Carpenter wrote:

> Syzbot reports that "hiddev" is used after it's free in hiddev_disconnect().
> The hiddev_disconnect() function sets "hiddev->exist = 0;" so
> hiddev_release() can free it as soon as we drop the "existancelock"
> lock.  This patch moves the mutex_unlock(&hiddev->existancelock) until
> after we have finished using it.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+784ccb935f9900cc7c9e@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Fixes: 7f77897ef2b6 ("HID: hiddev: fix potential use-after-free")
> Suggested-by: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

Applied to for-5.6/upstream-fixes. Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs