linux-kernel - [PATCH net] net: lapbether: Prevent racing when checking whether the netif is running

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Message-Id: <20210311072311.2969-1-xie.he.0141@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 10 Mar 2021 23:23:09 -0800
From:   Xie He <xie.he.0141@...il.com>
To:     Martin Schiller <ms@....tdt.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, linux-x25@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Xie He <xie.he.0141@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: lapbether: Prevent racing when checking whether the netif is running

There are two "netif_running" checks in this driver. One is in
"lapbeth_xmit" and the other is in "lapbeth_rcv". They serve to make
sure that the LAPB APIs called in these functions are called before
"lapb_unregister" is called by the "ndo_stop" function.

However, these "netif_running" checks are unreliable, because it's
possible that immediately after "netif_running" returns true, "ndo_stop"
is called (which causes "lapb_unregister" to be called).

This patch adds locking to make sure "lapbeth_xmit" and "lapbeth_rcv" can
reliably check and ensure the netif is running while doing their work.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Xie He <xie.he.0141@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c b/drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c
index c3372498f4f1..8fda0446ff71 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ struct lapbethdev {
 	struct list_head	node;
 	struct net_device	*ethdev;	/* link to ethernet device */
 	struct net_device	*axdev;		/* lapbeth device (lapb#) */
+	bool			up;
+	spinlock_t		up_lock;	/* Protects "up" */
 };
 
 static LIST_HEAD(lapbeth_devices);
@@ -101,8 +103,9 @@ static int lapbeth_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packe
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	lapbeth = lapbeth_get_x25_dev(dev);
 	if (!lapbeth)
-		goto drop_unlock;
-	if (!netif_running(lapbeth->axdev))
+		goto drop_unlock_rcu;
+	spin_lock_bh(&lapbeth->up_lock);
+	if (!lapbeth->up)
 		goto drop_unlock;
 
 	len = skb->data[0] + skb->data[1] * 256;
@@ -117,11 +120,14 @@ static int lapbeth_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packe
 		goto drop_unlock;
 	}
 out:
+	spin_unlock_bh(&lapbeth->up_lock);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return 0;
 drop_unlock:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 	goto out;
+drop_unlock_rcu:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 drop:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 	return 0;
@@ -151,13 +157,11 @@ static int lapbeth_data_indication(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 static netdev_tx_t lapbeth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				      struct net_device *dev)
 {
+	struct lapbethdev *lapbeth = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int err;
 
-	/*
-	 * Just to be *really* sure not to send anything if the interface
-	 * is down, the ethernet device may have gone.
-	 */
-	if (!netif_running(dev))
+	spin_lock_bh(&lapbeth->up_lock);
+	if (!lapbeth->up)
 		goto drop;
 
 	/* There should be a pseudo header of 1 byte added by upper layers.
@@ -194,6 +198,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t lapbeth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto drop;
 	}
 out:
+	spin_unlock_bh(&lapbeth->up_lock);
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 drop:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
@@ -285,6 +290,7 @@ static const struct lapb_register_struct lapbeth_callbacks = {
  */
 static int lapbeth_open(struct net_device *dev)
 {
+	struct lapbethdev *lapbeth = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int err;
 
 	if ((err = lapb_register(dev, &lapbeth_callbacks)) != LAPB_OK) {
@@ -292,13 +298,22 @@ static int lapbeth_open(struct net_device *dev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
+	spin_lock_bh(&lapbeth->up_lock);
+	lapbeth->up = true;
+	spin_unlock_bh(&lapbeth->up_lock);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int lapbeth_close(struct net_device *dev)
 {
+	struct lapbethdev *lapbeth = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int err;
 
+	spin_lock_bh(&lapbeth->up_lock);
+	lapbeth->up = false;
+	spin_unlock_bh(&lapbeth->up_lock);
+
 	if ((err = lapb_unregister(dev)) != LAPB_OK)
 		pr_err("lapb_unregister error: %d\n", err);
 
@@ -356,6 +371,9 @@ static int lapbeth_new_device(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev_hold(dev);
 	lapbeth->ethdev = dev;
 
+	lapbeth->up = false;
+	spin_lock_init(&lapbeth->up_lock);
+
 	rc = -EIO;
 	if (register_netdevice(ndev))
 		goto fail;
-- 
2.27.0