linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 05/12] usb: otg-fsm: Fix hrtimer list corruption

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Fri, 9 Jul 2021 00:42:17 +0200
From:   Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
To:     Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
Cc:     Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
        Peter Chen <peter.chen@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Felipe Balbi <balbi@...nel.org>,
        David Heidelberg <david@...t.cz>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 05/12] usb: otg-fsm: Fix hrtimer list corruption

On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 05:23:58AM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
> The HNP work can be re-scheduled while it's still in-fly. This results in
> re-initialization of the busy work, resetting the hrtimer's list node of
> the work and crashing kernel with null dereference within kernel/timer
> once work's timer is expired. It's very easy to trigger this problem by
> re-plugging USB cable quickly. Initialize HNP work only once to fix this
> trouble.
[...]
> -	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&fsm->hnp_polling_work, otg_hnp_polling_work);
> +	if (!fsm->hnp_work_inited) {
> +		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&fsm->hnp_polling_work, otg_hnp_polling_work);
> +		fsm->hnp_work_inited = true;
> +	}
> +

Maybe you could just add an initialization function to be called by
users of otg_fsm? It seems that only chipidea driver uses this
struct currently.

Best Regards
Michał Mirosław