linux-kernel - [PATCH] nvmem: fix registration vs use race

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-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <E1pCdoY-0044aT-A5@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk>
Date:   Tue, 03 Jan 2023 09:42:34 +0000
From:   "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] nvmem: fix registration vs use race

The i.MX6 CPU frequency driver sometimes fails to register at boot time
due to nvmem_cell_read_u32() sporadically returning -ENOENT.

This happens because there is a window where __nvmem_device_get() in
of_nvmem_cell_get() is able to return the nvmem device, but as cells
have been setup, nvmem_find_cell_entry_by_node() returns NULL.

The occurs because the nvmem core registration code violates one of the
fundamental principles of kernel programming: do not publish data
structures before their setup is complete.

Fix this by making nvmem core code conform with this principle.

Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
---
 drivers/nvmem/core.c | 18 ++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index 321d7d63e068..6b89fb6fa582 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -835,22 +835,16 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
 	nvmem->dev.groups = nvmem_dev_groups;
 #endif
 
-	dev_dbg(&nvmem->dev, "Registering nvmem device %s\n", config->name);
-
-	rval = device_register(&nvmem->dev);
-	if (rval)
-		goto err_put_device;
-
 	if (nvmem->nkeepout) {
 		rval = nvmem_validate_keepouts(nvmem);
 		if (rval)
-			goto err_device_del;
+			goto err_put_device;
 	}
 
 	if (config->compat) {
 		rval = nvmem_sysfs_setup_compat(nvmem, config);
 		if (rval)
-			goto err_device_del;
+			goto err_put_device;
 	}
 
 	if (config->cells) {
@@ -867,6 +861,12 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
 	if (rval)
 		goto err_remove_cells;
 
+	dev_dbg(&nvmem->dev, "Registering nvmem device %s\n", config->name);
+
+	rval = device_register(&nvmem->dev);
+	if (rval)
+		goto err_remove_cells;
+
 	blocking_notifier_call_chain(&nvmem_notifier, NVMEM_ADD, nvmem);
 
 	return nvmem;
@@ -876,8 +876,6 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
 err_teardown_compat:
 	if (config->compat)
 		nvmem_sysfs_remove_compat(nvmem, config);
-err_device_del:
-	device_del(&nvmem->dev);
 err_put_device:
 	put_device(&nvmem->dev);
 
-- 
2.30.2