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Message-ID: <69b4cd22-3a02-4d5c-a110-152b8ba8200b@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:59:22 +0200
From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
To: Yewon Choi <woni9911@...il.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
"D. Starke" <daniel.starke@...mens.com>
Cc: "Dae R. Jeong" <threeearcat@...il.com>,
syzbot+6e3e8f30f269f5028e5d@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: tty: n_gsm: race condition in gsmld_ioctl
Hello & thanks.
To: Daniel
On 16. 04. 24, 12:57, Yewon Choi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> memory leak in gsmld_ioctl was reported by syzbot, and this issue seems to be
> raised from race condition involving gsm->dlci[addr].
>
> https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=6e3e8f30f269f5028e5d
>
> When dlci object is checked and initialized in gsmld_ioctl(), it may be
> assigned multiple times because there is no lock which guards entering
> the critical section in gsm_dlci_alloc() from multiple threads.
>
> For example, when multiple ioctl() are called concurrently, the following
> scenario is possible:
>
> Thread 0 Thread 1
> ioctl(GSMIOC_SETCONF_DLCI) ioctl(GSMIOC_GETCONF_DLCI)
>
> gsmld_ioctl(): gsmld_ioctl():
> dlci = gsm->dlci[addr];
> dlci = gsm->dlci[addr];
> if (!dlci) {
> gsm_dlci_alloc(gsm, addr):
> ...
> gsm->dlci[addr] = dlci;
> if (!dlci) {
> gsm_dlci_alloc(gsm, addr):
> ...
> // overwritten & memory leak
> gsm->dlci[addr] = dlci;
>
>
> We think either (1) gsm_dlci_alloc() should hold a lock(mutex) and do
> internal check about whether gsm->dlci[addr] is NUll or not, OR
> (2) all callers of gsm_dlci_alloc() should hold gsm->mutex and check
> whether gsm->dlci[addr] is NUll or not (like gsmtty_install()).
>
> Could you check this? If it makes sense, we will write a patch following
> one of the suggestions.
>
> Best Regards,
> Yewon Choi
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