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Message-ID: <CABBYNZKPv_0AaJJm2_c0F+4qX_vKXQ9BnVgR-kPy40YsDDqSRQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 11:56:31 -0700
From: Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@...il.com>
To: Ying Hsu <yinghsu@...omium.org>
Cc: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>, linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org, 
	chromeos-bluetooth-upstreaming@...omium.org, 
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@...il.com>, 
	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Bluetooth: Fix l2cap_disconnect_req deadlock

Hi Ying,

On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 3:54 AM Ying Hsu <yinghsu@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Simon,
>
> I understand your concern about the repeated code.
> However, simply hiding the locking logic in another function
> introduces hidden assumptions.
> For this patch, I would like to fix the deadlock in a simple and easy
> to understand way.
> We can always refactor the l2cap_chan utility functions later.
>
> Hi Luis,
>
> I'll add a fixes tag in the next version.

And how about doing this:

https://gist.github.com/Vudentz/e513859ecb31e79c947dfcb4b5c60453

> Best regards,
> Ying
>
>
> On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 3:06 AM Luiz Augusto von Dentz
> <luiz.dentz@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Simon, Ying,
> >
> > On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 3:04 AM Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 11:41:51PM +0000, Ying Hsu wrote:
> > > > L2CAP assumes that the locks conn->chan_lock and chan->lock are
> > > > acquired in the order conn->chan_lock, chan->lock to avoid
> > > > potential deadlock.
> > > > For example, l2sock_shutdown acquires these locks in the order:
> > > >   mutex_lock(&conn->chan_lock)
> > > >   l2cap_chan_lock(chan)
> > > >
> > > > However, l2cap_disconnect_req acquires chan->lock in
> > > > l2cap_get_chan_by_scid first and then acquires conn->chan_lock
> > > > before calling l2cap_chan_del. This means that these locks are
> > > > acquired in unexpected order, which leads to potential deadlock:
> > > >   l2cap_chan_lock(c)
> > > >   mutex_lock(&conn->chan_lock)
> > > >
> > > > This patch uses __l2cap_get_chan_by_scid to replace
> > > > l2cap_get_chan_by_scid and adjusts the locking order to avoid the
> > > > potential deadlock.
> >
> > This needs the fixes tag so we can backport it properly.
> >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Ying Hsu <yinghsu@...omium.org>
> > > > ---
> > > > This commit has been tested on a Chromebook device.
> > > >
> > > > Changes in v2:
> > > > - Adding the prefix "Bluetooth:" to subject line.
> > > >
> > > >  net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
> > > >  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
> > > > index 376b523c7b26..8f08192b8fb1 100644
> > > > --- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
> > > > +++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
> > > > @@ -4651,8 +4651,16 @@ static inline int l2cap_disconnect_req(struct l2cap_conn *conn,
> > > >
> > > >       BT_DBG("scid 0x%4.4x dcid 0x%4.4x", scid, dcid);
> > > >
> > > > -     chan = l2cap_get_chan_by_scid(conn, dcid);
> > > > +     mutex_lock(&conn->chan_lock);
> > > > +     chan = __l2cap_get_chan_by_scid(conn, dcid);
> > > > +     if (chan) {
> > > > +             chan = l2cap_chan_hold_unless_zero(chan);
> > > > +             if (chan)
> > > > +                     l2cap_chan_lock(chan);
> > > > +     }
> > > > +
> > > >       if (!chan) {
> > > > +             mutex_unlock(&conn->chan_lock);
> > > >               cmd_reject_invalid_cid(conn, cmd->ident, dcid, scid);
> > > >               return 0;
> > > >       }
> > >
> > > Hi Ying,
> > >
> > > The conditional setting of chan and calling l2cap_chan_lock()
> > > is both non-trivial and repeated. It seems that it ought to be
> > > in a helper.
> > >
> > > Something like this (I'm sure a better function name can be chosen):
> > >
> > >         chan = __l2cap_get_and_lock_chan_by_scid(conn, dcid);
> > >         if (!chan) {
> > >                 ...
> > >         }
> > >
> > >         ...
> >
> > Or perhaps we could do something like l2cap_del_chan_by_scid:
> >
> > https://gist.github.com/Vudentz/e513859ecb31e79c947dfcb4b5c60453
> >
> > --
> > Luiz Augusto von Dentz



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Luiz Augusto von Dentz