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[1/2] usbnet: increase URB reference count before usb_unlink_urb

Message ID 1332422538-6597-1-git-send-email-tom.leiming@gmail.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Ming Lei March 22, 2012, 1:22 p.m. UTC
Commit 4231d47e6fe69f061f96c98c30eaf9fb4c14b96d(net/usbnet: avoid
recursive locking in usbnet_stop()) fixes the recursive locking
problem by releasing the skb queue lock, but it makes usb_unlink_urb
racing with defer_bh, and the URB to being unlinked may be freed before
or during calling usb_unlink_urb, so use-after-free problem may be
triggerd inside usb_unlink_urb.

The patch fixes the use-after-free problem by increasing URB
reference count with skb queue lock held before calling
usb_unlink_urb, so the URB won't be freed until return from
usb_unlink_urb.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c |    9 +++++++++
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Comments

gregkh@linuxfoundation.org March 22, 2012, 2:35 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 09:22:18PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> Commit 4231d47e6fe69f061f96c98c30eaf9fb4c14b96d(net/usbnet: avoid
> recursive locking in usbnet_stop()) fixes the recursive locking
> problem by releasing the skb queue lock, but it makes usb_unlink_urb
> racing with defer_bh, and the URB to being unlinked may be freed before
> or during calling usb_unlink_urb, so use-after-free problem may be
> triggerd inside usb_unlink_urb.
> 
> The patch fixes the use-after-free problem by increasing URB
> reference count with skb queue lock held before calling
> usb_unlink_urb, so the URB won't be freed until return from
> usb_unlink_urb.
> 
> Cc: stable@kernel.org
> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
> Cc: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
> Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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David Miller March 22, 2012, 11:33 p.m. UTC | #2
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:35:53 -0700

> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 09:22:18PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
>> Commit 4231d47e6fe69f061f96c98c30eaf9fb4c14b96d(net/usbnet: avoid
>> recursive locking in usbnet_stop()) fixes the recursive locking
>> problem by releasing the skb queue lock, but it makes usb_unlink_urb
>> racing with defer_bh, and the URB to being unlinked may be freed before
>> or during calling usb_unlink_urb, so use-after-free problem may be
>> triggerd inside usb_unlink_urb.
>> 
>> The patch fixes the use-after-free problem by increasing URB
>> reference count with skb queue lock held before calling
>> usb_unlink_urb, so the URB won't be freed until return from
>> usb_unlink_urb.
>> 
>> Cc: stable@kernel.org
>> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
>> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
>> Cc: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
>> Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

Applied.
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 4b8b52c..febfdce 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -589,6 +589,14 @@  static int unlink_urbs (struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff_head *q)
 		entry = (struct skb_data *) skb->cb;
 		urb = entry->urb;
 
+		/*
+		 * Get reference count of the URB to avoid it to be
+		 * freed during usb_unlink_urb, which may trigger
+		 * use-after-free problem inside usb_unlink_urb since
+		 * usb_unlink_urb is always racing with .complete
+		 * handler(include defer_bh).
+		 */
+		usb_get_urb(urb);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags);
 		// during some PM-driven resume scenarios,
 		// these (async) unlinks complete immediately
@@ -597,6 +605,7 @@  static int unlink_urbs (struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff_head *q)
 			netdev_dbg(dev->net, "unlink urb err, %d\n", retval);
 		else
 			count++;
+		usb_put_urb(urb);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&q->lock, flags);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore (&q->lock, flags);