@@ -1081,17 +1081,6 @@ static unsigned int rfkill_fop_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
return res;
}
-static bool rfkill_readable(struct rfkill_data *data)
-{
- bool r;
-
- mutex_lock(&data->mtx);
- r = !list_empty(&data->events);
- mutex_unlock(&data->mtx);
-
- return r;
-}
-
static ssize_t rfkill_fop_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
size_t count, loff_t *pos)
{
@@ -1108,8 +1097,11 @@ static ssize_t rfkill_fop_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
goto out;
}
mutex_unlock(&data->mtx);
+ /* since we re-check and it just compares pointers,
+ * using !list_empty() without locking isn't a problem
+ */
ret = wait_event_interruptible(data->read_wait,
- rfkill_readable(data));
+ !list_empty(&data->events));
mutex_lock(&data->mtx);
if (ret)
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled rfkill: fix rfkill_fop_read wait_event usage to the linux-3.16.y-queue branch of the 3.16.y-ckt extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-3.16.y-queue This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.16.7-ckt25. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.16.y-ckt tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Luis ---8<------------------------------------------------------------ From 61f0fc48ee4f6ce4262bf898dc0dcb2257c4e19a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:29:03 +0100 Subject: rfkill: fix rfkill_fop_read wait_event usage commit 6736fde9672ff6717ac576e9bba2fd5f3dfec822 upstream. The code within wait_event_interruptible() is called with !TASK_RUNNING, so mustn't call any functions that can sleep, like mutex_lock(). Since we re-check the list_empty() in a loop after the wait, it's safe to simply use list_empty() without locking. This bug has existed forever, but was only discovered now because all userspace implementations, including the default 'rfkill' tool, use poll() or select() to get a readable fd before attempting to read. Fixes: c64fb01627e24 ("rfkill: create useful userspace interface") Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> --- net/rfkill/core.c | 16 ++++------------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)