Re: possible deadlock in shmem_file_llseek

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#syz test: https://github.com/joelagnel/linux.git test-ashmem

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>From 55dd7e77e0e46af101ef2195d618d5f56af1023d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:45:04 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] ashmem: Fix lockdep issue during llseek

ashmem_mutex create a chain of dependencies like so:

(1)
mmap syscall ->
  mmap_sem ->  (acquired)
  ashmem_mmap
  ashmem_mutex (try to acquire)
  (block)

(2)
llseek syscall ->
  ashmem_llseek ->
  ashmem_mutex ->  (acquired)
  inode_lock ->
  inode->i_rwsem (try to acquire)
  (block)

(3)
getdents ->
  iterate_dir ->
  inode_lock ->
  inode->i_rwsem   (acquired)
  copy_to_user ->
  mmap_sem         (try to acquire)

There is a lock ordering created between mmap_sem and inode->i_rwsem
during a syzcaller test, this patch fixes the issue by releasing the
ashmem_mutex before the call the vfs_llseek, and reacquiring it after.

Reported-by: syzbot+8ec30bb7bf1a981a2012@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
index 0f695df14c9d..248983cf2db1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
@@ -343,7 +343,9 @@ static loff_t ashmem_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	mutex_unlock(&ashmem_mutex);
 	ret = vfs_llseek(asma->file, offset, origin);
+	mutex_lock(&ashmem_mutex);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
 
-- 
2.16.0.rc1.238.g530d649a79-goog


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