There is no mutex protection for rpmsg_eptdev_open(), especially for eptdev->ept read and write operation. It may cause issues when multiple instances call rpmsg_eptdev_open() in parallel, Signed-off-by: Shengjiu Wang <shengjiu.wang@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c index b6183d4f62a2..4f2189111494 100644 --- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c @@ -120,8 +120,11 @@ static int rpmsg_eptdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = eptdev->rpdev; struct device *dev = &eptdev->dev; - if (eptdev->ept) + mutex_lock(&eptdev->ept_lock); + if (eptdev->ept) { + mutex_unlock(&eptdev->ept_lock); return -EBUSY; + } get_device(dev); @@ -137,11 +140,13 @@ static int rpmsg_eptdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) if (!ept) { dev_err(dev, "failed to open %s\n", eptdev->chinfo.name); put_device(dev); + mutex_unlock(&eptdev->ept_lock); return -EINVAL; } eptdev->ept = ept; filp->private_data = eptdev; + mutex_unlock(&eptdev->ept_lock); return 0; } -- 2.17.1