This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
NFC: reorganize the functions in nci_request
to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
nfc-reorganize-the-functions-in-nci_request.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 9221de750a193d19858c271781a67023c4f31031
Author: Lin Ma <linma@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon Nov 15 22:56:00 2021 +0800
NFC: reorganize the functions in nci_request
[ Upstream commit 86cdf8e38792545161dbe3350a7eced558ba4d15 ]
There is a possible data race as shown below:
thread-A in nci_request() | thread-B in nci_close_device()
| mutex_lock(&ndev->req_lock);
test_bit(NCI_UP, &ndev->flags); |
... | test_and_clear_bit(NCI_UP, &ndev->flags)
mutex_lock(&ndev->req_lock); |
|
This race will allow __nci_request() to be awaked while the device is
getting removed.
Similar to commit e2cb6b891ad2 ("bluetooth: eliminate the potential race
condition when removing the HCI controller"). this patch alters the
function sequence in nci_request() to prevent the data races between the
nci_close_device().
Signed-off-by: Lin Ma <linma@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 6a2968aaf50c ("NFC: basic NCI protocol implementation")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211115145600.8320-1-linma@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/core.c b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
index 6a34a0a786eaa..1d0aa9e6044bf 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
@@ -144,12 +144,15 @@ inline int nci_request(struct nci_dev *ndev,
{
int rc;
- if (!test_bit(NCI_UP, &ndev->flags))
- return -ENETDOWN;
-
/* Serialize all requests */
mutex_lock(&ndev->req_lock);
- rc = __nci_request(ndev, req, opt, timeout);
+ /* check the state after obtaing the lock against any races
+ * from nci_close_device when the device gets removed.
+ */
+ if (test_bit(NCI_UP, &ndev->flags))
+ rc = __nci_request(ndev, req, opt, timeout);
+ else
+ rc = -ENETDOWN;
mutex_unlock(&ndev->req_lock);
return rc;
