This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled tty: n_gsm: fix race condition in gsmld_write() to the 4.14-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: tty-n_gsm-fix-race-condition-in-gsmld_write.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 5404a3df4c08474d9d31fc55a32a49d991a3201b Author: Daniel Starke <daniel.starke@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri Jul 1 08:16:52 2022 +0200 tty: n_gsm: fix race condition in gsmld_write() [ Upstream commit 32dd59f96924f45e33bc79854f7a00679c0fa28e ] The function may be used by the user directly and also by the n_gsm internal functions. They can lead into a race condition which results in interleaved frames if both are writing at the same time. The receiving side is not able to decode those interleaved frames correctly. Add a lock around the low side tty write to avoid race conditions and frame interleaving between user originated writes and n_gsm writes. Fixes: e1eaea46bb40 ("tty: n_gsm line discipline") Signed-off-by: Daniel Starke <daniel.starke@xxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220701061652.39604-9-daniel.starke@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c index 62af08e5caa5..18878ab707af 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c +++ b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c @@ -2533,11 +2533,24 @@ static ssize_t gsmld_read(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file, static ssize_t gsmld_write(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file, const unsigned char *buf, size_t nr) { - int space = tty_write_room(tty); + struct gsm_mux *gsm = tty->disc_data; + unsigned long flags; + int space; + int ret; + + if (!gsm) + return -ENODEV; + + ret = -ENOBUFS; + spin_lock_irqsave(&gsm->tx_lock, flags); + space = tty_write_room(tty); if (space >= nr) - return tty->ops->write(tty, buf, nr); - set_bit(TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP, &tty->flags); - return -ENOBUFS; + ret = tty->ops->write(tty, buf, nr); + else + set_bit(TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP, &tty->flags); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&gsm->tx_lock, flags); + + return ret; } /**