This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
HID: hidraw: fix data race on device refcount
to the 6.4-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:
hid-hidraw-fix-data-race-on-device-refcount.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 944ee77dc6ec7b0afd8ec70ffc418b238c92f12b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ludvig Michaelsson <ludvig.michaelsson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:17:43 +0200
Subject: HID: hidraw: fix data race on device refcount
From: Ludvig Michaelsson <ludvig.michaelsson@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 944ee77dc6ec7b0afd8ec70ffc418b238c92f12b upstream.
The hidraw_open() function increments the hidraw device reference
counter. The counter has no dedicated synchronization mechanism,
resulting in a potential data race when concurrently opening a device.
The race is a regression introduced by commit 8590222e4b02 ("HID:
hidraw: Replace hidraw device table mutex with a rwsem"). While
minors_rwsem is intended to protect the hidraw_table itself, by instead
acquiring the lock for writing, the reference counter is also protected.
This is symmetrical to hidraw_release().
Link: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/27947
Fixes: 8590222e4b02 ("HID: hidraw: Replace hidraw device table mutex with a rwsem")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ludvig Michaelsson <ludvig.michaelsson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230621-hidraw-race-v1-1-a58e6ac69bab@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hidraw.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
@@ -272,7 +272,12 @@ static int hidraw_open(struct inode *ino
goto out;
}
- down_read(&minors_rwsem);
+ /*
+ * Technically not writing to the hidraw_table but a write lock is
+ * required to protect the device refcount. This is symmetrical to
+ * hidraw_release().
+ */
+ down_write(&minors_rwsem);
if (!hidraw_table[minor] || !hidraw_table[minor]->exist) {
err = -ENODEV;
goto out_unlock;
@@ -301,7 +306,7 @@ static int hidraw_open(struct inode *ino
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hidraw_table[minor]->list_lock, flags);
file->private_data = list;
out_unlock:
- up_read(&minors_rwsem);
+ up_write(&minors_rwsem);
out:
if (err < 0)
kfree(list);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from ludvig.michaelsson@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-6.4/hid-hidraw-fix-data-race-on-device-refcount.patch
