This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled mISDN: hfcpci: Fix potential deadlock on &hc->lock 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: misdn-hfcpci-fix-potential-deadlock-on-hc-lock.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. commit 817526c3b4bcb3489d097635781f450bc77b51f5 Author: Chengfeng Ye <dg573847474@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Jul 27 08:56:19 2023 +0000 mISDN: hfcpci: Fix potential deadlock on &hc->lock [ Upstream commit 56c6be35fcbed54279df0a2c9e60480a61841d6f ] As &hc->lock is acquired by both timer _hfcpci_softirq() and hardirq hfcpci_int(), the timer should disable irq before lock acquisition otherwise deadlock could happen if the timmer is preemtped by the hadr irq. Possible deadlock scenario: hfcpci_softirq() (timer) -> _hfcpci_softirq() -> spin_lock(&hc->lock); <irq interruption> -> hfcpci_int() -> spin_lock(&hc->lock); (deadlock here) This flaw was found by an experimental static analysis tool I am developing for irq-related deadlock. The tentative patch fixes the potential deadlock by spin_lock_irq() in timer. Fixes: b36b654a7e82 ("mISDN: Create /sys/class/mISDN") Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <dg573847474@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230727085619.7419-1-dg573847474@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcpci.c b/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcpci.c index c0331b2680108..fe391de1aba32 100644 --- a/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcpci.c +++ b/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcpci.c @@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ hfcpci_fill_fifo(struct bchannel *bch) *z1t = cpu_to_le16(new_z1); /* now send data */ if (bch->tx_idx < bch->tx_skb->len) return; - dev_kfree_skb(bch->tx_skb); + dev_kfree_skb_any(bch->tx_skb); if (get_next_bframe(bch)) goto next_t_frame; return; @@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ hfcpci_fill_fifo(struct bchannel *bch) } bz->za[new_f1].z1 = cpu_to_le16(new_z1); /* for next buffer */ bz->f1 = new_f1; /* next frame */ - dev_kfree_skb(bch->tx_skb); + dev_kfree_skb_any(bch->tx_skb); get_next_bframe(bch); } @@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ tx_birq(struct bchannel *bch) if (bch->tx_skb && bch->tx_idx < bch->tx_skb->len) hfcpci_fill_fifo(bch); else { - dev_kfree_skb(bch->tx_skb); + dev_kfree_skb_any(bch->tx_skb); if (get_next_bframe(bch)) hfcpci_fill_fifo(bch); } @@ -2277,7 +2277,7 @@ _hfcpci_softirq(struct device *dev, void *unused) return 0; if (hc->hw.int_m2 & HFCPCI_IRQ_ENABLE) { - spin_lock(&hc->lock); + spin_lock_irq(&hc->lock); bch = Sel_BCS(hc, hc->hw.bswapped ? 2 : 1); if (bch && bch->state == ISDN_P_B_RAW) { /* B1 rx&tx */ main_rec_hfcpci(bch); @@ -2288,7 +2288,7 @@ _hfcpci_softirq(struct device *dev, void *unused) main_rec_hfcpci(bch); tx_birq(bch); } - spin_unlock(&hc->lock); + spin_unlock_irq(&hc->lock); } return 0; }