2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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cancelling command
From: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx>
commit c0729eeefdcd76db338f635162bf0739fd2c5f6f upstream.
Éric Piel reported a kernel oops in the "comedi_test" module. It was a
NULL pointer dereference within `waveform_ai_interrupt()` (actually a
timer function) that sometimes occurred when a running asynchronous
command is cancelled (either by the `COMEDI_CANCEL` ioctl or by closing
the device file).
This seems to be a race between the caller of `waveform_ai_cancel()`
which on return from that function goes and tears down the running
command, and the timer function which uses the command. In particular,
`async->cmd.chanlist` gets freed (and the pointer set to NULL) by
`do_become_nonbusy()` in "comedi_fops.c" but a previously scheduled
`waveform_ai_interrupt()` timer function will dereference that pointer
regardless, leading to the oops.
Fix it by replacing the `del_timer()` call in `waveform_ai_cancel()`
with `del_timer_sync()`.
Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Éric Piel <piel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/comedi_test.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/comedi_test.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/comedi_test.c
index ef83a1a..7a1e2e8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/comedi_test.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/comedi_test.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static int waveform_ai_cancel(struct comedi_device *dev,
struct comedi_subdevice *s)
{
devpriv->timer_running = 0;
- del_timer(&devpriv->timer);
+ del_timer_sync(&devpriv->timer);
return 0;
}
--
1.7.12.2.21.g234cd45.dirty
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