This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled can: bcm: fix warning in bcm_connect/proc_register to the 4.4-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: can-bcm-fix-warning-in-bcm_connect-proc_register.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From deb507f91f1adbf64317ad24ac46c56eeccfb754 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 21:11:26 +0200 Subject: can: bcm: fix warning in bcm_connect/proc_register From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> commit deb507f91f1adbf64317ad24ac46c56eeccfb754 upstream. Andrey Konovalov reported an issue with proc_register in bcm.c. As suggested by Cong Wang this patch adds a lock_sock() protection and a check for unsuccessful proc_create_data() in bcm_connect(). Reference: http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=147732648731237 Reported-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/can/bcm.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) --- a/net/can/bcm.c +++ b/net/can/bcm.c @@ -1500,24 +1500,31 @@ static int bcm_connect(struct socket *so struct sockaddr_can *addr = (struct sockaddr_can *)uaddr; struct sock *sk = sock->sk; struct bcm_sock *bo = bcm_sk(sk); + int ret = 0; if (len < sizeof(*addr)) return -EINVAL; - if (bo->bound) - return -EISCONN; + lock_sock(sk); + + if (bo->bound) { + ret = -EISCONN; + goto fail; + } /* bind a device to this socket */ if (addr->can_ifindex) { struct net_device *dev; dev = dev_get_by_index(&init_net, addr->can_ifindex); - if (!dev) - return -ENODEV; - + if (!dev) { + ret = -ENODEV; + goto fail; + } if (dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN) { dev_put(dev); - return -ENODEV; + ret = -ENODEV; + goto fail; } bo->ifindex = dev->ifindex; @@ -1528,17 +1535,24 @@ static int bcm_connect(struct socket *so bo->ifindex = 0; } - bo->bound = 1; - if (proc_dir) { /* unique socket address as filename */ sprintf(bo->procname, "%lu", sock_i_ino(sk)); bo->bcm_proc_read = proc_create_data(bo->procname, 0644, proc_dir, &bcm_proc_fops, sk); + if (!bo->bcm_proc_read) { + ret = -ENOMEM; + goto fail; + } } - return 0; + bo->bound = 1; + +fail: + release_sock(sk); + + return ret; } static int bcm_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size, Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.4/can-bcm-fix-warning-in-bcm_connect-proc_register.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html