The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From f4e8708d3104437fd7716e957f38c265b0c509ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raghava Aditya Renukunta <RaghavaAditya.Renukunta@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 20:34:22 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] scsi: aacraid: Fix udev inquiry race condition
When udev requests for a devices inquiry string, it might create multiple
threads causing a race condition on the shared inquiry resource string.
Created a buffer with the string for each thread.
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 3bc8070fb75b3315 ([SCSI] aacraid: SMC vendor identification)
Signed-off-by: Raghava Aditya Renukunta <RaghavaAditya.Renukunta@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aachba.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aachba.c
index af3e4d3f9735..548a3e73f10a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aachba.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aachba.c
@@ -913,8 +913,16 @@ static void setinqstr(struct aac_dev *dev, void *data, int tindex)
memset(str, ' ', sizeof(*str));
if (sup_adap_info->adapter_type_text[0]) {
- char *cp = sup_adap_info->adapter_type_text;
int c;
+ char *cp;
+ char *cname = kmemdup(sup_adap_info->adapter_type_text,
+ sizeof(sup_adap_info->adapter_type_text),
+ GFP_ATOMIC);
+
+ if (!cname)
+ return;
+
+ cp = cname;
if ((cp[0] == 'A') && (cp[1] == 'O') && (cp[2] == 'C'))
inqstrcpy("SMC", str->vid);
else {
@@ -923,7 +931,7 @@ static void setinqstr(struct aac_dev *dev, void *data, int tindex)
++cp;
c = *cp;
*cp = '\0';
- inqstrcpy(sup_adap_info->adapter_type_text, str->vid);
+ inqstrcpy(cname, str->vid);
*cp = c;
while (*cp && *cp != ' ')
++cp;
@@ -937,8 +945,8 @@ static void setinqstr(struct aac_dev *dev, void *data, int tindex)
cp[sizeof(str->pid)] = '\0';
}
inqstrcpy (cp, str->pid);
- if (c)
- cp[sizeof(str->pid)] = c;
+
+ kfree(cname);
} else {
struct aac_driver_ident *mp = aac_get_driver_ident(dev->cardtype);