Re: [PATCH 1/4] usbip: add sysfs_lock to synchronize sysfs code paths

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On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 03:43:45PM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 4/16/21 2:53 PM, Tom Seewald wrote:
> > From: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > commit 4e9c93af7279b059faf5bb1897ee90512b258a12 upstream.
> > 
> > Fuzzing uncovered race condition between sysfs code paths in usbip
> > drivers. Device connect/disconnect code paths initiated through
> > sysfs interface are prone to races if disconnect happens during
> > connect and vice versa.
> > 
> > This problem is common to all drivers while it can be reproduced easily
> > in vhci_hcd. Add a sysfs_lock to usbip_device struct to protect the paths.
> > 
> > Use this in vhci_hcd to protect sysfs paths. For a complete fix, usip_host
> > and usip-vudc drivers and the event handler will have to use this lock to
> > protect the paths. These changes will be done in subsequent patches.
> > 
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.9.x
> > Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+a93fba6d384346a761e3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/b6568f7beae702bbc236a545d3c020106ca75eac.1616807117.git.skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Tom Seewald <tseewald@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.h |  3 +++
> >   drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c     |  1 +
> >   drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_sysfs.c   | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >   3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
> Thank you for the backport.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Greg, please pick this up for 4.9.x

Also for 4.14.y, right?



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