From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> commit 97d917879d7f92df09c3f21fd54609a8bcd654b2 upstream. We took sound_oss_mutex around the calls of unregister_sound_special() at unregistering OSS devices. This may, however, lead to a deadlock, because we manage the card release via the card's device object, and the release may happen at unregister_sound_special() call -- which will take sound_oss_mutex again in turn. Although the deadlock might be fixed by relaxing the rawmidi mutex in the previous commit, it's safer to move unregister_sound_special() calls themselves out of the sound_oss_mutex, too. The call is race-safe as the function has a spinlock protection by itself. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAB7eexJP7w1B0mVgDF0dQ+gWor7UdkiwPczmL7pn91xx8xpzOA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221011070147.7611-2-tiwai@xxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/core/sound_oss.c | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/sound/core/sound_oss.c +++ b/sound/core/sound_oss.c @@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ int snd_unregister_oss_device(int type, mutex_unlock(&sound_oss_mutex); return -ENOENT; } - unregister_sound_special(minor); switch (SNDRV_MINOR_OSS_DEVICE(minor)) { case SNDRV_MINOR_OSS_PCM: track2 = SNDRV_MINOR_OSS(cidx, SNDRV_MINOR_OSS_AUDIO); @@ -174,12 +173,18 @@ int snd_unregister_oss_device(int type, track2 = SNDRV_MINOR_OSS(cidx, SNDRV_MINOR_OSS_DMMIDI1); break; } - if (track2 >= 0) { - unregister_sound_special(track2); + if (track2 >= 0) snd_oss_minors[track2] = NULL; - } snd_oss_minors[minor] = NULL; mutex_unlock(&sound_oss_mutex); + + /* call unregister_sound_special() outside sound_oss_mutex; + * otherwise may deadlock, as it can trigger the release of a card + */ + unregister_sound_special(minor); + if (track2 >= 0) + unregister_sound_special(track2); + kfree(mptr); return 0; }