firewire: ohci: fix race when reading count in AR descriptor
authorClemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:43:05 +0000 (11:43 +0200)
committerStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:37:20 +0000 (23:37 +0200)
If the controller is storing a split packet and therefore changing
d->res_count to zero between the two reads by the driver, we end up with
an end pointer that is not at a packet boundary, and therefore overflow
the buffer when handling the split packet.

To fix this, read the field once, atomically.  The compiler usually
merges the two reads anyway, but for correctness, we have to enforce it.

Signed-off-by: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Tested-by: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
drivers/firewire/ohci.c

index b5ba666..84eb607 100644 (file)
@@ -740,11 +740,13 @@ static void ar_context_tasklet(unsigned long data)
        struct ar_buffer *ab;
        struct descriptor *d;
        void *buffer, *end;
+       __le16 res_count;
 
        ab = ctx->current_buffer;
        d = &ab->descriptor;
 
-       if (d->res_count == 0) {
+       res_count = ACCESS_ONCE(d->res_count);
+       if (res_count == 0) {
                size_t size, size2, rest, pktsize, size3, offset;
                dma_addr_t start_bus;
                void *start;
@@ -812,7 +814,7 @@ static void ar_context_tasklet(unsigned long data)
        } else {
                buffer = ctx->pointer;
                ctx->pointer = end =
-                       (void *) ab + PAGE_SIZE - le16_to_cpu(d->res_count);
+                       (void *) ab + PAGE_SIZE - le16_to_cpu(res_count);
 
                while (buffer < end)
                        buffer = handle_ar_packet(ctx, buffer);