n_tty: Fix unsafe update of available buffer space
authorPeter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:28:30 +0000 (07:28 -0400)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:55:30 +0000 (12:55 -0700)
receive_room is used to control the amount of data the flip
buffer work can push to the read buffer. This update is unsafe:

  CPU 0                        |  CPU 1
                               |
                               | n_tty_read()
                               |   n_tty_set_room()
                               |     left = <calc of space>
n_tty_receive_buf()            |
  <push data to buffer>        |
  n_tty_set_room()             |
    left = <calc of space>     |
    tty->receive_room = left   |
                               |     tty->receive_room = left

receive_room is now updated with a stale calculation of the
available buffer space, and the subsequent work loop will likely
overwrite unread data in the input buffer.

Update receive_room atomically with the calculation of the
available buffer space.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/tty/n_tty.c

index fa5cb4654c4f523f437ab5cfc2793a68db6b4fc8..064616542cb5a9f8a5851960dc419dab98b6af59 100644 (file)
@@ -115,13 +115,14 @@ static inline int tty_put_user(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char x,
 }
 
 /**
- *     n_tty_set__room -       receive space
+ *     n_tty_set_room  -       receive space
  *     @tty: terminal
  *
- *     Called by the driver to find out how much data it is
- *     permitted to feed to the line discipline without any being lost
- *     and thus to manage flow control. Not serialized. Answers for the
- *     "instant".
+ *     Sets tty->receive_room to reflect the currently available space
+ *     in the input buffer, and re-schedules the flip buffer work if space
+ *     just became available.
+ *
+ *     Locks: Concurrent update is protected with read_lock
  */
 
 static void n_tty_set_room(struct tty_struct *tty)
@@ -129,8 +130,10 @@ static void n_tty_set_room(struct tty_struct *tty)
        struct n_tty_data *ldata = tty->disc_data;
        int left;
        int old_left;
+       unsigned long flags;
+
+       raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&ldata->read_lock, flags);
 
-       /* ldata->read_cnt is not read locked ? */
        if (I_PARMRK(tty)) {
                /* Multiply read_cnt by 3, since each byte might take up to
                 * three times as many spaces when PARMRK is set (depending on
@@ -150,6 +153,8 @@ static void n_tty_set_room(struct tty_struct *tty)
        old_left = tty->receive_room;
        tty->receive_room = left;
 
+       raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ldata->read_lock, flags);
+
        /* Did this open up the receive buffer? We may need to flip */
        if (left && !old_left) {
                WARN_RATELIMIT(tty->port->itty == NULL,
@@ -1872,7 +1877,6 @@ do_it_again:
                                retval = -ERESTARTSYS;
                                break;
                        }
-                       /* FIXME: does n_tty_set_room need locking ? */
                        n_tty_set_room(tty);
                        timeout = schedule_timeout(timeout);
                        continue;