From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>
Cc: qiang.zhang@windriver.com, ivan.orlov0322@gmail.com,
christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: printer: fix races against disable
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:28:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2024062039-twerp-magnify-2469@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240620114039.5767-1-oneukum@suse.com>
On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 01:40:26PM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> printer_read() and printer_write() guard against the race
> against disable() by checking the dev->interface flag,
> which in turn is guarded by a spinlock.
> These functions, however, drop the lock on multiple occasions.
> This means that the test has to be redone after reacquiring
> the lock and before doing IO.
>
> Add the tests.
>
> This also addresses CVE-2024-25741
What? Why is MITRE assigning CVEs for the kernel now? Who asked for
this and who assigned this? Do I need to go poke someone with a big
stick?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-06-20 12:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-06-20 11:40 [PATCH] usb: gadget: printer: fix races against disable Oliver Neukum
2024-06-20 12:28 ` Greg KH [this message]
2024-06-20 13:11 ` Oliver Neukum
2024-06-20 13:34 ` Greg KH
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