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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Udipto Goswami <quic_ugoswami@quicinc.com>
Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@kernel.org>, John Keeping <john@metanate.com>,
	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
	Pratham Pratap <quic_ppratap@quicinc.com>,
	Pavankumar Kondeti <quic_pkondeti@quicinc.com>,
	Jack Pham <quic_jackp@quicinc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10] usb: f_fs: Fix use-after-free for epfile
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 11:22:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Yfe4fOK7e7Prf3Sc@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1643256595-10797-1-git-send-email-quic_ugoswami@quicinc.com>

On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 09:39:55AM +0530, Udipto Goswami wrote:
> Consider a case where ffs_func_eps_disable is called from
> ffs_func_disable as part of composition switch and at the
> same time ffs_epfile_release get called from userspace.
> ffs_epfile_release will free up the read buffer and call
> ffs_data_closed which in turn destroys ffs->epfiles and
> mark it as NULL. While this was happening the driver has
> already initialized the local epfile in ffs_func_eps_disable
> which is now freed and waiting to acquire the spinlock. Once
> spinlock is acquired the driver proceeds with the stale value
> of epfile and tries to free the already freed read buffer
> causing use-after-free.
> 
> Following is the illustration of the race:
> 
>       CPU1                                  CPU2
> 
>    ffs_func_eps_disable
>    epfiles (local copy)
> 					ffs_epfile_release
> 					ffs_data_closed
> 					if (last file closed)
> 					ffs_data_reset
> 					ffs_data_clear
> 					ffs_epfiles_destroy
> spin_lock
> dereference epfiles
> 
> Fix this races by taking epfiles local copy & assigning it under
> spinlock and if epfiles(local) is null then update it in ffs->epfiles
> then finally destroy it.
> Extending the scope further from the race, protecting the ep related
> structures, and concurrent accesses.
> 
> Fixes: a9e6f83c2df (usb: gadget: f_fs: stop sleeping in ffs_func_eps_disable)

Nit, this should have been:
Fixes: a9e6f83c2df1 ("usb: gadget: f_fs: stop sleeping in ffs_func_eps_disable")

I've fixed it up now, thanks.

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2022-01-31 10:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-27  4:09 [PATCH v10] usb: f_fs: Fix use-after-free for epfile Udipto Goswami
2022-01-31 10:22 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]

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