[PATCH V3 1/3] qca_debug: Prevent crash on TX ring changes

Stefan Wahren
2023-12-06T14:13:19Z

The qca_spi driver stop and restart the SPI kernel thread
(via ndo_stop & ndo_open) in case of TX ring changes. This is
a big issue because it allows userspace to prevent restart of
the SPI kernel thread (via signals). A subsequent change of
TX ring wrongly assume a valid spi_thread pointer which result
in a crash.

So prevent this by stopping the network traffic handling and
temporary park the SPI thread.

Fixes: 291ab06ecf67 ("net: qualcomm: new Ethernet over SPI driver for QCA7000")
Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <wahrenst@gmx.net>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_debug.c | 9 ++++-----
drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c | 12 ++++++++++++
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_debug.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_debug.c
index 6f2fa2a42770..a5445252b0c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_debug.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_debug.c
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ qcaspi_set_ringparam(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_ringparam *ring,
struct kernel_ethtool_ringparam *kernel_ring,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
- const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
struct qcaspi *qca = netdev_priv(dev);

if ((ring->rx_pending) ||
@@ -271,14 +270,14 @@ qcaspi_set_ringparam(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_ringparam *ring,
(ring->rx_jumbo_pending))
return -EINVAL;

- if (netif_running(dev))
- ops->ndo_stop(dev);
+ if (qca->spi_thread)
+ kthread_park(qca->spi_thread);

qca->txr.count = max_t(u32, ring->tx_pending, TX_RING_MIN_LEN);
qca->txr.count = min_t(u16, qca->txr.count, TX_RING_MAX_LEN);

- if (netif_running(dev))
- ops->ndo_open(dev);
+ if (qca->spi_thread)
+ kthread_unpark(qca->spi_thread);

return 0;
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c
index bec723028e96..b0fad69bb755 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c
@@ -580,6 +580,18 @@ qcaspi_spi_thread(void *data)
netdev_info(qca->net_dev, "SPI thread created\n");
while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+ if (kthread_should_park()) {
+ netif_tx_disable(qca->net_dev);
+ netif_carrier_off(qca->net_dev);
+ qcaspi_flush_tx_ring(qca);
+ kthread_parkme();
+ if (qca->sync == QCASPI_SYNC_READY) {
+ netif_carrier_on(qca->net_dev);
+ netif_wake_queue(qca->net_dev);
+ }
+ continue;
+ }
+
if ((qca->intr_req == qca->intr_svc) &&
!qca->txr.skb[qca->txr.head])
schedule();
--
2.34.1