Re: [PATCH 1/1] staging: android: ashmem: get_name,set_name not to hold ashmem_mutex

[Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 05:53:59PM +0530, Shankar Brahadeeswaran wrote:
>  static int set_name(struct ashmem_area *asma, void __user *name)
>  {
>  	int ret = 0;
> -
> -	mutex_lock(&ashmem_mutex);
> +	char local_name[ASHMEM_NAME_LEN];
>  
>  	/* cannot change an existing mapping's name */
>  	if (unlikely(asma->file)) {
> @@ -423,9 +422,22 @@ static int set_name(struct ashmem_area *asma, void __user *name)
>  		goto out;

You're not holding the lock here so you can return directly.
Otherwise it's a double unlock.

>  	}
>  
> -	if (unlikely(copy_from_user(asma->name + ASHMEM_NAME_PREFIX_LEN,
> -				    name, ASHMEM_NAME_LEN)))
> +	/*
> +	 * Holding the ashmem_mutex while doing a copy_from_user might cause
> +	 * an data abourt which would try to access mmap_sem. If another
> +	 * thread has invoked ashmem_mmap then it will be holding the
> +	 * semaphore and will be waiting for ashmem_mutex, there by leading to
> +	 * deadlock. We'll release the mutex  and take the name to a local
> +	 * variable that does not need protection and later copy the local
> +	 * variable to the structure member with lock held.
> +	 */
> +	if (unlikely(copy_from_user(local_name, name, ASHMEM_NAME_LEN))) {
>  		ret = -EFAULT;
> +		return ret;

		return -EFAULT;

These weren't there in the original, only when you redid it at my
request.  :/  Sorry for that.

regards,
dan carpenter