From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com>
Cc: uttkarsh.aggarwal@oss.qualcomm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, mathias.nyman@intel.com,
wesley.cheng@oss.qualcomm.com
Subject: Re: [RFT PATCH v3] xhci: sideband: Fix race condition in sideband unregister
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:51:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2025102956-daunting-roping-a987@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251029122436.375009-1-mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com>
On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 02:24:35PM +0200, Mathias Nyman wrote:
> Uttkarsh Aggarwal observed a kernel panic during sideband un-register
> and found it was caused by a race condition between sideband unregister,
> and creating sideband interrupters.
> The issue occurrs when thread T1 runs uaudio_disconnect() and released
> sb->xhci via sideband_unregister, while thread T2 simultaneously accessed
> the now-NULL sb->xhci in xhci_sideband_create_interrupter() resulting in
> a crash.
>
> Ensure new endpoints or interrupter can't be added to a sidenband after
> xhci_sideband_unregister() cleared the existing ones, and unlocked the
> sideband mutex.
> Reorganize code so that mutex is only taken and released once in
> xhci_sideband_unregister(), and clear sb->vdev while mutex is taken.
>
> Use mutex guards to reduce human unlock errors in code
>
> Refuse to add endpoints or interrupter if sb->vdev is not set.
> sb->vdev is set when sideband is created and registered.
>
> Reported-by: Uttkarsh Aggarwal <uttkarsh.aggarwal@oss.qualcomm.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/20251028080043.27760-1-uttkarsh.aggarwal@oss.qualcomm.com
> Fixes: de66754e9f80 ("xhci: sideband: add initial api to register a secondary interrupter entity")
> Signed-off-by: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com>
> ---
Looks good, thanks for respinning this. I don't know if it fixes the
issue, but it looks sane :)
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-29 12:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-28 8:00 [PATCH] xhci: sideband: Fix race condition in sideband unregister Uttkarsh Aggarwal
2025-10-28 8:45 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2025-10-28 12:15 ` Mathias Nyman
2025-10-28 13:44 ` [RFT PATCH] " Mathias Nyman
2025-10-28 13:56 ` Greg KH
2025-10-28 14:59 ` Mathias Nyman
2025-10-28 16:51 ` [RFT PATCH v2] " Mathias Nyman
2025-10-29 10:14 ` Greg KH
2025-10-29 12:24 ` [RFT PATCH v3] " Mathias Nyman
2025-10-29 12:51 ` Greg KH [this message]
2025-10-29 13:52 ` Mathias Nyman
2025-11-07 6:16 ` Uttkarsh Aggarwal
2025-11-07 16:05 ` Mathias Nyman
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