Re: [PATCH] drivers/media/rc: Ensure usb_submit_urb() is not called if write is in progress

[Sean Young <sean@mess.org>]

On Fri, Sep 02, 2022 at 11:42:41PM +0530, Gautam Menghani wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 07:55:42PM +0530, Gautam Menghani wrote:
> > The warning "URB submitted while active" is reported if the function
> > send_packet() in imon.c is called if a write is already is in progress.
> > Add a check to return -EBUSY in case a write is already is in progress.
> > Also, mark tx.busy as false after transmission is completed.
> > 
> > Fixes: 21677cfc562a ("V4L/DVB: ir-core: add imon driver")
> > Cc: hdanton@sina.com
> > Suggested-by: hdanton@sina.com
> > Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=e378e6a51fbe6c5cc43e34f131cc9a315ef0337e
> > Reported-by: syzbot+0c3cb6dc05fbbdc3ad66@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> > Signed-off-by: Gautam Menghani <gautammenghani201@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/media/rc/imon.c | 3 +++
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/imon.c b/drivers/media/rc/imon.c
> > index 735b925da998..a5b997c2c7e2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/rc/imon.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/rc/imon.c
> > @@ -598,6 +598,8 @@ static int send_packet(struct imon_context *ictx)
> >  	int retval = 0;
> >  	struct usb_ctrlrequest *control_req = NULL;
> >  
> > +	if (ictx->tx.busy)
> > +		return -EBUSY;
> >  	/* Check if we need to use control or interrupt urb */
> >  	if (!ictx->tx_control) {
> >  		pipe = usb_sndintpipe(ictx->usbdev_intf0,
> > @@ -654,6 +656,7 @@ static int send_packet(struct imon_context *ictx)
> >  			pr_err_ratelimited("task interrupted\n");
> >  		}
> >  		mutex_lock(&ictx->lock);
> > +		ictx->tx.busy = false;
> >  
> >  		retval = ictx->tx.status;
> >  		if (retval)
> > -- 
> > 2.34.1
> > 
> Hi,
> 
> Please review the above fix and let me know if any changes are needed.

Greg has pointed out issues with this patch: there is no locking.

Thanks,

Sean