From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-Id: <20130603221201.326267588@goodmis.org> Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:11:09 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Benjamin LaHaise , Corey Minyard Subject: [53/65] ipmi: ipmi_devintf: compat_ioctl method fails to take ipmi_mutex References: <20130603221016.243553628@goodmis.org> Content-Disposition: inline; filename=0053-ipmi-ipmi_devintf-compat_ioctl-method-fails-to-take-.patch Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 3.6.11.5 stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Benjamin LaHaise [ Upstream commit 6368087e851e697679af059b4247aca33a69cef3 ] When a 32 bit version of ipmitool is used on a 64 bit kernel, the ipmi_devintf code fails to correctly acquire ipmi_mutex. This results in incomplete data being retrieved in some cases, or other possible failures. Add a wrapper around compat_ipmi_ioctl() to take ipmi_mutex to fix this. Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c index 9eb360f..d5a5f02 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c @@ -837,13 +837,25 @@ static long compat_ipmi_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int cmd, return ipmi_ioctl(filep, cmd, arg); } } + +static long unlocked_compat_ipmi_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int cmd, + unsigned long arg) +{ + int ret; + + mutex_lock(&ipmi_mutex); + ret = compat_ipmi_ioctl(filep, cmd, arg); + mutex_unlock(&ipmi_mutex); + + return ret; +} #endif static const struct file_operations ipmi_fops = { .owner = THIS_MODULE, .unlocked_ioctl = ipmi_unlocked_ioctl, #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT - .compat_ioctl = compat_ipmi_ioctl, + .compat_ioctl = unlocked_compat_ipmi_ioctl, #endif .open = ipmi_open, .release = ipmi_release, -- 1.7.10.4