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authorJunichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>2016-06-10 04:31:52 +0000
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2016-07-27 09:47:32 -0700
commitde0f9fa7a50dafdfbc8e0558a39c872772fad6bb (patch)
treec9dca9d0b43e8c42f93c62ee48d29d5b8069ebd5 /drivers/char
parent084ad7f71e15e7f96d7dfe1ea1a438ae8b709255 (diff)
ipmi: Remove smi_msg from waiting_rcv_msgs list before handle_one_recv_msg()
commit ae4ea9a2460c7fee2ae8feeb4dfe96f5f6c3e562 upstream. Commit 7ea0ed2b5be8 ("ipmi: Make the message handler easier to use for SMI interfaces") changed handle_new_recv_msgs() to call handle_one_recv_msg() for a smi_msg while the smi_msg is still connected to waiting_rcv_msgs list. That could lead to following list corruption problems: 1) low-level function treats smi_msg as not connected to list handle_one_recv_msg() could end up calling smi_send(), which assumes the msg is not connected to list. For example, the following sequence could corrupt list by doing list_add_tail() for the entry still connected to other list. handle_new_recv_msgs() msg = list_entry(waiting_rcv_msgs) handle_one_recv_msg(msg) handle_ipmb_get_msg_cmd(msg) smi_send(msg) spin_lock(xmit_msgs_lock) list_add_tail(msg) spin_unlock(xmit_msgs_lock) 2) race between multiple handle_new_recv_msgs() instances handle_new_recv_msgs() once releases waiting_rcv_msgs_lock before calling handle_one_recv_msg() then retakes the lock and list_del() it. If others call handle_new_recv_msgs() during the window shown below list_del() will be done twice for the same smi_msg. handle_new_recv_msgs() spin_lock(waiting_rcv_msgs_lock) msg = list_entry(waiting_rcv_msgs) spin_unlock(waiting_rcv_msgs_lock) | | handle_one_recv_msg(msg) | spin_lock(waiting_rcv_msgs_lock) list_del(msg) spin_unlock(waiting_rcv_msgs_lock) Fixes: 7ea0ed2b5be8 ("ipmi: Make the message handler easier to use for SMI interfaces") Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com> [Added a comment to describe why this works.] Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com> Tested-by: Ye Feng <yefeng.yl@alibaba-inc.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index e3536da05c88..a084a4751fa9 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -3819,6 +3819,7 @@ static void handle_new_recv_msgs(ipmi_smi_t intf)
while (!list_empty(&intf->waiting_rcv_msgs)) {
smi_msg = list_entry(intf->waiting_rcv_msgs.next,
struct ipmi_smi_msg, link);
+ list_del(&smi_msg->link);
if (!run_to_completion)
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&intf->waiting_rcv_msgs_lock,
flags);
@@ -3828,11 +3829,14 @@ static void handle_new_recv_msgs(ipmi_smi_t intf)
if (rv > 0) {
/*
* To preserve message order, quit if we
- * can't handle a message.
+ * can't handle a message. Add the message
+ * back at the head, this is safe because this
+ * tasklet is the only thing that pulls the
+ * messages.
*/
+ list_add(&smi_msg->link, &intf->waiting_rcv_msgs);
break;
} else {
- list_del(&smi_msg->link);
if (rv == 0)
/* Message handled */
ipmi_free_smi_msg(smi_msg);