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Re: [PATCH 1/1] usb: xhci: fix possible wild pointer

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On 02.12.2016 04:29, Lu Baolu wrote:
> handle_cmd_completion() frees a command structure which might
> be still referenced by xhci->current_cmd. This might cause
> problem when xhci->current_cmd is accessed after that.
>
> A real-life case could be like this. The host takes a very long
> time to respond to a command, and the command timer is fired at
> the same time when the command completion event arrives. The
> command completion handler frees xhci->current_cmd before the
> timer function can grab xhci->lock. Afterward, timer function
> grabs the lock and go ahead with checking and setting members
> of xhci->current_cmd.
>
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v3.16+
> Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>   drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
>   1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c
> index bdf6b13..13e05f6 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c
> @@ -1267,14 +1267,16 @@ void xhci_handle_command_timeout(unsigned long data)
>   	bool second_timeout = false;
>   	xhci = (struct xhci_hcd *) data;
>
> -	/* mark this command to be cancelled */
>   	spin_lock_irqsave(&xhci->lock, flags);
> -	if (xhci->current_cmd) {
> -		if (xhci->current_cmd->status == COMP_CMD_ABORT)
> -			second_timeout = true;
> -		xhci->current_cmd->status = COMP_CMD_ABORT;
> +	if (!xhci->current_cmd) {
> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&xhci->lock, flags);
> +		return;
>   	}
>
> +	if (xhci->current_cmd->status == COMP_CMD_ABORT)
> +		second_timeout = true;
> +	xhci->current_cmd->status = COMP_CMD_ABORT;
> +
>   	/* Make sure command ring is running before aborting it */
>   	hw_ring_state = xhci_read_64(xhci, &xhci->op_regs->cmd_ring);
>   	if ((xhci->cmd_ring_state & CMD_RING_STATE_RUNNING) &&
> @@ -1422,6 +1424,10 @@ static void handle_cmd_completion(struct xhci_hcd *xhci,
>   		xhci->current_cmd = list_entry(cmd->cmd_list.next,
>   					       struct xhci_command, cmd_list);
>   		mod_timer(&xhci->cmd_timer, jiffies + XHCI_CMD_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
> +	} else if (xhci->current_cmd == cmd) {
> +		xhci->current_cmd = NULL;
> +	} else {
> +		xhci_warn(xhci, "WARN current_cmd doesn't match command\n");
>   	}
>
>   event_handled:
>

Thanks,

I might do some tweaking to (or remove)  the warn message when applying if
that is ok

-Mathias

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[PATCH 1/1] usb: xhci: fix possible wild pointer Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com> - 2016-12-02 03:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 1/1] usb: xhci: fix possible wild pointer Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> - 2016-12-02 05:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 1/1] usb: xhci: fix possible wild pointer Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com> - 2016-12-02 05:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 1/1] usb: xhci: fix possible wild pointer Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> - 2016-12-02 05:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 1/1] usb: xhci: fix possible wild pointer Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com> - 2016-12-02 14:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 1/1] usb: xhci: fix possible wild pointer Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com> - 2016-12-05 10:40 +0100

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