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[PATCH 3.2 14/59] USB: Proper handling of Race Condition when two USB class drivers try to call init_usb_class simultaneously

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  [PATCH 3.2 14/59] USB: Proper handling of Race Condition when two  USB class drivers try to call init_usb_class simultaneously Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-08-18 16:30 +0200

#1715175 — [PATCH 3.2 14/59] USB: Proper handling of Race Condition when two USB class drivers try to call init_usb_class simultaneously

3.2.92-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Ajay Kaher <ajay.kaher@samsung.com>

commit 2f86a96be0ccb1302b7eee7855dbee5ce4dc5dfb upstream.

There is race condition when two USB class drivers try to call
init_usb_class at the same time and leads to crash.
code path: probe->usb_register_dev->init_usb_class

To solve this, mutex locking has been added in init_usb_class() and
destroy_usb_class().

As pointed by Alan, removed "if (usb_class)" test from destroy_usb_class()
because usb_class can never be NULL there.

Signed-off-by: Ajay Kaher <ajay.kaher@samsung.com>
Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/usb/core/file.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/usb/core/file.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/file.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #define MAX_USB_MINORS	256
 static const struct file_operations *usb_minors[MAX_USB_MINORS];
 static DECLARE_RWSEM(minor_rwsem);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(init_usb_class_mutex);
 
 static int usb_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 {
@@ -116,8 +117,9 @@ static void release_usb_class(struct kre
 
 static void destroy_usb_class(void)
 {
-	if (usb_class)
-		kref_put(&usb_class->kref, release_usb_class);
+	mutex_lock(&init_usb_class_mutex);
+	kref_put(&usb_class->kref, release_usb_class);
+	mutex_unlock(&init_usb_class_mutex);
 }
 
 int usb_major_init(void)
@@ -179,7 +181,10 @@ int usb_register_dev(struct usb_interfac
 	if (intf->minor >= 0)
 		return -EADDRINUSE;
 
+	mutex_lock(&init_usb_class_mutex);
 	retval = init_usb_class();
+	mutex_unlock(&init_usb_class_mutex);
+
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 

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