On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 09:47:41PM -0400, Hugo Lefeuvre wrote:
> In the PI433_IOC_WR_TX_CFG case in pi433_ioctl, instance->tx_cfg is
> modified via
>
> copy_from_user(&instance->tx_cfg, argp, sizeof(struct pi433_tx_cfg)))
>
> without any kind of synchronization. In the case where two threads
> would execute this same command concurrently the tx_cfg field might
> enter in an inconsistent state.
>
> Additionally: if ioctl(PI433_IOC_WR_TX_CFG) and write() execute
> concurrently the tx config might be modified while it is being
> copied to the fifo, resulting in potential data corruption.
>
> Fix: Get instance->tx_cfg_lock before modifying tx config in the
> PI433_IOC_WR_TX_CFG case in pi433_ioctl.
>
> Also, do not copy data directly from user space to instance->tx_cfg.
> Instead use a temporary buffer allowing future checks for correctness
> of copied data.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hugo Lefeuvre <h...@owl.eu.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Use device->tx_fifo_lock instead of introducing a new lock in
> instance.
> - Do not copy data directly from user space to instance->tx_cfg,
> instead use a temporary buffer allowing future checks for
> correctness of copied data.
> ---
> drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c | 11 +++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c
> b/drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c
> index b061f77dda41..3ec1ed01d04b 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c
> @@ -880,6 +880,7 @@ pi433_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned
> long arg)
> int retval = 0;
> struct pi433_instance *instance;
> struct pi433_device *device;
> + struct pi433_tx_cfg tx_cfg_buffer;
> void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
>
> /* Check type and command number */
> @@ -902,9 +903,15 @@ pi433_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
> unsigned long arg)
> return -EFAULT;
> break;
> case PI433_IOC_WR_TX_CFG:
> - if (copy_from_user(&instance->tx_cfg, argp,
> - sizeof(struct pi433_tx_cfg)))
> + /* do not modify tx config while it is being copied to fifo */
> + mutex_lock(&device->tx_fifo_lock);
> + if (copy_from_user(&tx_cfg_buffer, argp,
> + sizeof(struct pi433_tx_cfg))) {
> + mutex_unlock(&device->tx_fifo_lock);
> return -EFAULT;
> + }
> + memcpy(&instance->tx_cfg, &tx_cfg_buffer, sizeof(struct
> pi433_tx_cfg));
> + mutex_unlock(&device->tx_fifo_lock);
The lock is only needed around the memcpy() and that makes the code a
bit simpler as well.
regards,
dan carpenter
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