[PATCH] tty: Fix data race between tiocsti() and flush_to_ldisc()

From: Nguyen Dinh Phi
Date: Sat Aug 07 2021 - 15:05:23 EST


The ops->receive_buf() may be accessed concurrently from these two
functions. If the driver flushes data to the line discipline
receive_buf() method while tiocsti() is using the ops->receive_buf(),
the data race will happen.

For example:
tty_ioctl |tty_ldisc_receive_buf
->tioctsi | ->tty_port_default_receive_buf
| ->tty_ldisc_receive_buf
->hci_uart_tty_receive | ->hci_uart_tty_receive
->h4_recv | ->h4_recv

In this case, the h4 receive buffer will be overwritten by the
latecomer, and it cause a memory leak.

Hence, change tioctsi() function to use the exclusive lock interface
from tty_buffer to avoid the data race.

Signed-off-by: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: syzbot+97388eb9d31b997fe1d0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index e8532006e960..746fe13a2054 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -2307,8 +2307,10 @@ static int tiocsti(struct tty_struct *tty, char __user *p)
ld = tty_ldisc_ref_wait(tty);
if (!ld)
return -EIO;
+ tty_buffer_lock_exclusive(tty->port);
if (ld->ops->receive_buf)
ld->ops->receive_buf(tty, &ch, &mbz, 1);
+ tty_buffer_unlock_exclusive(tty->port);
tty_ldisc_deref(ld);
return 0;
}
--
2.25.1