From 52e04b4ce5d03775b6a78f3ed1097480faacc9fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sumit Garg Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 15:40:55 +0530 Subject: mac80211: fix race in ieee80211_register_hw() A race condition leading to a kernel crash is observed during invocation of ieee80211_register_hw() on a dragonboard410c device having wcn36xx driver built as a loadable module along with a wifi manager in user-space waiting for a wifi device (wlanX) to be active. Sequence diagram for a particular kernel crash scenario: user-space ieee80211_register_hw() ieee80211_tasklet_handler() ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | | | |<---phy0----wiphy_register() | |-----iwd if_add---->| | | |<---IRQ----(RX packet) | Kernel crash | | due to unallocated | | workqueue. | | | | | alloc_ordered_workqueue() | | | | | Misc wiphy init. | | | | | ieee80211_if_add() | | | | As evident from above sequence diagram, this race condition isn't specific to a particular wifi driver but rather the initialization sequence in ieee80211_register_hw() needs to be fixed. So re-order the initialization sequence and the updated sequence diagram would look like: user-space ieee80211_register_hw() ieee80211_tasklet_handler() ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | | | | alloc_ordered_workqueue() | | | | | Misc wiphy init. | | | | |<---phy0----wiphy_register() | |-----iwd if_add---->| | | |<---IRQ----(RX packet) | | | | ieee80211_if_add() | | | | Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sumit Garg Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1586254255-28713-1-git-send-email-sumit.garg@linaro.org [Johannes: fix rtnl imbalances] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- net/mac80211/main.c | 24 +++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/mac80211/main.c') diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c index 8345926193de..0e9ad60fb2b3 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/main.c +++ b/net/mac80211/main.c @@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) local->hw.wiphy->signal_type = CFG80211_SIGNAL_TYPE_UNSPEC; if (hw->max_signal <= 0) { result = -EINVAL; - goto fail_wiphy_register; + goto fail_workqueue; } } @@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) result = ieee80211_init_cipher_suites(local); if (result < 0) - goto fail_wiphy_register; + goto fail_workqueue; if (!local->ops->remain_on_channel) local->hw.wiphy->max_remain_on_channel_duration = 5000; @@ -1161,10 +1161,6 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) local->hw.wiphy->max_num_csa_counters = IEEE80211_MAX_CSA_COUNTERS_NUM; - result = wiphy_register(local->hw.wiphy); - if (result < 0) - goto fail_wiphy_register; - /* * We use the number of queues for feature tests (QoS, HT) internally * so restrict them appropriately. @@ -1217,9 +1213,9 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) goto fail_flows; rtnl_lock(); - result = ieee80211_init_rate_ctrl_alg(local, hw->rate_control_algorithm); + rtnl_unlock(); if (result < 0) { wiphy_debug(local->hw.wiphy, "Failed to initialize rate control algorithm\n"); @@ -1273,6 +1269,12 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) local->sband_allocated |= BIT(band); } + result = wiphy_register(local->hw.wiphy); + if (result < 0) + goto fail_wiphy_register; + + rtnl_lock(); + /* add one default STA interface if supported */ if (local->hw.wiphy->interface_modes & BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) && !ieee80211_hw_check(hw, NO_AUTO_VIF)) { @@ -1312,17 +1314,17 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) #if defined(CONFIG_INET) || defined(CONFIG_IPV6) fail_ifa: #endif + wiphy_unregister(local->hw.wiphy); + fail_wiphy_register: rtnl_lock(); rate_control_deinitialize(local); ieee80211_remove_interfaces(local); - fail_rate: rtnl_unlock(); + fail_rate: fail_flows: ieee80211_led_exit(local); destroy_workqueue(local->workqueue); fail_workqueue: - wiphy_unregister(local->hw.wiphy); - fail_wiphy_register: if (local->wiphy_ciphers_allocated) kfree(local->hw.wiphy->cipher_suites); kfree(local->int_scan_req); @@ -1372,8 +1374,8 @@ void ieee80211_unregister_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) skb_queue_purge(&local->skb_queue_unreliable); skb_queue_purge(&local->skb_queue_tdls_chsw); - destroy_workqueue(local->workqueue); wiphy_unregister(local->hw.wiphy); + destroy_workqueue(local->workqueue); ieee80211_led_exit(local); kfree(local->int_scan_req); } -- cgit