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Max Kellermann f17c403af9 media: dvbdev: add a mutex protecting the "mdev" pointer
During destruction, a race condition in
dvb_media_controller_disable_source() can cause a kernel crash,
because the "mdev" pointer has been read successfully while another
task executes dvb_usb_media_device_unregister(), which destroys the
object.  Example for such a crash:

    general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP
    CPU: 1 PID: 301 Comm: vdr Not tainted 4.8.1-nuc+ #102
    [142B blob data]
    task: ffff8802301f2040 task.stack: ffff880233728000
    RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff816c296b>]  [<ffffffff816c296b>] dvb_frontend_release+0xcb/0x120
    RSP: 0018:ffff88023372bdd8  EFLAGS: 00010202
    RAX: 001fd55c000000da RBX: ffff880236bad810 RCX: 0000000000000000
    RDX: ffff880235bd81f0 RSI: 0000000000000246 RDI: ffff880235bd81e8
    RBP: ffff88023372be00 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
    R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff88022f009910 R12: 0000000000000000
    R13: ffff880235a21a80 R14: ffff880235bd8000 R15: ffff880235bb8a78
    FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88023fd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
    CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
    CR2: 00007f96edd69818 CR3: 0000000002406000 CR4: 00000000001006e0
    Stack:
     ffff88022f009900 0000000000000008 ffff880235bb8a78 ffff8802344fbb20
     ffff880236437b40 ffff88023372be48 ffffffff8117a81e ffff880235bb8a78
     ffff88022f009910 ffff8802335a7400 ffff8802301f2040 ffff88022f009900
    Call Trace:
     [<ffffffff8117a81e>] __fput+0xde/0x1d0
     [<ffffffff8117a949>] ____fput+0x9/0x10
     [<ffffffff810a9fce>] task_work_run+0x7e/0xa0
     [<ffffffff81094bab>] do_exit+0x27b/0xa50
     [<ffffffff810407e3>] ? __do_page_fault+0x1c3/0x430
     [<ffffffff81095402>] do_group_exit+0x42/0xb0
     [<ffffffff8109547f>] SyS_exit_group+0xf/0x10
     [<ffffffff8108bedb>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x13/0x8f
    Code: 31 c9 49 8d be e8 01 00 00 ba 01 00 00 00 be 03 00 00 00 e8 68 2d a0 ff 48 8b 83 10 03 00 00 48 8b 80 88 00 00 00 48 85 c0 74 12 <48> 8b 80 88 02 00 00 48 85 c0 74 06 49 8b 7d
    RIP  [<ffffffff816c296b>] dvb_frontend_release+0xcb/0x120

[mchehab+samsung@kernel.org: fix a Coding Style issue]
Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
2018-05-11 12:09:59 -04:00
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certs certs/blacklist_nohashes.c: fix const confusion in certs blacklist 2018-02-21 15:35:43 -08:00
crypto crypto: drbg - set freed buffers to NULL 2018-04-21 00:57:00 +08:00
drivers media: dvbdev: add a mutex protecting the "mdev" pointer 2018-05-11 12:09:59 -04:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
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include media: dvbdev: add a mutex protecting the "mdev" pointer 2018-05-11 12:09:59 -04:00
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README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.