pppoatm: fix module_put() race
authorKrzysztof Mazur <krzysiek@podlesie.net>
Tue, 6 Nov 2012 22:16:59 +0000 (23:16 +0100)
committerDavid Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:37:04 +0000 (00:37 +0000)
The pppoatm used module_put() during unassignment from vcc with
hope that we have BKL. This assumption is no longer true.

Now owner field in atmvcc is used to move this module_put()
to vcc_destroy_socket().

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Mazur <krzysiek@podlesie.net>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
net/atm/pppoatm.c

index f27a07a3c546ee3adeabd51460ed4331eddbb309..b23c6723e87c005ff6684d4e530d85ac0472d9b6 100644 (file)
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ struct pppoatm_vcc {
        struct atm_vcc  *atmvcc;        /* VCC descriptor */
        void (*old_push)(struct atm_vcc *, struct sk_buff *);
        void (*old_pop)(struct atm_vcc *, struct sk_buff *);
+       struct module *old_owner;
                                        /* keep old push/pop for detaching */
        enum pppoatm_encaps encaps;
        atomic_t inflight;
@@ -155,8 +156,6 @@ static void pppoatm_unassign_vcc(struct atm_vcc *atmvcc)
        ppp_unregister_channel(&pvcc->chan);
        atmvcc->user_back = NULL;
        kfree(pvcc);
-       /* Gee, I hope we have the big kernel lock here... */
-       module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 }
 
 /* Called when an AAL5 PDU comes in */
@@ -165,9 +164,13 @@ static void pppoatm_push(struct atm_vcc *atmvcc, struct sk_buff *skb)
        struct pppoatm_vcc *pvcc = atmvcc_to_pvcc(atmvcc);
        pr_debug("\n");
        if (skb == NULL) {                      /* VCC was closed */
+               struct module *module;
+
                pr_debug("removing ATMPPP VCC %p\n", pvcc);
+               module = pvcc->old_owner;
                pppoatm_unassign_vcc(atmvcc);
                atmvcc->push(atmvcc, NULL);     /* Pass along bad news */
+               module_put(module);
                return;
        }
        atm_return(atmvcc, skb->truesize);
@@ -362,6 +365,7 @@ static int pppoatm_assign_vcc(struct atm_vcc *atmvcc, void __user *arg)
        atomic_set(&pvcc->inflight, NONE_INFLIGHT);
        pvcc->old_push = atmvcc->push;
        pvcc->old_pop = atmvcc->pop;
+       pvcc->old_owner = atmvcc->owner;
        pvcc->encaps = (enum pppoatm_encaps) be.encaps;
        pvcc->chan.private = pvcc;
        pvcc->chan.ops = &pppoatm_ops;
@@ -378,6 +382,7 @@ static int pppoatm_assign_vcc(struct atm_vcc *atmvcc, void __user *arg)
        atmvcc->push = pppoatm_push;
        atmvcc->pop = pppoatm_pop;
        __module_get(THIS_MODULE);
+       atmvcc->owner = THIS_MODULE;
 
        /* re-process everything received between connection setup and
           backend setup */