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<title>tty: Fix GPF in flush_to_ldisc()</title>
<updated>2017-06-08T10:12:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Hurley</name>
<email>peter@hurleysoftware.com</email>
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<published>2015-11-27T19:25:08+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 9ce119f318ba1a07c29149301f1544b6c4bea52a ]

A line discipline which does not define a receive_buf() method can
can cause a GPF if data is ever received [1]. Oddly, this was known
to the author of n_tracesink in 2011, but never fixed.

[1] GPF report
    BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at           (null)
    IP: [&lt;          (null)&gt;]           (null)
    PGD 3752d067 PUD 37a7b067 PMD 0
    Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP KASAN
    Modules linked in:
    CPU: 2 PID: 148 Comm: kworker/u10:2 Not tainted 4.4.0-rc2+ #51
    Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
    Workqueue: events_unbound flush_to_ldisc
    task: ffff88006da94440 ti: ffff88006db60000 task.ti: ffff88006db60000
    RIP: 0010:[&lt;0000000000000000&gt;]  [&lt;          (null)&gt;]           (null)
    RSP: 0018:ffff88006db67b50  EFLAGS: 00010246
    RAX: 0000000000000102 RBX: ffff88003ab32f88 RCX: 0000000000000102
    RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff88003ab330a6 RDI: ffff88003aabd388
    RBP: ffff88006db67c48 R08: ffff88003ab32f9c R09: ffff88003ab31fb0
    R10: ffff88003ab32fa8 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: dffffc0000000000
    R13: ffff88006db67c20 R14: ffffffff863df820 R15: ffff88003ab31fb8
    FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88006dc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
    CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
    CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000037938000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
    Stack:
     ffffffff829f46f1 ffff88006da94bf8 ffff88006da94bf8 0000000000000000
     ffff88003ab31fb0 ffff88003aabd438 ffff88003ab31ff8 ffff88006430fd90
     ffff88003ab32f9c ffffed0007557a87 1ffff1000db6cf78 ffff88003ab32078
    Call Trace:
     [&lt;ffffffff8127cf91&gt;] process_one_work+0x8f1/0x17a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2030
     [&lt;ffffffff8127df14&gt;] worker_thread+0xd4/0x1180 kernel/workqueue.c:2162
     [&lt;ffffffff8128faaf&gt;] kthread+0x1cf/0x270 drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c:1302
     [&lt;ffffffff852a7c2f&gt;] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:468
    Code:  Bad RIP value.
    RIP  [&lt;          (null)&gt;]           (null)
     RSP &lt;ffff88006db67b50&gt;
    CR2: 0000000000000000
    ---[ end trace a587f8947e54d6ea ]---

Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov &lt;dvyukov@google.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley &lt;peter@hurleysoftware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 9ce119f318ba1a07c29149301f1544b6c4bea52a ]

A line discipline which does not define a receive_buf() method can
can cause a GPF if data is ever received [1]. Oddly, this was known
to the author of n_tracesink in 2011, but never fixed.

[1] GPF report
    BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at           (null)
    IP: [&lt;          (null)&gt;]           (null)
    PGD 3752d067 PUD 37a7b067 PMD 0
    Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP KASAN
    Modules linked in:
    CPU: 2 PID: 148 Comm: kworker/u10:2 Not tainted 4.4.0-rc2+ #51
    Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
    Workqueue: events_unbound flush_to_ldisc
    task: ffff88006da94440 ti: ffff88006db60000 task.ti: ffff88006db60000
    RIP: 0010:[&lt;0000000000000000&gt;]  [&lt;          (null)&gt;]           (null)
    RSP: 0018:ffff88006db67b50  EFLAGS: 00010246
    RAX: 0000000000000102 RBX: ffff88003ab32f88 RCX: 0000000000000102
    RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff88003ab330a6 RDI: ffff88003aabd388
    RBP: ffff88006db67c48 R08: ffff88003ab32f9c R09: ffff88003ab31fb0
    R10: ffff88003ab32fa8 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: dffffc0000000000
    R13: ffff88006db67c20 R14: ffffffff863df820 R15: ffff88003ab31fb8
    FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88006dc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
    CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
    CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000037938000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
    Stack:
     ffffffff829f46f1 ffff88006da94bf8 ffff88006da94bf8 0000000000000000
     ffff88003ab31fb0 ffff88003aabd438 ffff88003ab31ff8 ffff88006430fd90
     ffff88003ab32f9c ffffed0007557a87 1ffff1000db6cf78 ffff88003ab32078
    Call Trace:
     [&lt;ffffffff8127cf91&gt;] process_one_work+0x8f1/0x17a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2030
     [&lt;ffffffff8127df14&gt;] worker_thread+0xd4/0x1180 kernel/workqueue.c:2162
     [&lt;ffffffff8128faaf&gt;] kthread+0x1cf/0x270 drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c:1302
     [&lt;ffffffff852a7c2f&gt;] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:468
    Code:  Bad RIP value.
    RIP  [&lt;          (null)&gt;]           (null)
     RSP &lt;ffff88006db67b50&gt;
    CR2: 0000000000000000
    ---[ end trace a587f8947e54d6ea ]---

Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov &lt;dvyukov@google.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley &lt;peter@hurleysoftware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tty: fix data race in flush_to_ldisc</title>
<updated>2017-06-08T10:12:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dmitry Vyukov</name>
<email>dvyukov@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-09-17T15:17:08+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 7098296a362a96051fa120abf48f0095818b99cd ]

flush_to_ldisc reads port-&gt;itty and checks that it is not NULL,
concurrently release_tty sets port-&gt;itty to NULL. It is possible
that flush_to_ldisc loads port-&gt;itty once, ensures that it is
not NULL, but then reloads it again and uses. The second load
can already return NULL, which will cause a crash.

Use READ_ONCE to read port-&gt;itty.

The data race was found with KernelThreadSanitizer (KTSAN).

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov &lt;dvyukov@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Peter Hurley &lt;peter@hurleysoftware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 7098296a362a96051fa120abf48f0095818b99cd ]

flush_to_ldisc reads port-&gt;itty and checks that it is not NULL,
concurrently release_tty sets port-&gt;itty to NULL. It is possible
that flush_to_ldisc loads port-&gt;itty once, ensures that it is
not NULL, but then reloads it again and uses. The second load
can already return NULL, which will cause a crash.

Use READ_ONCE to read port-&gt;itty.

The data race was found with KernelThreadSanitizer (KTSAN).

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov &lt;dvyukov@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Peter Hurley &lt;peter@hurleysoftware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Fix OpenSSH pty regression on close</title>
<updated>2016-06-03T23:15:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Brian Bloniarz</name>
<email>brian.bloniarz@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-03-06T21:16:30+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 0f40fbbcc34e093255a2b2d70b6b0fb48c3f39aa ]

OpenSSH expects the (non-blocking) read() of pty master to return
EAGAIN only if it has received all of the slave-side output after
it has received SIGCHLD. This used to work on pre-3.12 kernels.

This fix effectively forces non-blocking read() and poll() to
block for parallel i/o to complete for all ttys. It also unwinds
these changes:

1) f8747d4a466ab2cafe56112c51b3379f9fdb7a12
   tty: Fix pty master read() after slave closes

2) 52bce7f8d4fc633c9a9d0646eef58ba6ae9a3b73
   pty, n_tty: Simplify input processing on final close

3) 1a48632ffed61352a7810ce089dc5a8bcd505a60
   pty: Fix input race when closing

Inspired by analysis and patch from Marc Aurele La France &lt;tsi@tuyoix.net&gt;

Reported-by: Volth &lt;openssh@volth.com&gt;
Reported-by: Marc Aurele La France &lt;tsi@tuyoix.net&gt;
BugLink: https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52
BugLink: https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2492
Signed-off-by: Brian Bloniarz &lt;brian.bloniarz@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Peter Hurley &lt;peter@hurleysoftware.com&gt;
Cc: stable &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sasha.levin@oracle.com&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 0f40fbbcc34e093255a2b2d70b6b0fb48c3f39aa ]

OpenSSH expects the (non-blocking) read() of pty master to return
EAGAIN only if it has received all of the slave-side output after
it has received SIGCHLD. This used to work on pre-3.12 kernels.

This fix effectively forces non-blocking read() and poll() to
block for parallel i/o to complete for all ttys. It also unwinds
these changes:

1) f8747d4a466ab2cafe56112c51b3379f9fdb7a12
   tty: Fix pty master read() after slave closes

2) 52bce7f8d4fc633c9a9d0646eef58ba6ae9a3b73
   pty, n_tty: Simplify input processing on final close

3) 1a48632ffed61352a7810ce089dc5a8bcd505a60
   pty: Fix input race when closing

Inspired by analysis and patch from Marc Aurele La France &lt;tsi@tuyoix.net&gt;

Reported-by: Volth &lt;openssh@volth.com&gt;
Reported-by: Marc Aurele La France &lt;tsi@tuyoix.net&gt;
BugLink: https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52
BugLink: https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2492
Signed-off-by: Brian Bloniarz &lt;brian.bloniarz@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Peter Hurley &lt;peter@hurleysoftware.com&gt;
Cc: stable &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sasha.levin@oracle.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>pty: Fix input race when closing</title>
<updated>2015-05-10T17:26:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Hurley</name>
<email>peter@hurleysoftware.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-04-13T17:24:34+00:00</published>
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A read() from a pty master may mistakenly indicate EOF (errno == -EIO)
after the pty slave has closed, even though input data remains to be read.
For example,

       pty slave       |        input worker        |    pty master
                       |                            |
                       |                            |   n_tty_read()
pty_write()            |                            |     input avail? no
  add data             |                            |     sleep
  schedule worker  ---&gt;|                            |     .
                       |---&gt; flush_to_ldisc()       |     .
pty_close()            |       fill read buffer     |     .
  wait for worker      |       wakeup reader    ---&gt;|     .
                       |       read buffer full?    |---&gt; input avail ? yes
                       |&lt;---   yes - exit worker    |     copy 4096 bytes to user
  TTY_OTHER_CLOSED &lt;---|                            |&lt;--- kick worker
                       |                            |

		                **** New read() before worker starts ****

                       |                            |   n_tty_read()
                       |                            |     input avail? no
                       |                            |     TTY_OTHER_CLOSED? yes
                       |                            |     return -EIO

Several conditions are required to trigger this race:
1. the ldisc read buffer must become full so the input worker exits
2. the read() count parameter must be &gt;= 4096 so the ldisc read buffer
   is empty
3. the subsequent read() occurs before the kicked worker has processed
   more input

However, the underlying cause of the race is that data is pipelined, while
tty state is not; ie., data already written by the pty slave end is not
yet visible to the pty master end, but state changes by the pty slave end
are visible to the pty master end immediately.

Pipeline the TTY_OTHER_CLOSED state through input worker to the reader.
1. Introduce TTY_OTHER_DONE which is set by the input worker when
   TTY_OTHER_CLOSED is set and either the input buffers are flushed or
   input processing has completed. Readers/polls are woken when
   TTY_OTHER_DONE is set.
2. Reader/poll checks TTY_OTHER_DONE instead of TTY_OTHER_CLOSED.
3. A new input worker is started from pty_close() after setting
   TTY_OTHER_CLOSED, which ensures the TTY_OTHER_DONE state will be
   set if the last input worker is already finished (or just about to
   exit).

Remove tty_flush_to_ldisc(); no in-tree callers.

Fixes: 52bce7f8d4fc ("pty, n_tty: Simplify input processing on final close")
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96311
BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1429756
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # 3.19+
Reported-by: Andy Whitcroft &lt;apw@canonical.com&gt;
Reported-by: H.J. Lu &lt;hjl.tools@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley &lt;peter@hurleysoftware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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A read() from a pty master may mistakenly indicate EOF (errno == -EIO)
after the pty slave has closed, even though input data remains to be read.
For example,

       pty slave       |        input worker        |    pty master
                       |                            |
                       |                            |   n_tty_read()
pty_write()            |                            |     input avail? no
  add data             |                            |     sleep
  schedule worker  ---&gt;|                            |     .
                       |---&gt; flush_to_ldisc()       |     .
pty_close()            |       fill read buffer     |     .
  wait for worker      |       wakeup reader    ---&gt;|     .
                       |       read buffer full?    |---&gt; input avail ? yes
                       |&lt;---   yes - exit worker    |     copy 4096 bytes to user
  TTY_OTHER_CLOSED &lt;---|                            |&lt;--- kick worker
                       |                            |

		                **** New read() before worker starts ****

                       |                            |   n_tty_read()
                       |                            |     input avail? no
                       |                            |     TTY_OTHER_CLOSED? yes
                       |                            |     return -EIO

Several conditions are required to trigger this race:
1. the ldisc read buffer must become full so the input worker exits
2. the read() count parameter must be &gt;= 4096 so the ldisc read buffer
   is empty
3. the subsequent read() occurs before the kicked worker has processed
   more input

However, the underlying cause of the race is that data is pipelined, while
tty state is not; ie., data already written by the pty slave end is not
yet visible to the pty master end, but state changes by the pty slave end
are visible to the pty master end immediately.

Pipeline the TTY_OTHER_CLOSED state through input worker to the reader.
1. Introduce TTY_OTHER_DONE which is set by the input worker when
   TTY_OTHER_CLOSED is set and either the input buffers are flushed or
   input processing has completed. Readers/polls are woken when
   TTY_OTHER_DONE is set.
2. Reader/poll checks TTY_OTHER_DONE instead of TTY_OTHER_CLOSED.
3. A new input worker is started from pty_close() after setting
   TTY_OTHER_CLOSED, which ensures the TTY_OTHER_DONE state will be
   set if the last input worker is already finished (or just about to
   exit).

Remove tty_flush_to_ldisc(); no in-tree callers.

Fixes: 52bce7f8d4fc ("pty, n_tty: Simplify input processing on final close")
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96311
BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1429756
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # 3.19+
Reported-by: Andy Whitcroft &lt;apw@canonical.com&gt;
Reported-by: H.J. Lu &lt;hjl.tools@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley &lt;peter@hurleysoftware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>pty: Fix buffer flush deadlock</title>
<updated>2015-02-02T18:11:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Hurley</name>
<email>peter@hurleysoftware.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-01-17T20:42:05+00:00</published>
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The pty driver does not clear its write buffer when commanded.
This is to avoid an apparent deadlock between parallel flushes from
both pty ends; specifically when handling either BRK or INTR input.
However, parallel flushes from this source is not possible since
the pty master can never be set to BRKINT or ISIG. Parallel flushes
from other sources are possible but these do not threaten deadlocks.

Annotate the tty buffer mutex for lockdep to represent the nested
tty_buffer locking which occurs when the pty slave is processing input
(its buffer mutex held) and receives INTR or BRK and acquires the
linked tty buffer mutex via tty_buffer_flush().

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley &lt;peter@hurleysoftware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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The pty driver does not clear its write buffer when commanded.
This is to avoid an apparent deadlock between parallel flushes from
both pty ends; specifically when handling either BRK or INTR input.
However, parallel flushes from this source is not possible since
the pty master can never be set to BRKINT or ISIG. Parallel flushes
from other sources are possible but these do not threaten deadlocks.

Annotate the tty buffer mutex for lockdep to represent the nested
tty_buffer locking which occurs when the pty slave is processing input
(its buffer mutex held) and receives INTR or BRK and acquires the
linked tty buffer mutex via tty_buffer_flush().

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley &lt;peter@hurleysoftware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tty: Flush ldisc buffer atomically with tty flip buffers</title>
<updated>2014-11-06T02:50:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Hurley</name>
<email>peter@hurleysoftware.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-11-05T17:13:09+00:00</published>
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tty_ldisc_flush() first clears the line discipline input buffer,
then clears the tty flip buffers. However, this allows for existing
data in the tty flip buffers to be added after the ldisc input
buffer has been cleared, but before the flip buffers have been cleared.

Add an optional ldisc parameter to tty_buffer_flush() to allow
tty_ldisc_flush() to pass the ldisc to clear.

NB: Initially, the plan was to do this automatically in
tty_buffer_flush(). However, an audit of the behavior of existing
line disciplines showed that performing a ldisc buffer flush on
ioctl(TCFLSH) was not always the outcome. For example, some line
disciplines have flush_buffer() methods but not ioctl() methods,
so a -&gt;flush_buffer() command would be unexpected.

Reviewed-by: Alan Cox &lt;alan@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley &lt;peter@hurleysoftware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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tty_ldisc_flush() first clears the line discipline input buffer,
then clears the tty flip buffers. However, this allows for existing
data in the tty flip buffers to be added after the ldisc input
buffer has been cleared, but before the flip buffers have been cleared.

Add an optional ldisc parameter to tty_buffer_flush() to allow
tty_ldisc_flush() to pass the ldisc to clear.

NB: Initially, the plan was to do this automatically in
tty_buffer_flush(). However, an audit of the behavior of existing
line disciplines showed that performing a ldisc buffer flush on
ioctl(TCFLSH) was not always the outcome. For example, some line
disciplines have flush_buffer() methods but not ioctl() methods,
so a -&gt;flush_buffer() command would be unexpected.

Reviewed-by: Alan Cox &lt;alan@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley &lt;peter@hurleysoftware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Staging: speakup: Update __speakup_paste_selection() tty (ab)usage to match vt</title>
<updated>2014-05-23T17:25:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ben Hutchings</name>
<email>ben@decadent.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2014-05-19T00:03:06+00:00</published>
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This function is largely a duplicate of paste_selection() in
drivers/tty/vt/selection.c, but with its own selection state.  The
speakup selection mechanism should really be merged with vt.

For now, apply the changes from 'TTY: vt, fix paste_selection ldisc
handling', 'tty: Make ldisc input flow control concurrency-friendly',
and 'tty: Fix unsafe vt paste_selection()'.

References: https://bugs.debian.org/735202
References: https://bugs.debian.org/744015
Reported-by: Paul Gevers &lt;elbrus@debian.org&gt;
Reported-and-tested-by: Jarek Czekalski &lt;jarekczek@poczta.onet.pl&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # v3.8 but needs backporting for &lt; 3.12
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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This function is largely a duplicate of paste_selection() in
drivers/tty/vt/selection.c, but with its own selection state.  The
speakup selection mechanism should really be merged with vt.

For now, apply the changes from 'TTY: vt, fix paste_selection ldisc
handling', 'tty: Make ldisc input flow control concurrency-friendly',
and 'tty: Fix unsafe vt paste_selection()'.

References: https://bugs.debian.org/735202
References: https://bugs.debian.org/744015
Reported-by: Paul Gevers &lt;elbrus@debian.org&gt;
Reported-and-tested-by: Jarek Czekalski &lt;jarekczek@poczta.onet.pl&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # v3.8 but needs backporting for &lt; 3.12
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tty: Fix lockless tty buffer race</title>
<updated>2014-05-03T22:14:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Hurley</name>
<email>peter@hurleysoftware.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-05-02T14:56:12+00:00</published>
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Commit 6a20dbd6caa2358716136144bf524331d70b1e03,
"tty: Fix race condition between __tty_buffer_request_room and flush_to_ldisc"
correctly identifies an unsafe race condition between
__tty_buffer_request_room() and flush_to_ldisc(), where the consumer
flush_to_ldisc() prematurely advances the head before consuming the
last of the data committed. For example:

           CPU 0                     |            CPU 1
__tty_buffer_request_room            | flush_to_ldisc
  ...                                |   ...
                                     |   count = head-&gt;commit - head-&gt;read
  n = tty_buffer_alloc()             |
  b-&gt;commit = b-&gt;used                |
  b-&gt;next = n                        |
                                     |   if (!count)                /* T */
                                     |     if (head-&gt;next == NULL)  /* F */
                                     |     buf-&gt;head = head-&gt;next

In this case, buf-&gt;head has been advanced but head-&gt;commit may have
been updated with a new value.

Instead of reintroducing an unnecessary lock, fix the race locklessly.
Read the commit-next pair in the reverse order of writing, which guarantees
the commit value read is the latest value written if the head is
advancing.

Reported-by: Manfred Schlaegl &lt;manfred.schlaegl@gmx.at&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # 3.12.x+
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley &lt;peter@hurleysoftware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Commit 6a20dbd6caa2358716136144bf524331d70b1e03,
"tty: Fix race condition between __tty_buffer_request_room and flush_to_ldisc"
correctly identifies an unsafe race condition between
__tty_buffer_request_room() and flush_to_ldisc(), where the consumer
flush_to_ldisc() prematurely advances the head before consuming the
last of the data committed. For example:

           CPU 0                     |            CPU 1
__tty_buffer_request_room            | flush_to_ldisc
  ...                                |   ...
                                     |   count = head-&gt;commit - head-&gt;read
  n = tty_buffer_alloc()             |
  b-&gt;commit = b-&gt;used                |
  b-&gt;next = n                        |
                                     |   if (!count)                /* T */
                                     |     if (head-&gt;next == NULL)  /* F */
                                     |     buf-&gt;head = head-&gt;next

In this case, buf-&gt;head has been advanced but head-&gt;commit may have
been updated with a new value.

Instead of reintroducing an unnecessary lock, fix the race locklessly.
Read the commit-next pair in the reverse order of writing, which guarantees
the commit value read is the latest value written if the head is
advancing.

Reported-by: Manfred Schlaegl &lt;manfred.schlaegl@gmx.at&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # 3.12.x+
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley &lt;peter@hurleysoftware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Revert "tty: Fix race condition between __tty_buffer_request_room and flush_to_ldisc"</title>
<updated>2014-05-03T22:14:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Hurley</name>
<email>peter@hurleysoftware.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-05-02T14:56:11+00:00</published>
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This reverts commit 6a20dbd6caa2358716136144bf524331d70b1e03.

Although the commit correctly identifies an unsafe race condition
between __tty_buffer_request_room() and flush_to_ldisc(), the commit
fixes the race with an unnecessary spinlock in a lockless algorithm.

The follow-on commit, "tty: Fix lockless tty buffer race" fixes
the race locklessly.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley &lt;peter@hurleysoftware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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This reverts commit 6a20dbd6caa2358716136144bf524331d70b1e03.

Although the commit correctly identifies an unsafe race condition
between __tty_buffer_request_room() and flush_to_ldisc(), the commit
fixes the race with an unnecessary spinlock in a lockless algorithm.

The follow-on commit, "tty: Fix lockless tty buffer race" fixes
the race locklessly.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley &lt;peter@hurleysoftware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tty: Fix race condition between __tty_buffer_request_room and flush_to_ldisc</title>
<updated>2014-04-24T22:18:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Manfred Schlaegl</name>
<email>manfred.schlaegl@gmx.at</email>
</author>
<published>2014-04-08T12:42:04+00:00</published>
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The race was introduced while development of linux-3.11 by
e8437d7ecbc50198705331449367d401ebb3181f and
e9975fdec0138f1b2a85b9624e41660abd9865d4.
Originally it was found and reproduced on linux-3.12.15 and
linux-3.12.15-rt25, by sending 500 byte blocks with 115kbaud to the
target uart in a loop with 100 milliseconds delay.

In short:
 1. The consumer flush_to_ldisc is on to remove the head tty_buffer.
 2. The producer adds a number of bytes, so that a new tty_buffer must
	be allocated and added by __tty_buffer_request_room.
 3. The consumer removes the head tty_buffer element, without handling
	newly committed data.

Detailed example:
 * Initial buffer:
   * Head, Tail -&gt; 0: used=250; commit=250; read=240; next=NULL
 * Consumer: ''flush_to_ldisc''
   * consumed 10 Byte
   * buffer:
     * Head, Tail -&gt; 0: used=250; commit=250; read=250; next=NULL
{{{
		count = head-&gt;commit - head-&gt;read;	// count = 0
		if (!count) {				// enter
			// INTERRUPTED BY PRODUCER -&gt;
			if (head-&gt;next == NULL)
				break;
			buf-&gt;head = head-&gt;next;
			tty_buffer_free(port, head);
			continue;
		}
}}}
 * Producer: tty_insert_flip_... 10 bytes + tty_flip_buffer_push
   * buffer:
     * Head, Tail -&gt; 0: used=250; commit=250; read=250; next=NULL
   * added 6 bytes: head-element filled to maximum.
     * buffer:
       * Head, Tail -&gt; 0: used=256; commit=250; read=250; next=NULL
   * added 4 bytes: __tty_buffer_request_room is called
     * buffer:
       * Head -&gt; 0: used=256; commit=256; read=250; next=1
       * Tail -&gt; 1: used=4; commit=0; read=250 next=NULL
   * push (tty_flip_buffer_push)
     * buffer:
       * Head -&gt; 0: used=256; commit=256; read=250; next=1
       * Tail -&gt; 1: used=4; commit=4; read=250 next=NULL
 * Consumer
{{{
		count = head-&gt;commit - head-&gt;read;
		if (!count) {
			// INTERRUPTED BY PRODUCER &lt;-
			if (head-&gt;next == NULL)		// -&gt; no break
				break;
			buf-&gt;head = head-&gt;next;
			tty_buffer_free(port, head);
			// ERROR: tty_buffer head freed -&gt; 6 bytes lost
			continue;
		}
}}}

This patch reintroduces a spin_lock to protect this case. Perhaps later
a lock-less solution could be found.

Signed-off-by: Manfred Schlaegl &lt;manfred.schlaegl@gmx.at&gt;
Cc: stable &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # 3.11
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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The race was introduced while development of linux-3.11 by
e8437d7ecbc50198705331449367d401ebb3181f and
e9975fdec0138f1b2a85b9624e41660abd9865d4.
Originally it was found and reproduced on linux-3.12.15 and
linux-3.12.15-rt25, by sending 500 byte blocks with 115kbaud to the
target uart in a loop with 100 milliseconds delay.

In short:
 1. The consumer flush_to_ldisc is on to remove the head tty_buffer.
 2. The producer adds a number of bytes, so that a new tty_buffer must
	be allocated and added by __tty_buffer_request_room.
 3. The consumer removes the head tty_buffer element, without handling
	newly committed data.

Detailed example:
 * Initial buffer:
   * Head, Tail -&gt; 0: used=250; commit=250; read=240; next=NULL
 * Consumer: ''flush_to_ldisc''
   * consumed 10 Byte
   * buffer:
     * Head, Tail -&gt; 0: used=250; commit=250; read=250; next=NULL
{{{
		count = head-&gt;commit - head-&gt;read;	// count = 0
		if (!count) {				// enter
			// INTERRUPTED BY PRODUCER -&gt;
			if (head-&gt;next == NULL)
				break;
			buf-&gt;head = head-&gt;next;
			tty_buffer_free(port, head);
			continue;
		}
}}}
 * Producer: tty_insert_flip_... 10 bytes + tty_flip_buffer_push
   * buffer:
     * Head, Tail -&gt; 0: used=250; commit=250; read=250; next=NULL
   * added 6 bytes: head-element filled to maximum.
     * buffer:
       * Head, Tail -&gt; 0: used=256; commit=250; read=250; next=NULL
   * added 4 bytes: __tty_buffer_request_room is called
     * buffer:
       * Head -&gt; 0: used=256; commit=256; read=250; next=1
       * Tail -&gt; 1: used=4; commit=0; read=250 next=NULL
   * push (tty_flip_buffer_push)
     * buffer:
       * Head -&gt; 0: used=256; commit=256; read=250; next=1
       * Tail -&gt; 1: used=4; commit=4; read=250 next=NULL
 * Consumer
{{{
		count = head-&gt;commit - head-&gt;read;
		if (!count) {
			// INTERRUPTED BY PRODUCER &lt;-
			if (head-&gt;next == NULL)		// -&gt; no break
				break;
			buf-&gt;head = head-&gt;next;
			tty_buffer_free(port, head);
			// ERROR: tty_buffer head freed -&gt; 6 bytes lost
			continue;
		}
}}}

This patch reintroduces a spin_lock to protect this case. Perhaps later
a lock-less solution could be found.

Signed-off-by: Manfred Schlaegl &lt;manfred.schlaegl@gmx.at&gt;
Cc: stable &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # 3.11
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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