Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: staging: rtl8192eu: Fix deadlock in rtw_joinbss_event_prehandle There is a deadlock in rtw_joinbss_event_prehandle(), which is shown below: (Thread 1) | (Thread 2) | _set_timer() rtw_joinbss_event_prehandle()| mod_timer() spin_lock_bh() //(1) | (wait a time) ... | rtw_join_timeout_handler() | _rtw_join_timeout_handler() del_timer_sync() | spin_lock_bh() //(2) (wait timer to stop) | ... We hold pmlmepriv->lock in position (1) of thread 1 and use del_timer_sync() to wait timer to stop, but timer handler also need pmlmepriv->lock in position (2) of thread 2. As a result, rtw_joinbss_event_prehandle() will block forever. This patch extracts del_timer_sync() from the protection of spin_lock_bh(), which could let timer handler to obtain the needed lock. What`s more, we change spin_lock_bh() to spin_lock_irq() in _rtw_join_timeout_handler() in order to prevent deadlock.

Weaknesses 1

Affected Products 1

References 2

• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fcddf9c7c10202946d5b19409efbdff744fba88
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• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25cf414b0610fea29d8e045f315648d9007c9a46
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Remediation

• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fcddf9c7c10202946d5b19409efbdff744fba88
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• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25cf414b0610fea29d8e045f315648d9007c9a46
  Patch