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    media: dvbdev: add a mutex protecting the "mdev" pointer · f17c403a
    Max Kellermann authored
    
    
    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: default avatarMax Kellermann <max.kellermann@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
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