Check fops_get() return value
Several subsystem open handlers dereference the fops_get() return value
without checking it for nullness. This opens a race condition between the
open handler and module unloading.
A module can be marked as being unloaded (MODULE_STATE_GOING) before its
exit function is called and gets the chance to unregister the driver.
During that window open handlers can still be called, and fops_get() will
fail in try_module_get() and return a NULL pointer.
This change checks the fops_get() return value and returns -ENODEV if NULL.
Reported-by: Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@tuffmail.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@skynet.be>
Acked-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>
Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index 65d6966..6a32680 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@
file->private_data = dvbdev;
old_fops = file->f_op;
file->f_op = fops_get(dvbdev->fops);
+ if (file->f_op == NULL) {
+ file->f_op = old_fops;
+ goto fail;
+ }
if(file->f_op->open)
err = file->f_op->open(inode,file);
if (err) {
@@ -90,6 +94,7 @@
unlock_kernel();
return err;
}
+fail:
up_read(&minor_rwsem);
unlock_kernel();
return -ENODEV;
