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| author | Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@mbnet.fi> | 2012-10-21 19:42:28 +0200 |
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| committer | Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> | 2012-10-24 15:21:18 +0200 |
| commit | 9efade1b3e981f5064f9db9ca971b4dc7557ae42 (patch) | |
| tree | 189522000152bea31874b18516290fb482f321e8 /crypto | |
| parent | Linux 3.7-rc1 (diff) | |
| download | linux-9efade1b3e981f5064f9db9ca971b4dc7557ae42.tar.xz linux-9efade1b3e981f5064f9db9ca971b4dc7557ae42.zip | |
crypto: cryptd - disable softirqs in cryptd_queue_worker to prevent data corruption
cryptd_queue_worker attempts to prevent simultaneous accesses to crypto
workqueue by cryptd_enqueue_request using preempt_disable/preempt_enable.
However cryptd_enqueue_request might be called from softirq context,
so add local_bh_disable/local_bh_enable to prevent data corruption and
panics.
Bug report at http://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=134858649616319&w=2
v2:
- Disable software interrupts instead of hardware interrupts
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Gurucharan Shetty <gurucharan.shetty@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@mbnet.fi>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'crypto')
| -rw-r--r-- | crypto/cryptd.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/cryptd.c b/crypto/cryptd.c index 671d4d6d14df..7bdd61b867c8 100644 --- a/crypto/cryptd.c +++ b/crypto/cryptd.c @@ -137,13 +137,18 @@ static void cryptd_queue_worker(struct work_struct *work) struct crypto_async_request *req, *backlog; cpu_queue = container_of(work, struct cryptd_cpu_queue, work); - /* Only handle one request at a time to avoid hogging crypto - * workqueue. preempt_disable/enable is used to prevent - * being preempted by cryptd_enqueue_request() */ + /* + * Only handle one request at a time to avoid hogging crypto workqueue. + * preempt_disable/enable is used to prevent being preempted by + * cryptd_enqueue_request(). local_bh_disable/enable is used to prevent + * cryptd_enqueue_request() being accessed from software interrupts. + */ + local_bh_disable(); preempt_disable(); backlog = crypto_get_backlog(&cpu_queue->queue); req = crypto_dequeue_request(&cpu_queue->queue); preempt_enable(); + local_bh_enable(); if (!req) return; |