kernel/irq/proc.c: unprotected iteration over the IRQ action list in name_unique()
setup_irq() releases a desc->lock before calling register_handler_proc(), so
the iteration over the IRQ action list is not protected.
(akpm: the check itself is still racy, but at least it probably won't oops
now).
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/kernel/irq/proc.c b/kernel/irq/proc.c
index 2db91eb..ddde0ef 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/proc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/proc.c
@@ -66,12 +66,19 @@
{
struct irq_desc *desc = irq_desc + irq;
struct irqaction *action;
+ unsigned long flags;
+ int ret = 1;
- for (action = desc->action ; action; action = action->next)
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
+ for (action = desc->action ; action; action = action->next) {
if ((action != new_action) && action->name &&
- !strcmp(new_action->name, action->name))
- return 0;
- return 1;
+ !strcmp(new_action->name, action->name)) {
+ ret = 0;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
+ return ret;
}
void register_handler_proc(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *action)
