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A race condition is possible when writing to events_queue_size where the
events kfifo is freed during the execution of a kfifo_in(), resulting in
a use-after-free. This patch prevents such a scenario by protecting the
events queue in operation with a spinlock and locking before performing
the events queue size adjustment.
The existing events_lock mutex is renamed to events_out_lock to reflect
that it only protects events queue out operations. Because the events
queue in operations can occur in an interrupt context, a new
events_in_lock spinlock is introduced and utilized.
Fixes: feff17a550 ("counter: Implement events_queue_size sysfs attribute")
Cc: David Lechner <david@lechnology.com>
Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211021103540.955639-1-vilhelm.gray@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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