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Potentially, hvc_open() can be called in parallel when two tasks calls open() on /dev/hvcX. In such a scenario, if the hp->ops->notifier_add() callback in the function fails, where it sets the tty->driver_data to NULL, the parallel hvc_open() can see this NULL and cause a memory abort. Hence, serialize hvc_open and check if tty->private_data is NULL before proceeding ahead. The issue can be easily reproduced by launching two tasks simultaneously that does nothing but open() and close() on /dev/hvcX. For example: $ ./simple_open_close /dev/hvc0 & ./simple_open_close /dev/hvc0 & Signed-off-by: Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@codeaurora.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200428032601.22127-1-rananta@codeaurora.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.