CVE-2017-8071 (published 2017-04-23T05:59Z)

drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.9 uses a spinlock without considering that sleeping is possible in a USB HID request callback, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via unspecified vectors.

Severity: LOW
CVSS v2 base score: 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
CVSS v3 base score: 5.5, MEDIUM (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: CWE-404
cwe_name: Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
description: The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.
extended_description: When a resource is created or allocated, the developer is responsible for properly releasing the resource as well as accounting for all potential paths of expiration or invalidation, such as a set period of time or revocation.
         

Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
author: Johan Hovold
author_date: 2017-01-30 11:26:38+01:00
msg: HID: cp2112: fix sleep-while-atomic

A recent commit fixing DMA-buffers on stack added a shared transfer
buffer protected by a spinlock. This is broken as the USB HID request
callbacks can sleep. Fix this up by replacing the spinlock with a mutex.

Fixes: 1ffb3c40ffb5 ("HID: cp2112: make transfer buffers DMA capable")
Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>	# 4.9
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
repository: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
repo_name: torvalds/linux
description: Linux kernel source tree
repo_language: C
owner: torvalds
file_changes: filename: hid-cp2112.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ struct cp2112_device {
 	atomic_t xfer_avail;
 	struct gpio_chip gc;
 	u8 *in_out_buffer;
-	spinlock_t lock;
+	struct mutex lock;
 
 	struct gpio_desc *desc[8];
 	bool gpio_poll;
@@ -186,10 +186,9 @@ static int cp2112_gpio_direction_input(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset)
 	struct cp2112_device *dev = gpiochip_get_data(chip);
 	struct hid_device *hdev = dev->hdev;
 	u8 *buf = dev->in_out_buffer;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->lock, flags);
+	mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
 
 	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(hdev, CP2112_GPIO_CONFIG, buf,
 				 CP2112_GPIO_CONFIG_LENGTH, HID_FEATURE_REPORT,
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ static int cp2112_gpio_direction_input(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset)
 	ret = 0;
 
 exit:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, flags);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
 	return ret <= 0 ? ret : -EIO;
 }
 
@@ -222,10 +221,9 @@ static void cp2112_gpio_set(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset, int value)
 	struct cp2112_device *dev = gpiochip_get_data(chip);
 	struct hid_device *hdev = dev->hdev;
 	u8 *buf = dev->in_out_buffer;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->lock, flags);
+	mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
 
 	buf[0] = CP2112_GPIO_SET;
 	buf[1] = value ? 0xff : 0;
@@ -237,7 +235,7 @@ static void cp2112_gpio_set(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset, int value)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		hid_err(hdev, "error setting GPIO values: %d\n", ret);
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, flags);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
 }
 
 static int cp2112_gpio_get_all(struct gpio_chip *chip)
@@ -245,10 +243,9 @@ static int cp2112_gpio_get_all(struct gpio_chip *chip)
 	struct cp2112_device *dev = gpiochip_get_data(chip);
 	struct hid_device *hdev = dev->hdev;
 	u8 *buf = dev->in_out_buffer;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->lock, flags);
+	mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
 
 	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(hdev, CP2112_GPIO_GET, buf,
 				 CP2112_GPIO_GET_LENGTH, HID_FEATURE_REPORT,
@@ -262,7 +259,7 @@ static int cp2112_gpio_get_all(struct gpio_chip *chip)
 	ret = buf[1];
 
 exit:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, flags);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -284,10 +281,9 @@ static int cp2112_gpio_direction_output(struct gpio_chip *chip,
 	struct cp2112_device *dev = gpiochip_get_data(chip);
 	struct hid_device *hdev = dev->hdev;
 	u8 *buf = dev->in_out_buffer;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->lock, flags);
+	mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
 
 	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(hdev, CP2112_GPIO_CONFIG, buf,
 				 CP2112_GPIO_CONFIG_LENGTH, HID_FEATURE_REPORT,
@@ -308,7 +304,7 @@ static int cp2112_gpio_direction_output(struct gpio_chip *chip,
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, flags);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Set gpio value when output direction is already set,
@@ -319,7 +315,7 @@ static int cp2112_gpio_direction_output(struct gpio_chip *chip,
 	return 0;
 
 fail:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, flags);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
 	return ret < 0 ? ret : -EIO;
 }
 
@@ -1235,7 +1231,7 @@ static int cp2112_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id)
 	if (!dev->in_out_buffer)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	spin_lock_init(&dev->lock);
+	mutex_init(&dev->lock);
 
 	ret = hid_parse(hdev);
 	if (ret) {

programming_language: C