linux/drivers/tty
Geert Uytterhoeven 4ed94cd440 serial_core: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in uart_close()
When unbinding a serial driver that's being used as a serial console,
the kernel may crash with a NULL pointer dereference in a uart_*() function
called from uart_close () (e.g. uart_flush_buffer() or
uart_chars_in_buffer()).

To fix this, let uart_close() check for port->count == 0. If this is the
case, bail out early. Else tty_port_close_start() will make the port
counts inconsistent, printing out warnings like

    tty_port_close_start: tty->count = 1 port count = 0.

and

    tty_port_close_start: count = -1

and once uport == NULL, it will also crash.

Also fix the related crash in pr_debug() by checking for a non-NULL uport
first.

Detailed description:

On driver unbind, uart_remove_one_port() is called. Basically it;
  - marks the port dead,
  - calls tty_vhangup(),
  - sets state->uart_port = NULL.

What will happen depends on whether the port is just in use by e.g. getty,
or was also opened as a console.

A. If the tty was not opened as a console:

  - tty_vhangup() will (in __tty_hangup()):
      - mark all file descriptors for this tty hung up by pointing them to
	hung_up_tty_fops,
      - call uart_hangup(), which sets port->count to 0.

  - A subsequent uart_open() (this may be through /dev/ttyS*, or through
    /dev/console if this is a serial console) will fail with -ENXIO as the
    port was marked dead,
  - uart_close() after the failed uart_open() will return early, as
    tty_hung_up_p() (called from tty_port_close_start()) will notice it was
    hung up.

B. If the tty was also opened as a console:

  - tty_vhangup() will (in __tty_hangup()):
      - mark non-console file descriptors for this tty hung up by pointing
	them to hung_up_tty_fops,
      - NOT call uart_hangup(), but instead call uart_close() for every
        non-console file descriptor, so port->count will still have a
	non-zero value afterwards.

  - A subsequent uart_open() will fail with -ENXIO as the port was
    marked dead,
  - uart_close() after the failed uart_open() starts to misbehave:
      - tty_hung_up_p() will not notice it was hung up,
      - As port->count is non-zero, tty_port_close_start() will decrease
        port->count, making the tty and port counts inconsistent. Later,
	warnings like these will be printed:

	    tty_port_close_start: tty->count = 1 port count = 0.

	and
	    tty_port_close_start: count = -1

      - If all of this happens after state->uart_port was set to zero, a
        NULL pointer dereference will happen.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2014-03-17 16:17:55 -07:00
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hvc hvc: ensure hvc_init is only ever called once in hvc_console.c 2014-02-13 10:41:47 -08:00
ipwireless tty: Fix low_latency BUG 2014-02-28 16:31:00 -08:00
serial serial_core: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in uart_close() 2014-03-17 16:17:55 -07:00
vt vt: detect and ignore OSC codes. 2014-02-28 16:25:47 -08:00
amiserial.c tty/amiserial: avoid interruptible_sleep_on 2014-01-07 17:05:21 -08:00
bfin_jtag_comm.c TTY: bfin_jtag_comm: fix incorrect placement of __initdata tag 2013-09-30 19:09:37 -07:00
cyclades.c tty: an overflow of multiplication in drivers/tty/cyclades.c 2013-12-20 12:21:57 -08:00
ehv_bytechan.c drivers: clean-up prom.h implicit includes 2013-10-09 20:04:04 -05:00
goldfish.c tty: delete non-required instances of include <linux/init.h> 2014-01-07 17:05:21 -08:00
isicom.c
Kconfig drivers/tty: ehv_bytechan fails to build as a module 2014-01-09 17:52:12 -06:00
Makefile tty: Add timed, writer-prioritized rw semaphore 2013-05-20 12:30:32 -07:00
metag_da.c tree-wide: use reinit_completion instead of INIT_COMPLETION 2013-11-15 09:32:21 +09:00
moxa.c TTY: add tty_port_tty_hangup helper 2013-03-18 16:24:29 -07:00
moxa.h
mxser.c tty: mxser: Fix build warning introduced by dfc7b837c7 (Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the tty.current tree) 2013-05-22 10:26:02 -07:00
mxser.h
n_gsm.c tty: n_gsm: Fix for modems with brk in modem status control 2014-02-07 08:40:54 -08:00
n_hdlc.c
n_r3964.c tty: Always handle NULL flag ptr 2013-12-08 16:56:05 -08:00
n_tracerouter.c
n_tracesink.c
n_tracesink.h
n_tty.c n_tty: Simplify input_available_p() 2014-02-13 10:18:48 -08:00
nozomi.c tty: Remove unnecessary semicolons 2013-10-16 13:08:16 -07:00
pty.c tty: Fix lock order in tty_do_resize() 2013-07-24 15:12:53 -07:00
rocket_int.h
rocket.c tty: remove DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE macro 2013-12-08 17:09:07 -08:00
rocket.h
synclink_gt.c tty: synclink: avoid sleep_on race 2014-01-07 17:05:21 -08:00
synclink.c synclink: fix info leak in ioctl 2014-03-17 16:13:23 -07:00
synclinkmp.c synclink: fix info leak in ioctl 2014-03-17 16:13:23 -07:00
sysrq.c sysrq: Allow magic SysRq key functions to be disabled through Kconfig 2013-10-16 13:01:44 -07:00
tty_audit.c audit: convert all sessionid declaration to unsigned int 2014-01-13 22:31:46 -05:00
tty_buffer.c tty: Fix low_latency BUG 2014-02-28 16:31:00 -08:00
tty_io.c tty: Set correct tty name in 'active' sysfs attribute 2014-02-28 16:36:46 -08:00
tty_ioctl.c tty: Fix SIGTTOU not sent with tcflush() 2013-09-25 17:52:17 -07:00
tty_ldisc.c tty: delete non-required instances of include <linux/init.h> 2014-01-07 17:05:21 -08:00
tty_ldsem.c tty: Fix hang at ldsem_down_read() 2013-12-16 16:55:43 -08:00
tty_mutex.c
tty_port.c tty: delete non-required instances of include <linux/init.h> 2014-01-07 17:05:21 -08:00