ashmem_mutex create a chain of dependencies like so:
(1)
mmap syscall ->
mmap_sem -> (acquired)
ashmem_mmap
ashmem_mutex (try to acquire)
(block)
(2)
llseek syscall ->
ashmem_llseek ->
ashmem_mutex -> (acquired)
inode_lock ->
inode->i_rwsem (try to acquire)
(block)
(3)
getdents ->
iterate_dir ->
inode_lock ->
inode->i_rwsem (acquired)
copy_to_user ->
mmap_sem (try to acquire)
There is a lock ordering created between mmap_sem and inode->i_rwsem
causing a lockdep splat [2] during a syzcaller test, this patch fixes
the issue by unlocking the mutex earlier. Functionally that's Ok since
we don't need to protect vfs_llseek.
[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10185031/
[2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/10/48
Acked-by: Todd Kjos <tkjos@google.com>
Cc: Arve Hjonnevag <arve@android.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: syzbot+8ec30bb7bf1a981a2012@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@google.com>
Acked-by: Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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