[ 3.8.y.z extended stable ] Patch "ipmi: ipmi_devintf: compat_ioctl method fails to take ipmi_mutex" has been added to staging queue
Kamal Mostafa
kamal at canonical.com
Wed May 22 21:55:32 UTC 2013
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled
ipmi: ipmi_devintf: compat_ioctl method fails to take ipmi_mutex
to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree
which can be found at:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please
reply to this email.
For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable
Thanks.
-Kamal
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>From 48a527577eb35b1f8d35705593a422c6bd722f99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl at kvack.org>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 14:04:27 -0500
Subject: ipmi: ipmi_devintf: compat_ioctl method fails to take ipmi_mutex
commit 6368087e851e697679af059b4247aca33a69cef3 upstream.
When a 32 bit version of ipmitool is used on a 64 bit kernel, the
ipmi_devintf code fails to correctly acquire ipmi_mutex. This results in
incomplete data being retrieved in some cases, or other possible failures.
Add a wrapper around compat_ipmi_ioctl() to take ipmi_mutex to fix this.
Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl at kvack.org>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard at mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
index 9eb360f..d5a5f02 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
@@ -837,13 +837,25 @@ static long compat_ipmi_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int cmd,
return ipmi_ioctl(filep, cmd, arg);
}
}
+
+static long unlocked_compat_ipmi_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int cmd,
+ unsigned long arg)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ mutex_lock(&ipmi_mutex);
+ ret = compat_ipmi_ioctl(filep, cmd, arg);
+ mutex_unlock(&ipmi_mutex);
+
+ return ret;
+}
#endif
static const struct file_operations ipmi_fops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.unlocked_ioctl = ipmi_unlocked_ioctl,
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
- .compat_ioctl = compat_ipmi_ioctl,
+ .compat_ioctl = unlocked_compat_ipmi_ioctl,
#endif
.open = ipmi_open,
.release = ipmi_release,
--
1.8.1.2
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