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…ata corruption

cryptd_queue_worker attempts to prevent simultaneous accesses to crypto
workqueue by cryptd_enqueue_request using preempt_disable/preempt_enable.
However cryptd_enqueue_request might be called from softirq context,
so add local_bh_disable/local_bh_enable to prevent data corruption and
panics.

Bug report at http://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=134858649616319&w=2

v2:
 - Disable software interrupts instead of hardware interrupts

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Gurucharan Shetty <gurucharan.shetty@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@mbnet.fi>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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jkivilin authored and herbertx committed Oct 24, 2012
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11 changes: 8 additions & 3 deletions crypto/cryptd.c
Expand Up @@ -137,13 +137,18 @@ static void cryptd_queue_worker(struct work_struct *work)
struct crypto_async_request *req, *backlog; struct crypto_async_request *req, *backlog;


cpu_queue = container_of(work, struct cryptd_cpu_queue, work); cpu_queue = container_of(work, struct cryptd_cpu_queue, work);
/* Only handle one request at a time to avoid hogging crypto /*
* workqueue. preempt_disable/enable is used to prevent * Only handle one request at a time to avoid hogging crypto workqueue.
* being preempted by cryptd_enqueue_request() */ * preempt_disable/enable is used to prevent being preempted by
* cryptd_enqueue_request(). local_bh_disable/enable is used to prevent
* cryptd_enqueue_request() being accessed from software interrupts.
*/
local_bh_disable();
preempt_disable(); preempt_disable();
backlog = crypto_get_backlog(&cpu_queue->queue); backlog = crypto_get_backlog(&cpu_queue->queue);
req = crypto_dequeue_request(&cpu_queue->queue); req = crypto_dequeue_request(&cpu_queue->queue);
preempt_enable(); preempt_enable();
local_bh_enable();


if (!req) if (!req)
return; return;
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