[PATCH 1/3] ath10k: protect src_ring state with ce_lock in tx_sg()
Michal Kazior
michal.kazior at tieto.com
Thu May 15 05:48:57 PDT 2014
It was possible to read invalid state of CE ring
buffer indexes. This could lead to scatter-gather
transfer failure in mid-way and crash firmware
later by leaving garbage data on the ring.
Reported-By: Avery Pennarun <apenwarr at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior at tieto.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
index 91d6076..04d8cbf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
@@ -762,13 +762,17 @@ static int ath10k_pci_hif_tx_sg(struct ath10k *ar, u8 pipe_id,
struct ath10k_pci_pipe *pci_pipe = &ar_pci->pipe_info[pipe_id];
struct ath10k_ce_pipe *ce_pipe = pci_pipe->ce_hdl;
struct ath10k_ce_ring *src_ring = ce_pipe->src_ring;
- unsigned int nentries_mask = src_ring->nentries_mask;
- unsigned int sw_index = src_ring->sw_index;
- unsigned int write_index = src_ring->write_index;
+ unsigned int nentries_mask;
+ unsigned int sw_index;
+ unsigned int write_index;
int err, i;
spin_lock_bh(&ar_pci->ce_lock);
+ nentries_mask = src_ring->nentries_mask;
+ sw_index = src_ring->sw_index;
+ write_index = src_ring->write_index;
+
if (unlikely(CE_RING_DELTA(nentries_mask,
write_index, sw_index - 1) < n_items)) {
err = -ENOBUFS;
--
1.8.5.3
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