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Sean Tranchetti 7b42410d35 genetlink: remove genl_bind 
[ Upstream commit 1e82a62fec ]

A potential deadlock can occur during registering or unregistering a
new generic netlink family between the main nl_table_lock and the
cb_lock where each thread wants the lock held by the other, as
demonstrated below.

1) Thread 1 is performing a netlink_bind() operation on a socket. As part
   of this call, it will call netlink_lock_table(), incrementing the
   nl_table_users count to 1.
2) Thread 2 is registering (or unregistering) a genl_family via the
   genl_(un)register_family() API. The cb_lock semaphore will be taken for
   writing.
3) Thread 1 will call genl_bind() as part of the bind operation to handle
   subscribing to GENL multicast groups at the request of the user. It will
   attempt to take the cb_lock semaphore for reading, but it will fail and
   be scheduled away, waiting for Thread 2 to finish the write.
4) Thread 2 will call netlink_table_grab() during the (un)registration
   call. However, as Thread 1 has incremented nl_table_users, it will not
   be able to proceed, and both threads will be stuck waiting for the
   other.

genl_bind() is a noop, unless a genl_family implements the mcast_bind()
function to handle setting up family-specific multicast operations. Since
no one in-tree uses this functionality as Cong pointed out, simply removing
the genl_bind() function will remove the possibility for deadlock, as there
is no attempt by Thread 1 above to take the cb_lock semaphore.

Fixes: c380d9a7af ("genetlink: pass multicast bind/unbind to families")
Suggested-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Tranchetti <stranche@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2020-07-22 09:32:46 +02:00
arch s390/maccess: add no DAT mode to kernel_write 2020-07-16 08:16:48 +02:00
block blk-mq: consider non-idle request as "inflight" in blk_mq_rq_inflight() 2020-07-16 08:16:47 +02:00
certs PKCS#7: Refactor verify_pkcs7_signature() 2019-08-05 18:40:18 -04:00
crypto crypto: af_alg - fix use-after-free in af_alg_accept() due to bh_lock_sock() 2020-07-09 09:37:52 +02:00
Documentation dt-bindings: display: mediatek: control dpi pins mode to avoid leakage 2020-06-22 09:30:58 +02:00
drivers net: rmnet: fix lower interface leak 2020-07-22 09:32:46 +02:00
fs btrfs: fix double put of block group with nocow 2020-07-16 08:16:45 +02:00
include genetlink: remove genl_bind 2020-07-22 09:32:46 +02:00
init x86: Fix early boot crash on gcc-10, third try 2020-05-20 08:20:34 +02:00
ipc ipc/util.c: sysvipc_find_ipc() incorrectly updates position index 2020-05-20 08:20:16 +02:00
kernel bpf: Check correct cred for CAP_SYSLOG in bpf_dump_raw_ok() 2020-07-16 08:16:45 +02:00
lib test_objagg: Fix potential memory leak in error handling 2020-06-30 15:37:04 -04:00
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mm mm, compaction: make capture control handling safe wrt interrupts 2020-07-09 09:37:57 +02:00
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security selinux: fix double free 2020-06-24 17:50:48 +02:00
sound ALSA: hda/realtek: Enable headset mic of Acer Veriton N4660G with ALC269VC 2020-07-16 08:16:43 +02:00
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README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.