Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: don't call del_timer_sync() on uninitialized timer

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 4:46 AM Tetsuo Handa
<penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> syzbot is reporting that del_timer_sync() is called from
> mwifiex_usb_cleanup_tx_aggr() from mwifiex_unregister_dev() without
> checking timer_setup() from mwifiex_usb_tx_init() was called [1].
> Since mwifiex_usb_prepare_tx_aggr_skb() is calling del_timer() if
> is_hold_timer_set == true, use the same condition for del_timer_sync().
>
> [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=fdeef9cf7348be8b8ab5b847f2ed993aba8ea7b6
>

Can you use BugLink: tag for above?

> Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+373e6719b49912399d21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ganapathi Bhat <gbhat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> A patch from Ganapathi Bhat ( https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10990275/ ) is stalling
> at https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/MN2PR18MB2637D7C742BC235FE38367F0A09C0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ .
> syzbot by now got this report for 10000 times. Do we want to go with this simple patch?
>
>  drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c
> index 6f3cfde..04a1461 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c
> @@ -1353,7 +1353,8 @@ static void mwifiex_usb_cleanup_tx_aggr(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
>                                 skb_dequeue(&port->tx_aggr.aggr_list)))
>                                 mwifiex_write_data_complete(adapter, skb_tmp,
>                                                             0, -1);
> -               del_timer_sync(&port->tx_aggr.timer_cnxt.hold_timer);
> +               if (port->tx_aggr.timer_cnxt.is_hold_timer_set)
> +                       del_timer_sync(&port->tx_aggr.timer_cnxt.hold_timer);
>                 port->tx_aggr.timer_cnxt.is_hold_timer_set = false;
>                 port->tx_aggr.timer_cnxt.hold_tmo_msecs = 0;
>         }
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko