Re: [PATCH] ALSA: pcm: oss: Fix race at SNDCTL_DSP_SETTRIGGER There is a small race window at snd_pcm_oss_set_trigger() that is called from OSS PCM SNDCTL_DSP_SETTRIGGER ioctl; namely the function calls snd_pcm_oss_make_ready() at first, then takes the params_lock mutex for the rest. When the stream is set up again by another thread between them, it leads to inconsistency, and may result in unexpected results such as NULL dereference of OSS buffer as a fuzzer spotted recently.

On Wed, 20 Sep 2023 04:35:36 +0200, Ma Ke wrote:

The fix is simply to cover snd_pcm_oss_make_ready() call into the same params_lock mutex with snd_pcm_oss_make_ready_locked() variant.

Signed-off-by: Ma Ke make_ruc2021@163.com

The patch subject needs to be fixed. The subject line can't be that long. It must be concise. Put more text in the patch description instead.

About the code change: the error handling is different after the patch. The current code returns an error immediately while your patch does "goto _skip1" etc, which doesn't abort but continues.

thanks,

Takashi

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sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c | 16 ++++++---------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c b/sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c index 728c211142d1..9a830aeeba63 100644 --- a/sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c +++ b/sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c @@ -2083,21 +2083,14 @@ static int snd_pcm_oss_set_trigger(struct snd_pcm_oss_file *pcm_oss_file, int tr psubstream = pcm_oss_file->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK]; csubstream = pcm_oss_file->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE];

• if (psubstream) {

• err = snd_pcm_oss_make_ready(psubstream);
  

• if (err < 0)
  

• 	return err;
  

• }
• if (csubstream) {

• err = snd_pcm_oss_make_ready(csubstream);
  

• if (err < 0)
  

• 	return err;
  

• } if (psubstream) { runtime = psubstream->runtime; cmd = 0; if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&runtime->oss.params_lock)) return -ERESTARTSYS;

• err = snd_pcm_oss_make_ready_locked(psubstream);
  

• if (err < 0)
  

• 	goto _skip1;
  

  if (trigger & PCM_ENABLE_OUTPUT) { if (runtime->oss.trigger) goto _skip1;

@@ -2128,6 +2121,9 @@ static int snd_pcm_oss_set_trigger(struct snd_pcm_oss_file *pcm_oss_file, int tr cmd = 0; if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&runtime->oss.params_lock)) return -ERESTARTSYS;

• err = snd_pcm_oss_make_ready_locked(csubstream);
  

• if (err < 0)
  

• 	goto _skip2;
  

  if (trigger & PCM_ENABLE_INPUT) { if (runtime->oss.trigger) goto _skip2;

-- 2.37.2