From c4ce0da8ec62d83c96e29db7dadd6d3985344bb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petr Mladek Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:02:13 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] livepatch: RCU protect struct klp_func all the time when used in klp_ftrace_handler() func->new_func has been accessed after rcu_read_unlock() in klp_ftrace_handler() and therefore the access was not protected. Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina --- kernel/livepatch/core.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c index 69bf3aa3bde8..782172f073c5 100644 --- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c +++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c @@ -314,12 +314,12 @@ static void notrace klp_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip, rcu_read_lock(); func = list_first_or_null_rcu(&ops->func_stack, struct klp_func, stack_node); - rcu_read_unlock(); - if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!func)) - return; + goto unlock; klp_arch_set_pc(regs, (unsigned long)func->new_func); +unlock: + rcu_read_unlock(); } static int klp_disable_func(struct klp_func *func) -- 2.20.1