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Check fops_get() return value

Several subsystem open handlers dereference the fops_get() return value
without checking it for nullness. This opens a race condition between the
open handler and module unloading.

A module can be marked as being unloaded (MODULE_STATE_GOING) before its
exit function is called and gets the chance to unregister the driver.
During that window open handlers can still be called, and fops_get() will
fail in try_module_get() and return a NULL pointer.

This change checks the fops_get() return value and returns -ENODEV if NULL.

Reported-by: Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@tuffmail.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@skynet.be>
Acked-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>
Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

authored by

Laurent Pinchart and committed by
Linus Torvalds
f41ced8f bdbeed75

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drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
··· 183 183 184 184 old_fops = filp->f_op; 185 185 filp->f_op = fops_get(&dev->driver->fops); 186 + if (filp->f_op == NULL) { 187 + filp->f_op = old_fops; 188 + goto out; 189 + } 186 190 if (filp->f_op->open && (err = filp->f_op->open(inode, filp))) { 187 191 fops_put(filp->f_op); 188 192 filp->f_op = fops_get(old_fops);
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drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
··· 79 79 file->private_data = dvbdev; 80 80 old_fops = file->f_op; 81 81 file->f_op = fops_get(dvbdev->fops); 82 + if (file->f_op == NULL) { 83 + file->f_op = old_fops; 84 + goto fail; 85 + } 82 86 if(file->f_op->open) 83 87 err = file->f_op->open(inode,file); 84 88 if (err) { ··· 94 90 unlock_kernel(); 95 91 return err; 96 92 } 93 + fail: 97 94 up_read(&minor_rwsem); 98 95 unlock_kernel(); 99 96 return -ENODEV;
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sound/core/sound.c
··· 152 152 } 153 153 old_fops = file->f_op; 154 154 file->f_op = fops_get(mptr->f_ops); 155 + if (file->f_op == NULL) { 156 + file->f_op = old_fops; 157 + return -ENODEV; 158 + } 155 159 if (file->f_op->open) 156 160 err = file->f_op->open(inode, file); 157 161 if (err) {