The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From f4e8708d3104437fd7716e957f38c265b0c509ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raghava Aditya Renukunta RaghavaAditya.Renukunta@microsemi.com Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 20:34:22 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] scsi: aacraid: Fix udev inquiry race condition
When udev requests for a devices inquiry string, it might create multiple threads causing a race condition on the shared inquiry resource string.
Created a buffer with the string for each thread.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 3bc8070fb75b3315 ([SCSI] aacraid: SMC vendor identification) Signed-off-by: Raghava Aditya Renukunta RaghavaAditya.Renukunta@microsemi.com Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen martin.petersen@oracle.com
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aachba.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aachba.c index af3e4d3f9735..548a3e73f10a 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aachba.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aachba.c @@ -913,8 +913,16 @@ static void setinqstr(struct aac_dev *dev, void *data, int tindex) memset(str, ' ', sizeof(*str));
if (sup_adap_info->adapter_type_text[0]) { - char *cp = sup_adap_info->adapter_type_text; int c; + char *cp; + char *cname = kmemdup(sup_adap_info->adapter_type_text, + sizeof(sup_adap_info->adapter_type_text), + GFP_ATOMIC); + + if (!cname) + return; + + cp = cname; if ((cp[0] == 'A') && (cp[1] == 'O') && (cp[2] == 'C')) inqstrcpy("SMC", str->vid); else { @@ -923,7 +931,7 @@ static void setinqstr(struct aac_dev *dev, void *data, int tindex) ++cp; c = *cp; *cp = '\0'; - inqstrcpy(sup_adap_info->adapter_type_text, str->vid); + inqstrcpy(cname, str->vid); *cp = c; while (*cp && *cp != ' ') ++cp; @@ -937,8 +945,8 @@ static void setinqstr(struct aac_dev *dev, void *data, int tindex) cp[sizeof(str->pid)] = '\0'; } inqstrcpy (cp, str->pid); - if (c) - cp[sizeof(str->pid)] = c; + + kfree(cname); } else { struct aac_driver_ident *mp = aac_get_driver_ident(dev->cardtype);