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From: Osama Abdelkader <osama.abdelkader@gmail.com>
To: "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	"Jiri Slaby" <jirislaby@kernel.org>,
	"Andy Shevchenko" <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>,
	"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Osama Abdelkader <osama.abdelkader@gmail.com>,
	syzbot+80806cf7508e92c7cc86@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] tty: n_tty: fix KCSAN data-race in n_tty_flush_buffer / n_tty_lookahead_flow_ctrl
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:08:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260211210838.45127-1-osama.abdelkader@gmail.com> (raw)

n_tty_lookahead_flow_ctrl() accesses ldata->lookahead_count without
holding termios_rwsem, while reset_buffer_flags() in n_tty_flush_buffer()
resets it with exclusive termios_rwsem held. This causes a data race
reported by KCSAN when a PTY is closed while flush_to_ldisc is still
processing lookahead data.

Fix by taking termios_rwsem (read) in n_tty_lookahead_flow_ctrl(),
consistent with __receive_buf() which also modifies lookahead_count
under the read lock.

Reported-by: syzbot+80806cf7508e92c7cc86@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=80806cf7508e92c7cc86
Fixes: 6bb6fa6908eb ("tty: Implement lookahead to process XON/XOFF timely")
Signed-off-by: Osama Abdelkader <osama.abdelkader@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/tty/n_tty.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index e6a0f5b40d0a..725d6ed2b863 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -1480,6 +1480,8 @@ static void n_tty_lookahead_flow_ctrl(struct tty_struct *tty, const u8 *cp,
 	struct n_tty_data *ldata = tty->disc_data;
 	u8 flag = TTY_NORMAL;
 
+	guard(rwsem_read)(&tty->termios_rwsem);
+
 	ldata->lookahead_count += count;
 
 	if (!I_IXON(tty))
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-02-11 21:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-11 21:08 Osama Abdelkader [this message]
2026-02-26 15:16 ` Osama Abdelkader
2026-03-06  7:51 ` Osama Abdelkader
2026-03-12 14:21 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-03-13 23:16   ` Osama Abdelkader

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