From: Jeffin Philip <jeffinphilip14@gmail.com>
To: jeffinphilip14@gmail.com
Cc: dwlsalmeida@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-media@vger.kernel.org, mchehab@kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org,
syzbot+c7fc4794e59786f5b4dc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] media: vidtv: fix uaf in vidtv_bridge_on_new_pkts_avail
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:56:15 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260827042615.12777-1-jeffinphilip14@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260827042229.12561-1-jeffinphilip14@gmail.com>
>Attempting to unbind a dvbdevice that is in the process of feeding
>data causes a UAF as we free the underlying device without
>stopping the feed first. Fix this by stopping the stream first using
>vidtv_stop_streaming(). However, our codepath in the reproducer
>(mentioned in the below reply) does not decrement our users
>(dmxdev->dvr_dvbdev->users) to 1 after it has been incremented to 2
>by our read() in the reproducer, that is only possible on .release.
>This can cause a task hang as dvb_dmxdev_release() uses wait_event()
>in the wait_queue unless we use a close(fd)(in the reproducer).
>Is this a problem? Please advise.
Reproducer:
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <linux/dvb/dmx.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
static void *feed_thread(void *arg)
{
int i = 100;
int fd = open("/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0", O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK);
struct dmx_sct_filter_params params = {
.pid = 0,
.filter = { .filter = {0}, .mask = {0} },
.flags = DMX_IMMEDIATE_START,
};
ioctl(fd, DMX_SET_FILTER, ¶ms);
char buf[188];
read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
//no close(fd) here
return NULL;
}
int main(void)
{
pthread_t t;
pthread_create(&t, NULL, feed_thread, NULL);
sleep(1);
int fd = open("/sys/bus/platform/drivers/vidtv/unbind", O_WRONLY);
write(fd, "vidtv.0", 7);
pthread_join(t, NULL);
return 0;
}
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-27 4:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-27 4:22 Jeffin Philip
2026-08-27 4:26 ` Jeffin Philip [this message]
2026-08-27 4:51 ` Greg KH
2026-08-27 5:15 ` Jeffin Philip
2026-08-27 5:20 ` Greg KH
2026-08-27 5:30 ` Jeffin Philip
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