From: Jiale Yao <yaojiale02@163.com>
To: Brad Warrum <bwarrum@linux.ibm.com>,
Ritu Agarwal <rituagar@linux.ibm.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Bryant G. Ly" <bryantly@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
Adam Reznechek <adreznec@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Steven Royer <seroyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] misc: ibmvmc: initialize HMC state before device registration
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:48:24 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261028044828.96177-5-yaojiale02@163.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261028044828.96177-1-yaojiale02@163.com>
misc_register() exposes the IBM VMC device before the HMC state and
spinlocks are initialized. A userspace operation racing module
initialization can therefore access an HMC through an uninitialized
spinlock.
Initialize all HMC state before registering the misc device.
Fixes: 0eca353e7ae7 ("misc: IBM Virtual Management Channel Driver (VMC)")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jiale Yao <yaojiale02@163.com>
---
drivers/misc/ibmvmc.c | 16 ++++++++--------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/ibmvmc.c b/drivers/misc/ibmvmc.c
index 6afef0788b90..d03aeb8dea8f 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ibmvmc.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ibmvmc.c
@@ -2366,14 +2366,6 @@ static int __init ibmvmc_module_init(void)
ibmvmc.state = ibmvmc_state_initial;
pr_info("ibmvmc: version %s\n", IBMVMC_DRIVER_VERSION);
- rc = misc_register(&ibmvmc_miscdev);
- if (rc) {
- pr_err("ibmvmc: misc registration failed\n");
- goto misc_register_failed;
- }
- pr_info("ibmvmc: node %d:%d\n", MISC_MAJOR,
- ibmvmc_miscdev.minor);
-
/* Initialize data structures */
memset(hmcs, 0, sizeof(struct ibmvmc_hmc) * MAX_HMCS);
for (i = 0; i < MAX_HMCS; i++) {
@@ -2383,6 +2375,14 @@ static int __init ibmvmc_module_init(void)
hmcs[i].queue_outbound_msgs[j] = VMC_INVALID_BUFFER_ID;
}
+ rc = misc_register(&ibmvmc_miscdev);
+ if (rc) {
+ pr_err("ibmvmc: misc registration failed\n");
+ goto misc_register_failed;
+ }
+ pr_info("ibmvmc: node %d:%d\n", MISC_MAJOR,
+ ibmvmc_miscdev.minor);
+
/* Sanity check module parms */
ibmvmc_scrub_module_parms();
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-28 4:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-28 4:48 [PATCH 0/6] Initialize device state before userspace registration Jiale Yao
2026-10-28 4:48 ` [PATCH 1/6] aoe: initialize error message synchronization before registration Jiale Yao
2026-10-28 4:48 ` [PATCH 2/6] bus: fsl-mc: initialize UAPI state before device registration Jiale Yao
2026-10-28 4:48 ` [PATCH 3/6] Drivers: hv: initialize partition table " Jiale Yao
2026-10-28 4:48 ` Jiale Yao [this message]
2026-10-28 9:25 ` [PATCH 4/6] misc: ibmvmc: initialize HMC state " Arnd Bergmann
2026-10-28 10:05 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-28 4:48 ` [PATCH 5/6] s390/dcssblk: initialize device semaphore before sysfs registration Jiale Yao
2026-10-28 7:03 ` Heiko Carstens
2026-10-28 4:48 ` [PATCH 6/6] watchdog: rdc321x: initialize device state before registration Jiale Yao
2026-10-28 14:53 ` Guenter Roeck
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