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From: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
To: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@tuni.fi>,
	linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@gmx.de>,
	Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
	Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm_vtpm_proxy: fix race condition in /dev/vtpmx creation
Date: Sat, 13 May 2023 16:49:18 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4651cf1c-423d-05c2-b4c3-9d829a2eadf4@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230513172818.752712-1-jarkko.sakkinen@tuni.fi>



On 5/13/23 13:28, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> /dev/vtpmx is made visible before the workqueue exist, which can lead

which can lead to

> memory corruption in the worst case, if workqueue is used before it has
> been fully initialized. Address this by changing the call order.
> 

Thanks,
    Stefan

      parent reply	other threads:[~2023-05-13 20:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-13 17:28 Jarkko Sakkinen
2023-05-13 17:57 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2023-05-13 20:49 ` Stefan Berger [this message]

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