The hidraw_open() function increments the hidraw device reference counter. The counter has no dedicated synchronization mechanism, resulting in a potential data race when concurrently opening a device. The race is a regression introduced by commit 8590222e4b02 ("HID: hidraw: Replace hidraw device table mutex with a rwsem"). While minors_rwsem is intended to protect the hidraw_table itself, by instead acquiring the lock for writing, the reference counter is also protected. This is symmetrical to hidraw_release(). Link: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/27947 Fixes: 8590222e4b02 ("HID: hidraw: Replace hidraw device table mutex with a rwsem") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ludvig Michaelsson <ludvig.michaelsson@yubico.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230621-hidraw-race-v1-1-a58e6ac69bab@yubico.com Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com>
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