Bug 8330 - (patch queued)lmc: copy_to/from_user cals while spinlock is held
Summary: (patch queued)lmc: copy_to/from_user cals while spinlock is held
Status: CLOSED CODE_FIX
Alias: None
Product: Drivers
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Network (show other bugs)
Hardware: i386 Linux
: P2 normal
Assignee: Alan
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Reported: 2007-04-15 14:28 UTC by Matthias Kaehlcke
Modified: 2008-10-17 11:04 UTC (History)
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Kernel Version: 2.6.27
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Description Matthias Kaehlcke 2007-04-15 14:28:38 UTC 
Problem Description:

the lmc_ioctl() function in drivers/net/wan/lmc/lmc_main.c calls
copy_from/to_user() while the spinlock sc->lmc_lock is held. AFAIK this should
not be done as copy_from/to_user() might sleep
Comment 1 Alan 2008-10-17 11:04:01 UTC 
Merged for 2.6.28
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