scsi: mptfusion: Fix double fetch bug in ioctl
Tom Hatskevich reported that we look up "iocp" then, in the called functions we do a second copy_from_user() and look it up again. The problem that could cause is: drivers/message/fusion/mptctl.c 674 /* All of these commands require an interrupt or 675 * are unknown/illegal. 676 */ 677 if ((ret = mptctl_syscall_down(iocp, nonblock)) != 0) ^^^^ We take this lock. 678 return ret; 679 680 if (cmd == MPTFWDOWNLOAD) 681 ret = mptctl_fw_download(arg); ^^^ Then the user memory changes and we look up "iocp" again but a different one so now we are holding the incorrect lock and have a race condition. 682 else if (cmd == MPTCOMMAND) 683 ret = mptctl_mpt_command(arg); The security impact of this bug is not as bad as it could have been be...
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