[ 029/153] staging: comedi: check s->async for poll(), read() and write()

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Sun Mar 03 2013 - 22:45:44 EST


3.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx>

commit cc400e185c07c15a42d2635995f422de5b94b696 upstream.

Some low-level comedi drivers (incorrectly) point `dev->read_subdev` or
`dev->write_subdev` to a subdevice that does not support asynchronous
commands. Comedi's poll(), read() and write() file operation handlers
assume these subdevices do support asynchronous commands. In
particular, they assume `s->async` is valid (where `s` points to the
read or write subdevice), which it won't be if it has been set
incorrectly. This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference.

Check `s->async` is non-NULL in `comedi_poll()`, `comedi_read()` and
`comedi_write()` to avoid the bug.

Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
@@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@ static unsigned int comedi_poll(struct f

mask = 0;
read_subdev = comedi_get_read_subdevice(dev_file_info);
- if (read_subdev) {
+ if (read_subdev && read_subdev->async) {
poll_wait(file, &read_subdev->async->wait_head, wait);
if (!read_subdev->busy
|| comedi_buf_read_n_available(read_subdev->async) > 0
@@ -1584,7 +1584,7 @@ static unsigned int comedi_poll(struct f
}
}
write_subdev = comedi_get_write_subdevice(dev_file_info);
- if (write_subdev) {
+ if (write_subdev && write_subdev->async) {
poll_wait(file, &write_subdev->async->wait_head, wait);
comedi_buf_write_alloc(write_subdev->async,
write_subdev->async->prealloc_bufsz);
@@ -1626,7 +1626,7 @@ static ssize_t comedi_write(struct file
}

s = comedi_get_write_subdevice(dev_file_info);
- if (s == NULL) {
+ if (s == NULL || s->async == NULL) {
retval = -EIO;
goto done;
}
@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@ static ssize_t comedi_read(struct file *
}

s = comedi_get_read_subdevice(dev_file_info);
- if (s == NULL) {
+ if (s == NULL || s->async == NULL) {
retval = -EIO;
goto done;
}


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