Re: [PATCH] PCI: acpiphp_ibm: fix null dereferences on null ibm_slot

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Fri Jan 08 2016 - 13:17:01 EST


On Sat, Jan 02, 2016 at 12:27:01AM +0000, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ibm_slot_from_id can return null if the des header signature is
> not aPCI or if the kmalloc for the return acpi descriptore fails,
> causing potential null pointer dereferences on the return null
> descriptor.
>
> Handle the null case with appropriate check and error return.
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to pci/hotplug for v4.5, thanks, Colin!

> ---
> drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
> index 6ca2399..9d16c9d 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
> @@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ static union apci_descriptor *ibm_slot_from_id(int id)
> ibm_slot_done:
> if (ret) {
> ret = kmalloc(sizeof(union apci_descriptor), GFP_KERNEL);
> - memcpy(ret, des, sizeof(union apci_descriptor));
> + if (ret)
> + memcpy(ret, des, sizeof(union apci_descriptor));
> }
> kfree(table);
> return ret;
> @@ -175,8 +176,13 @@ static int ibm_set_attention_status(struct hotplug_slot *slot, u8 status)
> acpi_status stat;
> unsigned long long rc;
> union apci_descriptor *ibm_slot;
> + int id = hpslot_to_sun(slot);
>
> - ibm_slot = ibm_slot_from_id(hpslot_to_sun(slot));
> + ibm_slot = ibm_slot_from_id(id);
> + if (!ibm_slot) {
> + pr_err("APLS null ACPI descriptor for slot %d\n", id);
> + return -ENODEV;
> + }
>
> pr_debug("%s: set slot %d (%d) attention status to %d\n", __func__,
> ibm_slot->slot.slot_num, ibm_slot->slot.slot_id,
> @@ -215,8 +221,13 @@ static int ibm_set_attention_status(struct hotplug_slot *slot, u8 status)
> static int ibm_get_attention_status(struct hotplug_slot *slot, u8 *status)
> {
> union apci_descriptor *ibm_slot;
> + int id = hpslot_to_sun(slot);
>
> - ibm_slot = ibm_slot_from_id(hpslot_to_sun(slot));
> + ibm_slot = ibm_slot_from_id(id);
> + if (!ibm_slot) {
> + pr_err("APLS null ACPI descriptor for slot %d\n", id);
> + return -ENODEV;
> + }
>
> if (ibm_slot->slot.attn & 0xa0 || ibm_slot->slot.status[1] & 0x08)
> *status = 1;
> --
> 2.6.4
>
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