[PATCH] genirq: Fix NULL pointer dereference in resend_irqs()

From: Yunfeng Ye
Date: Wed Sep 04 2019 - 08:46:40 EST


Oops occur when running qemu on arm64:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000158
Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] SMP
pc : resend_irqs+0x68/0xb0
lr : resend_irqs+0x64/0xb0
...
Call trace:
resend_irqs+0x68/0xb0
tasklet_action_common.isra.6+0x84/0x138
tasklet_action+0x2c/0x38
__do_softirq+0x120/0x324
run_ksoftirqd+0x44/0x60
smpboot_thread_fn+0x1ac/0x1e8
kthread+0x134/0x138
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18

As we know, softirq is a asynchronous mechanism. The process of free
irqs does not take resend irq handling into account. Thus, the irq_desc
may be already freed before softirq running, and resend_irqs() does not
check the validation of irq_desc, finally, the Oops occur. Process is as
follows:

1):
__setup_irq
irq_startup
check_irq_resend // activate softirq to handle resend irq
2):
irq_domain_free_irqs
irq_free_descs
free_desc
call_rcu(&desc->rcu, delayed_free_desc)
3):
__do_softirq
tasklet_action
resend_irqs
desc = irq_to_desc(irq)
desc->handle_irq(desc) // desc is NULL, Oops occur

Fix this by checking for a NULL pointer when get @irq_desc in
resend_irqs().

Signed-off-by: Yunfeng Ye <yeyunfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Zhiqiang Liu <liuzhiqiang26@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/irq/resend.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/irq/resend.c b/kernel/irq/resend.c
index 95414ad..98c04ca5 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/resend.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/resend.c
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ static void resend_irqs(unsigned long arg)
irq = find_first_bit(irqs_resend, nr_irqs);
clear_bit(irq, irqs_resend);
desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
+ if (!desc)
+ continue;
local_irq_disable();
desc->handle_irq(desc);
local_irq_enable();
--
1.8.3.1