Re: [PATCH] firmware: Always initialize the fw_priv list object

From: Niklas Cassel
Date: Mon Oct 01 2018 - 09:27:10 EST


On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 12:34:15AM -0700, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> On Wed 19 Sep 22:22 PDT 2018, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 06:09:38PM -0700, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> > > When freeing the fw_priv the item is taken off the list. This causes an
> > > oops in the FW_OPT_NOCACHE case as the list object is not initialized.
> > >
> > > Make sure to initialize the list object regardless of this flag.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 422b3db2a503 ("firmware: Fix security issue with request_firmware_into_buf()")
> > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Cc: Rishabh Bhatnagar <rishabhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c | 7 +++++--
> > > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > Is this being triggered by some hardware somewhere today? Or is this
> > just a fix found by code inspection?
> >
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> Yes, I found this issue while attempting to load the firmware and boot
> one of the DSPs on one of my Qualcomm dev boards after v4.19-rc4 and it
> can be reproduced on the upstream Dragonboard 820c.

I still see this issue on v4.19-rc6.

It would be nice if this fix gets merged before v4.19 gets released.

Kind regards,
Niklas