Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: virt-dma: Fix access after free in vcna_complete()

From: Peter Ujfalusi
Date: Fri Dec 20 2019 - 09:50:45 EST




On 20/12/2019 16.01, Ardelean, Alexandru wrote:
> On Fri, 2019-12-20 at 15:11 +0200, Peter Ujfalusi wrote:
>> [External]
>>
>> vchan_vdesc_fini() is freeing up 'vd' so the access to vd->tx_result is
>> via already freed up memory.
>>
>> Move the vchan_vdesc_fini() after invoking the callback to avoid this.
>>
>
> Apologies for seeing this too late: typo in title vcna_complete() ->
> vchan_complete()

Yep, I also noticed after sending it, I hope Vinod is kind enough and
fix it up when applying ;)

- PÃter

>> Fixes: 09d5b702b0f97 ("dmaengine: virt-dma: store result on dma
>> descriptor")
>> Signed-off-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@xxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/dma/virt-dma.c | 3 +--
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/dma/virt-dma.c b/drivers/dma/virt-dma.c
>> index ec4adf4260a0..256fc662c500 100644
>> --- a/drivers/dma/virt-dma.c
>> +++ b/drivers/dma/virt-dma.c
>> @@ -104,9 +104,8 @@ static void vchan_complete(unsigned long arg)
>> dmaengine_desc_get_callback(&vd->tx, &cb);
>>
>> list_del(&vd->node);
>> - vchan_vdesc_fini(vd);
>> -
>> dmaengine_desc_callback_invoke(&cb, &vd->tx_result);
>> + vchan_vdesc_fini(vd);
>> }
>> }
>>


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