Re: [PATCH] can: etas_es58x: fix null pointer dereference when handling error frames

[Marc Kleine-Budde]

On 13.04.2021 20:42:42, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
> During the handling of CAN bus errors, a CAN error SKB is allocated
> using alloc_can_err_skb(). Even if the allocation of the SKB fails,
> the function continues in order to do the stats handling.
> 
> All access to the can_frame pointer (cf) should be guarded by an if
> statement:
> 	if (cf)
> 
> However, the increment of the rx_bytes stats:
> 	netdev->stats.rx_bytes += cf->can_dlc;
> dereferences the cf pointer and was not guarded by an if condition
> leading to a NULL pointer dereference if the can_err_skb() function
> failed.
> 
> Replacing the cf->can_dlc by the macro CAN_ERR_DLC (which is the
> length of any CAN error frames) solves this NULL pointer dereference.
> 
> Fixes: 8537257874e9 ("can: etas_es58x: add core support for ETAS ES58X CAN USB interfaces")
> Reported-by: Arunachalam Santhanam <arunachalam.santhanam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Hi Marc,
> 
> I am really sorry, but I was just notified about this issue litteraly
> a few minutes after you send the pull request to net-next.

:D

> I am not sure how to proceed. You might either cancel the pull request
> and squash this to 8537257874e9 ("can: etas_es58x: add core support
> for ETAS ES58X CAN USB interfaces") or send it as a separate patch.
> 
> Please let me know if you need me to do anything.

I'll send a follow-up pull request tomorrow.

regards,
Marc

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