Re: [PATCH 1/1] of: overlay: of_overlay_apply() kfree() errors
From: Rob Herring
Date: Fri Apr 08 2022 - 13:34:24 EST
On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 12:21 PM <frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
The subject needs a verb.
>
> Fix various kfree() issues related to of_overlay_apply().
> - Double kfree() of fdt and tree when init_overlay_changeset()
> returns an error.
> - free_overlay_changeset() free of the root of the unflattened
> overlay (variable tree) instead of the memory that contains
> the unflattened overlay.
> - Move similar kfree()s from multiple error locations to a
> common error path (err_free_tree_unlocked:).
What about my question/suggestion on the original patch from Slawomir?
>
> Double kfree()
> Reported-by: Slawomir Stepien <slawomir.stepien@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/of/overlay.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/of/overlay.c b/drivers/of/overlay.c
> index d80160cf34bb..1b9a90d61496 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/overlay.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/overlay.c
> @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct fragment {
> * @id: changeset identifier
> * @ovcs_list: list on which we are located
> * @fdt: base of memory allocated to hold aligned FDT that was unflattened to create @overlay_tree
> + * @overlay_mem: the memory chunk that contains @overlay_tree
> * @overlay_tree: expanded device tree that contains the fragment nodes
> * @count: count of fragment structures
> * @fragments: fragment nodes in the overlay expanded device tree
> @@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ struct overlay_changeset {
> int id;
> struct list_head ovcs_list;
> const void *fdt;
> + const void *overlay_mem;
> struct device_node *overlay_tree;
> int count;
> struct fragment *fragments;
> @@ -720,6 +722,7 @@ static struct device_node *find_target(struct device_node *info_node)
> * init_overlay_changeset() - initialize overlay changeset from overlay tree
> * @ovcs: Overlay changeset to build
> * @fdt: base of memory allocated to hold aligned FDT that was unflattened to create @tree
> + * @tree_mem: Memory that contains @tree
> * @tree: Contains the overlay fragments and overlay fixup nodes
> *
> * Initialize @ovcs. Populate @ovcs->fragments with node information from
> @@ -730,13 +733,23 @@ static struct device_node *find_target(struct device_node *info_node)
> * detected in @tree, or -ENOSPC if idr_alloc() error.
> */
> static int init_overlay_changeset(struct overlay_changeset *ovcs,
> - const void *fdt, struct device_node *tree)
> + const void *fdt, const void *tree_mem, struct device_node *tree)
> {
> struct device_node *node, *overlay_node;
> struct fragment *fragment;
> struct fragment *fragments;
> int cnt, id, ret;
>
> + /*
> + * Must set these fields before any error return. fdt and tree_mem
> + * will be freed by free_overlay_changeset(), which is called if
> + * init_overlay_changeset() returns an error.
> + */
> +
> + ovcs->fdt = fdt;
> + ovcs->overlay_mem = tree_mem;
> + ovcs->overlay_tree = tree;
> +
> /*
> * Warn for some issues. Can not return -EINVAL for these until
> * of_unittest_apply_overlay() is fixed to pass these checks.
> @@ -750,9 +763,6 @@ static int init_overlay_changeset(struct overlay_changeset *ovcs,
> if (!of_node_is_root(tree))
> pr_debug("%s() tree is not root\n", __func__);
>
> - ovcs->overlay_tree = tree;
> - ovcs->fdt = fdt;
> -
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ovcs->ovcs_list);
>
> of_changeset_init(&ovcs->cset);
> @@ -865,7 +875,7 @@ static void free_overlay_changeset(struct overlay_changeset *ovcs)
> * ovcs->fdt due to the policy that overlay notifiers are not allowed
> * to retain pointers into the overlay devicetree.
> */
> - kfree(ovcs->overlay_tree);
> + kfree(ovcs->overlay_mem);
> kfree(ovcs->fdt);
> kfree(ovcs);
> }
> @@ -875,6 +885,7 @@ static void free_overlay_changeset(struct overlay_changeset *ovcs)
> *
> * of_overlay_apply() - Create and apply an overlay changeset
> * @fdt: base of memory allocated to hold the aligned FDT
> + * @tree_mem: Memory that contains @tree
> * @tree: Expanded overlay device tree
> * @ovcs_id: Pointer to overlay changeset id
> *
> @@ -913,31 +924,27 @@ static void free_overlay_changeset(struct overlay_changeset *ovcs)
> * id is returned to *ovcs_id.
> */
>
> -static int of_overlay_apply(const void *fdt, struct device_node *tree,
> - int *ovcs_id)
> +static int of_overlay_apply(const void *fdt, void *tree_mem,
> + struct device_node *tree, int *ovcs_id)
> {
> struct overlay_changeset *ovcs;
> int ret = 0, ret_revert, ret_tmp;
>
> /*
> - * As of this point, fdt and tree belong to the overlay changeset.
> + * As of this point, fdt and tree_mem belong to the overlay changeset.
> * overlay changeset code is responsible for freeing them.
> */
>
> if (devicetree_corrupt()) {
> pr_err("devicetree state suspect, refuse to apply overlay\n");
> - kfree(fdt);
> - kfree(tree);
> ret = -EBUSY;
> - goto out;
> + goto err_free_tree_unlocked;
> }
>
> ovcs = kzalloc(sizeof(*ovcs), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!ovcs) {
> - kfree(fdt);
> - kfree(tree);
> ret = -ENOMEM;
> - goto out;
> + goto err_free_tree_unlocked;
> }
>
> of_overlay_mutex_lock();
> @@ -947,9 +954,14 @@ static int of_overlay_apply(const void *fdt, struct device_node *tree,
> if (ret)
> goto err_free_tree;
>
> - ret = init_overlay_changeset(ovcs, fdt, tree);
> + /*
> + * init_overlay_changeset() promises to add tree_mem and tree to ovcs
> + * even in the case of an early error return, so they can be freed by
> + * free_overlay_changeset().
> + */
> + ret = init_overlay_changeset(ovcs, fdt, tree_mem, tree);
> if (ret)
> - goto err_free_tree;
> + goto err_free_overlay_changeset;
>
> /*
> * after overlay_notify(), ovcs->overlay_tree related pointers may have
> @@ -999,7 +1011,7 @@ static int of_overlay_apply(const void *fdt, struct device_node *tree,
>
> err_free_tree:
> kfree(fdt);
> - kfree(tree);
> + kfree(tree_mem);
>
> err_free_overlay_changeset:
> free_overlay_changeset(ovcs);
> @@ -1008,9 +1020,14 @@ static int of_overlay_apply(const void *fdt, struct device_node *tree,
> mutex_unlock(&of_mutex);
> of_overlay_mutex_unlock();
>
> -out:
> pr_debug("%s() err=%d\n", __func__, ret);
>
> + return ret;
> +
> +err_free_tree_unlocked:
> + kfree(fdt);
> + kfree(tree_mem);
> +
> return ret;
> }
>
> @@ -1019,6 +1036,7 @@ int of_overlay_fdt_apply(const void *overlay_fdt, u32 overlay_fdt_size,
> {
> void *new_fdt;
> void *new_fdt_align;
> + void *overlay_mem;
> int ret;
> u32 size;
> struct device_node *overlay_root = NULL;
> @@ -1046,18 +1064,17 @@ int of_overlay_fdt_apply(const void *overlay_fdt, u32 overlay_fdt_size,
> new_fdt_align = PTR_ALIGN(new_fdt, FDT_ALIGN_SIZE);
> memcpy(new_fdt_align, overlay_fdt, size);
>
> - of_fdt_unflatten_tree(new_fdt_align, NULL, &overlay_root);
> - if (!overlay_root) {
> + overlay_mem = of_fdt_unflatten_tree(new_fdt_align, NULL, &overlay_root);
> + if (!overlay_mem) {
> pr_err("unable to unflatten overlay_fdt\n");
> ret = -EINVAL;
> goto out_free_new_fdt;
> }
>
> - ret = of_overlay_apply(new_fdt, overlay_root, ovcs_id);
> + ret = of_overlay_apply(new_fdt, overlay_mem, overlay_root, ovcs_id);
> if (ret < 0) {
> /*
> - * new_fdt and overlay_root now belong to the overlay
> - * changeset.
> + * new_fdt and overlay_mem now belong to the overlay changeset.
> * overlay changeset code is responsible for freeing them.
> */
> goto out;
> @@ -1067,6 +1084,7 @@ int of_overlay_fdt_apply(const void *overlay_fdt, u32 overlay_fdt_size,
>
>
> out_free_new_fdt:
> + kfree(overlay_mem);
> kfree(new_fdt);
>
> out:
> --
> Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
>