Re: [PATCH] char: pcmcia: cm4040_cs: Fix use-after-free in reader_fops

From: kernel test robot
Date: Fri Sep 16 2022 - 08:08:03 EST


Hi Hyunwoo,

Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve:

[auto build test WARNING on char-misc/char-misc-testing]
[also build test WARNING on soc/for-next linus/master v6.0-rc5 next-20220916]
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url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Hyunwoo-Kim/char-pcmcia-cm4040_cs-Fix-use-after-free-in-reader_fops/20220916-125917
base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git ceecbbddbf549fe0b7ffa3804a6e255b3360030f
config: i386-randconfig-a011 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220916/202209161923.cDLX4oW9-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: clang version 14.0.6 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project f28c006a5895fc0e329fe15fead81e37457cb1d1)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
# https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/578c8f062f3dcbc2fb85f060f74d0522bcf34815
git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux
git fetch --no-tags linux-review Hyunwoo-Kim/char-pcmcia-cm4040_cs-Fix-use-after-free-in-reader_fops/20220916-125917
git checkout 578c8f062f3dcbc2fb85f060f74d0522bcf34815
# save the config file
mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/char/pcmcia/

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c:472:17: warning: variable 'dev' is uninitialized when used here [-Wuninitialized]
mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
^~~
drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c:460:24: note: initialize the variable 'dev' to silence this warning
struct reader_dev *dev;
^
= NULL
1 warning generated.


vim +/dev +472 drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c

457
458 static int cm4040_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
459 {
460 struct reader_dev *dev;
461 struct pcmcia_device *link;
462 int minor = iminor(inode);
463 int ret;
464
465 if (minor >= CM_MAX_DEV)
466 return -ENODEV;
467
468 mutex_lock(&cm4040_mutex);
469
470 link = dev_table[minor];
471 if (link == NULL || !pcmcia_dev_present(link)) {
> 472 mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
473 mutex_unlock(&cm4040_mutex);
474 return -ENODEV;
475 }
476
477 if (link->open) {
478 mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
479 mutex_unlock(&cm4040_mutex);
480 return -EBUSY;
481 }
482
483 dev = link->priv;
484 mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
485
486 filp->private_data = dev;
487
488 if (filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
489 DEBUGP(4, dev, "filep->f_flags O_NONBLOCK set\n");
490 mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
491 mutex_unlock(&cm4040_mutex);
492 return -EAGAIN;
493 }
494
495 link->open = 1;
496
497 mod_timer(&dev->poll_timer, jiffies + POLL_PERIOD);
498
499 DEBUGP(2, dev, "<- cm4040_open (successfully)\n");
500 ret = nonseekable_open(inode, filp);
501
502 kref_get(&dev->refcnt);
503
504 mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
505 mutex_unlock(&cm4040_mutex);
506
507 return ret;
508 }
509

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