Re: [PATCH 5.10 1/1] vdec_vp9_if: add check for NULL for vsi->frm_bufs[vsi->new_fb_idx].buf.fb in vp9_swap_frm_bufs

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Oct 28 2022 - 06:34:09 EST


On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 01:05:39PM +0300, Anastasia Belova wrote:
> If vsi->frm_bufs[vsi->new_fb_idx].buf.fb == NULL while cleaning
> fb_free_list NULL-pointer is dereferenced.
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anastasia Belova <abelova@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec/vdec_vp9_if.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec/vdec_vp9_if.c b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec/vdec_vp9_if.c
> index d9880210b2ab..dea056689b48 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec/vdec_vp9_if.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec/vdec_vp9_if.c
> @@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static void vp9_swap_frm_bufs(struct vdec_vp9_inst *inst)
> * clean fb_free_list
> */
> if (vsi->frm_bufs[vsi->new_fb_idx].ref_cnt == 0) {
> - if (!vp9_is_sf_ref_fb(
> + if (vsi->frm_bufs[vsi->new_fb_idx].buf.fb != NULL && !vp9_is_sf_ref_fb(
> inst, vsi->frm_bufs[vsi->new_fb_idx].buf.fb)) {
> struct vdec_fb *fb;
>
> --
> 2.30.2
>

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
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