Re: [PATCH RFC] ubi: gluebi: Fix NULL pointer dereference caused by ftl notifier

[ZhaoLong Wang]

> This patch assumes that the gluebi module is not designed to work with
> the ftl module. In this case, the patch only needs to prevent the ftl
> notifier operation.
>
> Add some correctness check for gluebi->desc in gluebi_read/write/erase(),
> If the pointer is invalid, the -EINVAL is returned.
>
> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217992 [1]
> Signed-off-by: ZhaoLong Wang <wangzhaolong1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/mtd/ubi/gluebi.c | 8 ++++++++
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/gluebi.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/gluebi.c
> index 1b980d15d9fb..189ecc0eacd1 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/gluebi.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/gluebi.c
> @@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ static int gluebi_read(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, size_t len,
>   	struct gluebi_device *gluebi;
>   
>   	gluebi = container_of(mtd, struct gluebi_device, mtd);
> +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(gluebi->desc))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
>   	lnum = div_u64_rem(from, mtd->erasesize, &offs);
>   	bytes_left = len;
>   	while (bytes_left) {
> @@ -197,6 +200,9 @@ static int gluebi_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len,
>   	struct gluebi_device *gluebi;
>   
>   	gluebi = container_of(mtd, struct gluebi_device, mtd);
> +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(gluebi->desc))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
>   	lnum = div_u64_rem(to, mtd->erasesize, &offs);
>   
>   	if (len % mtd->writesize || offs % mtd->writesize)
> @@ -242,6 +248,8 @@ static int gluebi_erase(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct erase_info *instr)
>   	lnum = mtd_div_by_eb(instr->addr, mtd);
>   	count = mtd_div_by_eb(instr->len, mtd);
>   	gluebi = container_of(mtd, struct gluebi_device, mtd);
> +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(gluebi->desc))
> +		return -EINVAL;
>   
>   	for (i = 0; i < count - 1; i++) {
>   		err = ubi_leb_unmap(gluebi->desc, lnum + i);


This modification attempts another solution. Always check the validity
of gluebi->desc. If the gluebi->desc pointer is invalid, try to get MTD
device.


diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/gluebi.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/gluebi.c
index 1b980d15d9fb..f1a74ccf1718 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/gluebi.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/gluebi.c
@@ -154,9 +154,19 @@ static int gluebi_read(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t 
from, size_t len,
 		       size_t *retlen, unsigned char *buf)
 {
 	int err = 0, lnum, offs, bytes_left;
-	struct gluebi_device *gluebi;
+	struct gluebi_device *gluebi = container_of(mtd, struct gluebi_device,
+						    mtd);
+	int not_get = IS_ERR_OR_NULL(gluebi->desc);
+
+	if (not_get) {
+		err = __get_mtd_device(mtd);
+		if (err) {
+			err_msg("cannot get MTD device %d, UBI device %d, volume %d, error %d",
+				mtd->index, gluebi->ubi_num, gluebi->vol_id, err);
+			return err;
+		}
+	}

-	gluebi = container_of(mtd, struct gluebi_device, mtd);
 	lnum = div_u64_rem(from, mtd->erasesize, &offs);
 	bytes_left = len;
 	while (bytes_left) {
@@ -176,6 +186,9 @@ static int gluebi_read(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t 
from, size_t len,
 	}

 	*retlen = len - bytes_left;
+
+	if (not_get)
+		__put_mtd_device(mtd);
 	return err;
 }

@@ -194,9 +207,19 @@ static int gluebi_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, 
loff_t to, size_t len,
 			size_t *retlen, const u_char *buf)
 {
 	int err = 0, lnum, offs, bytes_left;
-	struct gluebi_device *gluebi;
+	struct gluebi_device *gluebi = container_of(mtd, struct gluebi_device,
+						    mtd);
+	int not_get = IS_ERR_OR_NULL(gluebi->desc);
+
+	if (not_get) {
+		err = __get_mtd_device(mtd);
+		if (err) {
+			err_msg("cannot get MTD device %d, UBI device %d, volume %d, error %d",
+				mtd->index, gluebi->ubi_num, gluebi->vol_id, err);
+			return err;
+		}
+	}

-	gluebi = container_of(mtd, struct gluebi_device, mtd);
 	lnum = div_u64_rem(to, mtd->erasesize, &offs);

 	if (len % mtd->writesize || offs % mtd->writesize)
@@ -220,6 +243,9 @@ static int gluebi_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t 
to, size_t len,
 	}

 	*retlen = len - bytes_left;
+
+	if (not_get)
+		__put_mtd_device(mtd);
 	return err;
 }

@@ -234,14 +260,24 @@ static int gluebi_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, 
loff_t to, size_t len,
 static int gluebi_erase(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct erase_info *instr)
 {
 	int err, i, lnum, count;
-	struct gluebi_device *gluebi;
+	struct gluebi_device *gluebi = container_of(mtd, struct gluebi_device,
+						    mtd);
+	int not_get = IS_ERR_OR_NULL(gluebi->desc);
+
+	if (not_get) {
+		err = __get_mtd_device(mtd);
+		if (err) {
+			err_msg("cannot get MTD device %d, UBI device %d, volume %d, error %d",
+				mtd->index, gluebi->ubi_num, gluebi->vol_id, err);
+			return err;
+		}
+	}

 	if (mtd_mod_by_ws(instr->addr, mtd) || mtd_mod_by_ws(instr->len, mtd))
 		return -EINVAL;

 	lnum = mtd_div_by_eb(instr->addr, mtd);
 	count = mtd_div_by_eb(instr->len, mtd);
-	gluebi = container_of(mtd, struct gluebi_device, mtd);

 	for (i = 0; i < count - 1; i++) {
 		err = ubi_leb_unmap(gluebi->desc, lnum + i);
@@ -259,10 +295,14 @@ static int gluebi_erase(struct mtd_info *mtd, 
struct erase_info *instr)
 	if (err)
 		goto out_err;

+	if (not_get)
+		__put_mtd_device(mtd);
 	return 0;

 out_err:
 	instr->fail_addr = (long long)lnum * mtd->erasesize;
+	if (not_get)
+		__put_mtd_device(mtd);
 	return err;
 }

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