[PATCH v2] net: 9p: avoid freeing uninit memory in p9pdu_vreadf

From: Fedor Pchelkin
Date: Tue Dec 05 2023 - 04:20:14 EST


If an error occurs while processing an array of strings in p9pdu_vreadf
then uninitialized members of *wnames array are freed.

Fix this by iterating over only lower indices of the array. Also handle
possible uninit *wnames usage if first p9pdu_readf() call inside 'T' case
fails.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).

Fixes: ace51c4dd2f9 ("9p: add new protocol support code")
Signed-off-by: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: I've missed that *wnames can also be left uninitialized. Please
ignore the patch v1. As an answer to Dominique's comment: my
organization marks this statement in all commits.

net/9p/protocol.c | 12 +++++-------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/9p/protocol.c b/net/9p/protocol.c
index 4e3a2a1ffcb3..043b621f8b84 100644
--- a/net/9p/protocol.c
+++ b/net/9p/protocol.c
@@ -393,6 +393,8 @@ p9pdu_vreadf(struct p9_fcall *pdu, int proto_version, const char *fmt,
case 'T':{
uint16_t *nwname = va_arg(ap, uint16_t *);
char ***wnames = va_arg(ap, char ***);
+ int i;
+ *wnames = NULL;

errcode = p9pdu_readf(pdu, proto_version,
"w", nwname);
@@ -406,8 +408,6 @@ p9pdu_vreadf(struct p9_fcall *pdu, int proto_version, const char *fmt,
}

if (!errcode) {
- int i;
-
for (i = 0; i < *nwname; i++) {
errcode =
p9pdu_readf(pdu,
@@ -421,13 +421,11 @@ p9pdu_vreadf(struct p9_fcall *pdu, int proto_version, const char *fmt,

if (errcode) {
if (*wnames) {
- int i;
-
- for (i = 0; i < *nwname; i++)
+ while (--i >= 0)
kfree((*wnames)[i]);
+ kfree(*wnames);
+ *wnames = NULL;
}
- kfree(*wnames);
- *wnames = NULL;
}
}
break;
--
2.43.0