Re: [PATCH] cppc_cpufreq: Fix possible null pointer dereference

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Fri Apr 05 2024 - 06:43:56 EST


On 05-04-24, 12:40, Aleksandr Mishin wrote:
> cppc_cpufreq_get_rate() and hisi_cppc_cpufreq_get_rate() can be called from
> different places with various parameters. So cpufreq_cpu_get() can return
> null as 'policy' in some circumstances.
> Fix this bug by adding null return check.
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>
> Fixes: a28b2bfc099c ("cppc_cpufreq: replace per-cpu data array with a list")
> Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Mishin <amishin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
> index 64420d9cfd1e..5f7e04e8497b 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
> @@ -741,6 +741,9 @@ static unsigned int cppc_cpufreq_get_rate(unsigned int cpu)
> {
> struct cppc_perf_fb_ctrs fb_ctrs_t0 = {0}, fb_ctrs_t1 = {0};
> struct cpufreq_policy *policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
> + if (!policy)
> + return -ENODEV;
> +
> struct cppc_cpudata *cpu_data = policy->driver_data;
> u64 delivered_perf;
> int ret;
> @@ -822,6 +825,9 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver cppc_cpufreq_driver = {
> static unsigned int hisi_cppc_cpufreq_get_rate(unsigned int cpu)
> {
> struct cpufreq_policy *policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
> + if (!policy)
> + return -ENODEV;
> +
> struct cppc_cpudata *cpu_data = policy->driver_data;
> u64 desired_perf;
> int ret;

Does this compile fine ?

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viresh