[PATCH] gpiolib: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in gpiod_get_label()

From: Prabhakar
Date: Thu Oct 03 2024 - 09:14:09 EST


From: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

In `gpiod_get_label()`, it is possible that `srcu_dereference_check()` may
return a NULL pointer, leading to a scenario where `label->str` is accessed
without verifying if `label` itself is NULL.

This patch adds a proper NULL check for `label` before accessing
`label->str`. The check for `label->str != NULL` is removed because
`label->str` can never be NULL if `label` is not NULL.

This fixes the issue where the label name was being printed as `(efault)`
when dumping the sysfs GPIO file when `label == NULL`.

Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Output before this patch:
root@smarc-rzg2l:~# cat /sys/kernel/debug/gpio | grep P2_1
gpio-529 (P2_1 |(efault) ) in hi IRQ

Output after this patch:
root@smarc-rzg2l:~# cat /sys/kernel/debug/gpio | grep P2_1
gpio-529 (P2_1 |interrupt ) in hi IRQ
---
drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index c6afbf434366..d5952ab7752c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@ const char *gpiod_get_label(struct gpio_desc *desc)
srcu_read_lock_held(&desc->gdev->desc_srcu));

if (test_bit(FLAG_USED_AS_IRQ, &flags))
- return label->str ?: "interrupt";
+ return label ? label->str : "interrupt";

if (!test_bit(FLAG_REQUESTED, &flags))
return NULL;

- return label->str;
+ return label ? label->str : NULL;
}

static void desc_free_label(struct rcu_head *rh)
--
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