Re: [PATCH] fsi: occ: Prevent use after free

[Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>]

On 5/12/22 14:00, Eddie James wrote:
> Use get_device and put_device in the open and close functions to
> make sure the device doesn't get freed while a file descriptor is
> open.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eddie James <eajames@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>   drivers/fsi/fsi-occ.c | 8 +++++++-
>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/fsi/fsi-occ.c b/drivers/fsi/fsi-occ.c
> index c9cc75fbdfb9..9e48dc62b1c5 100644
> --- a/drivers/fsi/fsi-occ.c
> +++ b/drivers/fsi/fsi-occ.c
> @@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ static int occ_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>   	struct miscdevice *mdev = file->private_data;
>   	struct occ *occ = to_occ(mdev);
>   
> +	if (!occ->buffer)
> +		return -ENOENT;
> +
>   	if (!client)
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>   
> @@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ static int occ_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>   	client->occ = occ;
>   	mutex_init(&client->lock);
>   	file->private_data = client;
> +	get_device(occ->dev);
>   
>   	/* We allocate a 1-page buffer, make sure it all fits */
>   	BUILD_BUG_ON((OCC_CMD_DATA_BYTES + 3) > PAGE_SIZE);
> @@ -143,7 +147,7 @@ static ssize_t occ_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
>   	ssize_t rc;
>   	u8 *cmd;
>   
> -	if (!client)
> +	if (!client || !client->occ->buffer)
>   		return -ENODEV;
>   
>   	if (len > (OCC_CMD_DATA_BYTES + 3) || len < 3)
> @@ -197,6 +201,7 @@ static int occ_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>   {
>   	struct occ_client *client = file->private_data;
>   
> +	put_device(client->occ->dev);
>   	free_page((unsigned long)client->buffer);
>   	kfree(client);
>   
> @@ -672,6 +677,7 @@ static int occ_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   	struct occ *occ = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>   
>   	kvfree(occ->buffer);
> +	occ->buffer = NULL;

Isn't this slightly racy (there is no guarantee that occ->buffer is updated
by the time it is used by the write function, and there is no synchronization
across CPUs which ensures that the pointer is actually written to memory
before it is used) ?

Thanks,
Guenter