From: Gen Zhang <blackgod016574@gmail.com>
To: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] vt: Fix a missing-check bug in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 11:09:05 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190521030905.GB5263@zhanggen-UX430UQ> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.YSQ.7.76.1905202242410.1558@knanqh.ubzr>
On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 10:55:40PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Tue, 21 May 2019, Gen Zhang wrote:
>
> > In function con_init(), the pointer variable vc_cons[currcons].d, vc and
> > vc->vc_screenbuf is allocated a memory space via kzalloc(). And they are
> > used in the following codes.
> > However, when there is a memory allocation error, kzalloc() can fail.
> > Thus null pointer (vc_cons[currcons].d, vc and vc->vc_screenbuf)
> > dereference may happen. And it will cause the kernel to crash. Therefore,
> > we should check return value and handle the error.
> > Further,the loop condition MIN_NR_CONSOLES is defined as 1 in
> > include/uapi/linux/vt.h. So there is no need to unwind the loop.
>
> But what if someone changes that define? It won't be obvious that some
> code did rely on it to be defined to 1.
I re-examine the source code. MIN_NR_CONSOLES is only defined once and
no other changes to it.
>
> > Signed-off-by: Gen Zhang <blackgod016574@gmail.com>
> >
> > ---
> > diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
> > index fdd12f8..b756609 100644
> > --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
> > +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
> > @@ -3350,10 +3350,14 @@ static int __init con_init(void)
> >
> > for (currcons = 0; currcons < MIN_NR_CONSOLES; currcons++) {
> > vc_cons[currcons].d = vc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct vc_data), GFP_NOWAIT);
> > + if (!vc_cons[currcons].d || !vc)
>
> Both vc_cons[currcons].d and vc are assigned the same value on the
> previous line. You don't have to test them both.
Thanks for this comment!
>
> > + goto err_vc;
> > INIT_WORK(&vc_cons[currcons].SAK_work, vc_SAK);
> > tty_port_init(&vc->port);
> > visual_init(vc, currcons, 1);
> > vc->vc_screenbuf = kzalloc(vc->vc_screenbuf_size, GFP_NOWAIT);
> > + if (!vc->vc_screenbuf)
> > + goto err_vc_screenbuf;
> > vc_init(vc, vc->vc_rows, vc->vc_cols,
> > currcons || !vc->vc_sw->con_save_screen);
> > }
> > @@ -3375,6 +3379,14 @@ static int __init con_init(void)
> > register_console(&vt_console_driver);
> > #endif
> > return 0;
> > +err_vc:
> > + console_unlock();
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > +err_vc_screenbuf:
> > + console_unlock();
> > + kfree(vc);
> > + vc_cons[currcons].d = NULL;
> > + return -ENOMEM;
>
> As soon as you release the lock, another thread could come along and
> start using the memory pointed by vc_cons[currcons].d you're about to
> free here. This is unlikely for an initcall, but still.
>
> You should consider this ordering instead:
>
> err_vc_screenbuf:
> kfree(vc);
> vc_cons[currcons].d = NULL;
> err_vc:
> console_unlock();
> return -ENOMEM;
>
>
Thanks for your patient reply, Nicolas!
I will work on this patch and resubmit it.
Thanks
Gen
> > }
> > console_initcall(con_init);
> >
> > ---
> >
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-05-21 3:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-05-21 2:29 [PATCH v2] vt: Fix a missing-check bug in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c Gen Zhang
2019-05-21 2:55 ` Nicolas Pitre
2019-05-21 3:09 ` Gen Zhang [this message]
2019-05-21 3:26 ` Nicolas Pitre
2019-05-21 4:00 ` Gen Zhang
2019-05-21 4:30 ` Nicolas Pitre
2019-05-21 7:39 ` Gen Zhang
2019-05-22 2:43 ` Nicolas Pitre
2019-05-22 8:10 ` Gen Zhang
2019-05-22 12:19 ` [PATCH v3] " Gen Zhang
2019-05-22 14:18 ` Nicolas Pitre
2019-05-24 2:27 ` [PATCH v3] vt: Fix a missing-check bug in con_init() Gen Zhang
2019-05-21 3:21 ` [PATCH v3] vt: Fix a missing-check bug in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c Gen Zhang
2019-05-21 6:46 ` Oleksandr Natalenko
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20190521030905.GB5263@zhanggen-UX430UQ \
--to=blackgod016574@gmail.com \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=nico@fluxnic.net \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).