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* [PATCH] ALSA: isa: gus: Fix a possible null-pointer dereference in snd_gf1_mem_xfree()
@ 2019-07-23 13:40 Jia-Ju Bai
  2019-07-23 13:47 ` Takashi Iwai
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jia-Ju Bai @ 2019-07-23 13:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: perex, tiwai, huangfq.daxian, tglx, allison
  Cc: alsa-devel, linux-kernel, Jia-Ju Bai

In snd_gf1_mem_xfree(), there is an if statement on line 72 and line 74
to check whether block->next is NULL:
    if (block->next)

When block->next is NULL, block->next is used on line 84:
    block->next->prev = block->prev;

Thus, a possible null-pointer dereference may occur in this case.

To fix this possible bug, block->next is checked before using it.

This bug is found by a static analysis tool STCheck written by us.

Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@gmail.com>
---
 sound/isa/gus/gus_mem.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sound/isa/gus/gus_mem.c b/sound/isa/gus/gus_mem.c
index cb02d18dde60..ed6205b88057 100644
--- a/sound/isa/gus/gus_mem.c
+++ b/sound/isa/gus/gus_mem.c
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ int snd_gf1_mem_xfree(struct snd_gf1_mem * alloc, struct snd_gf1_mem_block * blo
 		if (block->prev)
 			block->prev->next = NULL;
 	} else {
-		block->next->prev = block->prev;
+		if (block->next)
+			block->next->prev = block->prev;
 		if (block->prev)
 			block->prev->next = block->next;
 	}
-- 
2.17.0


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* Re: [PATCH] ALSA: isa: gus: Fix a possible null-pointer dereference in snd_gf1_mem_xfree()
  2019-07-23 13:40 [PATCH] ALSA: isa: gus: Fix a possible null-pointer dereference in snd_gf1_mem_xfree() Jia-Ju Bai
@ 2019-07-23 13:47 ` Takashi Iwai
  2019-07-23 13:51   ` Jia-Ju Bai
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Takashi Iwai @ 2019-07-23 13:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jia-Ju Bai; +Cc: huangfq.daxian, tglx, allison, perex, alsa-devel, linux-kernel

On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:40:20 +0200,
Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
> 
> In snd_gf1_mem_xfree(), there is an if statement on line 72 and line 74
> to check whether block->next is NULL:
>     if (block->next)
> 
> When block->next is NULL, block->next is used on line 84:
>     block->next->prev = block->prev;
> 
> Thus, a possible null-pointer dereference may occur in this case.

There is already a check beforehand:

	if (alloc->last == block) {

and the code path you're referring to is only after this check fails,
i.e. it's no last entry, hence block->next can be never NULL.

So the current code is OK.


thanks,

Takashi

> 
> To fix this possible bug, block->next is checked before using it.
> 
> This bug is found by a static analysis tool STCheck written by us.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@gmail.com>
> ---
>  sound/isa/gus/gus_mem.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sound/isa/gus/gus_mem.c b/sound/isa/gus/gus_mem.c
> index cb02d18dde60..ed6205b88057 100644
> --- a/sound/isa/gus/gus_mem.c
> +++ b/sound/isa/gus/gus_mem.c
> @@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ int snd_gf1_mem_xfree(struct snd_gf1_mem * alloc, struct snd_gf1_mem_block * blo
>  		if (block->prev)
>  			block->prev->next = NULL;
>  	} else {
> -		block->next->prev = block->prev;
> +		if (block->next)
> +			block->next->prev = block->prev;
>  		if (block->prev)
>  			block->prev->next = block->next;
>  	}
> -- 
> 2.17.0
> 
> 

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* Re: [PATCH] ALSA: isa: gus: Fix a possible null-pointer dereference in snd_gf1_mem_xfree()
  2019-07-23 13:47 ` Takashi Iwai
@ 2019-07-23 13:51   ` Jia-Ju Bai
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jia-Ju Bai @ 2019-07-23 13:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Takashi Iwai
  Cc: huangfq.daxian, tglx, allison, perex, alsa-devel, linux-kernel

Thanks for the quick reply :)
I think you are right, and I did not consider "if (alloc->last == block)"
Sorry for the false report...


Best wishes,
Jia-Ju Bai

On 2019/7/23 21:47, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:40:20 +0200,
> Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
>> In snd_gf1_mem_xfree(), there is an if statement on line 72 and line 74
>> to check whether block->next is NULL:
>>      if (block->next)
>>
>> When block->next is NULL, block->next is used on line 84:
>>      block->next->prev = block->prev;
>>
>> Thus, a possible null-pointer dereference may occur in this case.
> There is already a check beforehand:
>
> 	if (alloc->last == block) {
>
> and the code path you're referring to is only after this check fails,
> i.e. it's no last entry, hence block->next can be never NULL.
>
> So the current code is OK.
>
>
> thanks,
>
> Takashi
>
>> To fix this possible bug, block->next is checked before using it.
>>
>> This bug is found by a static analysis tool STCheck written by us.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   sound/isa/gus/gus_mem.c | 3 ++-
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/sound/isa/gus/gus_mem.c b/sound/isa/gus/gus_mem.c
>> index cb02d18dde60..ed6205b88057 100644
>> --- a/sound/isa/gus/gus_mem.c
>> +++ b/sound/isa/gus/gus_mem.c
>> @@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ int snd_gf1_mem_xfree(struct snd_gf1_mem * alloc, struct snd_gf1_mem_block * blo
>>   		if (block->prev)
>>   			block->prev->next = NULL;
>>   	} else {
>> -		block->next->prev = block->prev;
>> +		if (block->next)
>> +			block->next->prev = block->prev;
>>   		if (block->prev)
>>   			block->prev->next = block->next;
>>   	}
>> -- 
>> 2.17.0
>>
>>


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