* [PATCH] bus: fsl-mc: fix improper free of mc_dev
@ 2021-04-27 18:36 trix
2021-04-27 19:19 ` Nick Desaulniers
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: trix @ 2021-04-27 18:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: stuyoder, laurentiu.tudor, nathan, ndesaulniers, gregkh
Cc: linux-kernel, clang-built-linux, Tom Rix
From: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
Clang static analysis reports this error
fsl-mc-bus.c:891:2: warning: Attempt to free released memory
kfree(mc_dev);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~
In this block of code
if (strcmp(obj_desc->type, "dprc") == 0) {
..
mc_bus = kzalloc(..)
mc_dev = &mc_bus->mc_dev;
mc_dev is not alloc-ed, so it should not be freed.
Old handler triggers a false positive from checkpatch, so add a
comment and change logic a bit.
Fixes: a042fbed0290 ("staging: fsl-mc: simplify couple of deallocations")
Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
---
drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c b/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c
index 380ad1fdb745..fb3e1d8a7f63 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c
@@ -887,8 +887,10 @@ int fsl_mc_device_add(struct fsl_mc_obj_desc *obj_desc,
error_cleanup_dev:
kfree(mc_dev->regions);
+ /* mc_dev is only allocated when it is not part of mc_bus */
+ if (!mc_bus)
+ kfree(mc_dev);
kfree(mc_bus);
- kfree(mc_dev);
return error;
}
--
2.26.3
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* Re: [PATCH] bus: fsl-mc: fix improper free of mc_dev
2021-04-27 18:36 [PATCH] bus: fsl-mc: fix improper free of mc_dev trix
@ 2021-04-27 19:19 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-04-28 17:26 ` Tom Rix
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Nick Desaulniers @ 2021-04-27 19:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tom Rix
Cc: stuyoder, laurentiu.tudor, Nathan Chancellor, Greg KH, LKML,
clang-built-linux
On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 11:36 AM <trix@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> From: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
>
> Clang static analysis reports this error
>
> fsl-mc-bus.c:891:2: warning: Attempt to free released memory
> kfree(mc_dev);
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> In this block of code
>
> if (strcmp(obj_desc->type, "dprc") == 0) {
> ..
> mc_bus = kzalloc(..)
> mc_dev = &mc_bus->mc_dev;
Thanks for the patch.
Aren't the allocations for mc_bus and mc_dev mutually exclusive based
on that conditional? If so...
>
> mc_dev is not alloc-ed, so it should not be freed.
> Old handler triggers a false positive from checkpatch, so add a
> comment and change logic a bit.
>
> Fixes: a042fbed0290 ("staging: fsl-mc: simplify couple of deallocations")
> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
> ---
> drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c b/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c
> index 380ad1fdb745..fb3e1d8a7f63 100644
> --- a/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c
> @@ -887,8 +887,10 @@ int fsl_mc_device_add(struct fsl_mc_obj_desc *obj_desc,
>
> error_cleanup_dev:
> kfree(mc_dev->regions);
> + /* mc_dev is only allocated when it is not part of mc_bus */
> + if (!mc_bus)
> + kfree(mc_dev);
> kfree(mc_bus);
> - kfree(mc_dev);
The error handling here seems quite wrong (regardless of your patch).
mc_dev->regions is allocated by fsl_mc_device_get_mmio_regions() IIUC.
Wouldn't the first `goto error_cleanup_dev;` taken end up passing an
uninitialized pointer to kfree()?
what if `strcmp(obj_desc->type, "dprc") == 0` is false? We allocate
`mc_dev`, but then call kfree on `mc_bus`?
I think it would be safer to locally save the result of
`strcmp(obj_desc->type, "dprc") == 0`, then check that throughout this
function, including the error handling at the end, or use multiple
labels to unwind the allocations correctly.
>
> return error;
> }
> --
--
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers
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* Re: [PATCH] bus: fsl-mc: fix improper free of mc_dev
2021-04-27 19:19 ` Nick Desaulniers
@ 2021-04-28 17:26 ` Tom Rix
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Tom Rix @ 2021-04-28 17:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nick Desaulniers
Cc: stuyoder, laurentiu.tudor, Nathan Chancellor, Greg KH, LKML,
clang-built-linux
On 4/27/21 12:19 PM, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 11:36 AM <trix@redhat.com> wrote:
>> From: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
>>
>> Clang static analysis reports this error
>>
>> fsl-mc-bus.c:891:2: warning: Attempt to free released memory
>> kfree(mc_dev);
>> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> In this block of code
>>
>> if (strcmp(obj_desc->type, "dprc") == 0) {
>> ..
>> mc_bus = kzalloc(..)
>> mc_dev = &mc_bus->mc_dev;
> Thanks for the patch.
>
> Aren't the allocations for mc_bus and mc_dev mutually exclusive based
> on that conditional? If so...
>
>> mc_dev is not alloc-ed, so it should not be freed.
>> Old handler triggers a false positive from checkpatch, so add a
>> comment and change logic a bit.
>>
>> Fixes: a042fbed0290 ("staging: fsl-mc: simplify couple of deallocations")
>> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c | 4 +++-
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c b/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c
>> index 380ad1fdb745..fb3e1d8a7f63 100644
>> --- a/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c
>> +++ b/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c
>> @@ -887,8 +887,10 @@ int fsl_mc_device_add(struct fsl_mc_obj_desc *obj_desc,
>>
>> error_cleanup_dev:
>> kfree(mc_dev->regions);
>> + /* mc_dev is only allocated when it is not part of mc_bus */
>> + if (!mc_bus)
>> + kfree(mc_dev);
>> kfree(mc_bus);
>> - kfree(mc_dev);
> The error handling here seems quite wrong (regardless of your patch).
> mc_dev->regions is allocated by fsl_mc_device_get_mmio_regions() IIUC.
> Wouldn't the first `goto error_cleanup_dev;` taken end up passing an
> uninitialized pointer to kfree()?
On the first goto, mc_dev->regions, because of the kzalloc, the value
would be
mc_bus->mc_dev.regions , should be 0 or
mc_dev->regions, which also should be 0
and kfree handles 0.
>
> what if `strcmp(obj_desc->type, "dprc") == 0` is false? We allocate
> `mc_dev`, but then call kfree on `mc_bus`?
mc_bus is initialized to NULL, which makes the call to kfree safe.
The original handler was
if (mc_bus)
kfree(mc_bus)
else
kfree(mc_dev)
I tried this first, which works, but checkpatch throw a warning for
kfree(mc_bus).
This change makes the 'else' with the !mc_bus
> I think it would be safer to locally save the result of
> `strcmp(obj_desc->type, "dprc") == 0`, then check that throughout this
the local mc_bus is only set in this block, so I don't think another
local is needed.
> function, including the error handling at the end, or use multiple
> labels to unwind the allocations correctly.
The goto's could be finer grained because some of the mc_dev->regions
are known to be unallocated.
Changing these would not be a fix and it could be argued the simpler,
less efficent error handling works as designed.
Tom
>
>> return error;
>> }
>> --
>
> --
> Thanks,
> ~Nick Desaulniers
>
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