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* [PATCH] drivers/media/video: avoid NULL dereference
@ 2010-03-21 21:31 Julia Lawall
  2010-03-23  3:14 ` Andrew Morton
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Julia Lawall @ 2010-03-21 21:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mark McClelland, Mauro Carvalho Chehab, linux-usb, linux-media,
	linux-kernel, kernel-janitors

From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

If ov is NULL, it will not be possible to take the lock in the first place,
so move the test up earlier.

The semantic match that finds the problem is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@r exists@
expression E, E1;
identifier f;
statement S1,S3;
iterator iter;
@@

if ((E == NULL && ...) || ...)
{
  ... when != false ((E == NULL && ...) || ...)
      when != true  ((E != NULL && ...) || ...)
      when != iter(E,...) S1
      when != E = E1
(
  sizeof(E->f)
|
* E->f
)
  ... when any
  return ...;
}
else S3
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

---
 drivers/media/video/ov511.c         |    8 +++-----
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/video/ov511.c b/drivers/media/video/ov511.c
index e0bce8d..2357218 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/ov511.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/ov511.c
@@ -5913,14 +5913,12 @@ ov51x_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 
 	PDEBUG(3, "");
 
+	if (!ov)
+		return;
+
 	mutex_lock(&ov->lock);
 	usb_set_intfdata (intf, NULL);
 
-	if (!ov) {
-		mutex_unlock(&ov->lock);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/* Free device number */
 	ov511_devused &= ~(1 << ov->nr);
 

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* Re: [PATCH] drivers/media/video: avoid NULL dereference
  2010-03-21 21:31 [PATCH] drivers/media/video: avoid NULL dereference Julia Lawall
@ 2010-03-23  3:14 ` Andrew Morton
  2010-03-23  6:22   ` Julia Lawall
  2010-03-23  6:24   ` Julia Lawall
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Morton @ 2010-03-23  3:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Julia Lawall
  Cc: Mark McClelland, Mauro Carvalho Chehab, linux-usb, linux-media,
	linux-kernel, kernel-janitors

On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:31:06 +0100 (CET) Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> wrote:

> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> If ov is NULL, it will not be possible to take the lock in the first place,
> so move the test up earlier.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/drivers/media/video/ov511.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/video/ov511.c
> @@ -5913,14 +5913,12 @@ ov51x_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
>  
>  	PDEBUG(3, "");
>  
> +	if (!ov)
> +		return;
> +
>  	mutex_lock(&ov->lock);
>  	usb_set_intfdata (intf, NULL);
>  
> -	if (!ov) {
> -		mutex_unlock(&ov->lock);
> -		return;
> -	}
> -
>  	/* Free device number */
>  	ov511_devused &= ~(1 << ov->nr);

I think we can pretty safely assume that we never get here with ov==NULL.

Oh well, I'll leave the test there for others to ponder.

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* Re: [PATCH] drivers/media/video: avoid NULL dereference
  2010-03-23  3:14 ` Andrew Morton
@ 2010-03-23  6:22   ` Julia Lawall
  2010-03-23  6:24   ` Julia Lawall
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Julia Lawall @ 2010-03-23  6:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton
  Cc: Mark McClelland, Mauro Carvalho Chehab, linux-usb, linux-media,
	linux-kernel, kernel-janitors

From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

It seems impossible for ov to be NULL at this point.

The semantic match that finds the problem is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@r exists@
expression E, E1;
identifier f;
statement S1,S3;
iterator iter;
@@

if ((E == NULL && ...) || ...)
{
  ... when != false ((E == NULL && ...) || ...)
      when != true  ((E != NULL && ...) || ...)
      when != iter(E,...) S1
      when != E = E1
(
  sizeof(E->f)
|
* E->f
)
  ... when any
  return ...;
}
else S3
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

---
 drivers/media/video/ov511.c         |    5 -----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/video/ov511.c b/drivers/media/video/ov511.c
index e0bce8d..dd1b1ac 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/ov511.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/ov511.c
@@ -5916,11 +5916,6 @@ ov51x_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 	mutex_lock(&ov->lock);
 	usb_set_intfdata (intf, NULL);
 
-	if (!ov) {
-		mutex_unlock(&ov->lock);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/* Free device number */
 	ov511_devused &= ~(1 << ov->nr);
 

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* Re: [PATCH] drivers/media/video: avoid NULL dereference
  2010-03-23  3:14 ` Andrew Morton
  2010-03-23  6:22   ` Julia Lawall
@ 2010-03-23  6:24   ` Julia Lawall
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Julia Lawall @ 2010-03-23  6:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton
  Cc: Mark McClelland, Mauro Carvalho Chehab, linux-usb, linux-media,
	linux-kernel, kernel-janitors

> I think we can pretty safely assume that we never get here with ov==NULL.
> 
> Oh well, I'll leave the test there for others to ponder.

OK.  I didn't read far enough in this email and sent another patch, in 
case it's useful.

julia

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