linux-kernel - [PATCH] firmware: Prevent oops on delayed abort

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Date:   Wed,  4 Jan 2017 09:31:31 +0000
From:   Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>,
        Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>,
        "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] firmware: Prevent oops on delayed abort

If the firmware load is slow and cancelled, we may call fw_load_abort()
twice and promptly oops on the second with a NULL dereference.

Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 4497d263209f..d03e21c1d2f3 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -557,6 +557,9 @@ static void fw_load_abort(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv)
 {
 	struct firmware_buf *buf = fw_priv->buf;
 
+	if (!buf)
+		return;
+
 	__fw_load_abort(buf);
 
 	/* avoid user action after loading abort */
-- 
2.11.0