linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: speakup: fix tty-operation NULL derefs

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Date:   Wed, 30 Jan 2019 10:54:27 +0100
From:   Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
To:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        speakup@...ux-speakup.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: speakup: fix tty-operation NULL derefs

Johan Hovold, le mer. 30 janv. 2019 10:49:34 +0100, a ecrit:
> The send_xchar() and tiocmset() tty operations are optional. Add the
> missing sanity checks to prevent user-space triggerable NULL-pointer
> dereferences.
> 
> Fixes: 6b9ad1c742bf ("staging: speakup: add send_xchar, tiocmset and input functionality for tty")
> Cc: stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>     # 4.13
> Cc: Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja@...il.com>
> Cc: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>

Indeed.

Reviewed-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>

> ---
>  drivers/staging/speakup/spk_ttyio.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_ttyio.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_ttyio.c
> index c92bbd05516e..005de0024dd4 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_ttyio.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_ttyio.c
> @@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ static void spk_ttyio_send_xchar(char ch)
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> -	speakup_tty->ops->send_xchar(speakup_tty, ch);
> +	if (speakup_tty->ops->send_xchar)
> +		speakup_tty->ops->send_xchar(speakup_tty, ch);
>  	mutex_unlock(&speakup_tty_mutex);
>  }
>  
> @@ -277,7 +278,8 @@ static void spk_ttyio_tiocmset(unsigned int set, unsigned int clear)
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> -	speakup_tty->ops->tiocmset(speakup_tty, set, clear);
> +	if (speakup_tty->ops->tiocmset)
> +		speakup_tty->ops->tiocmset(speakup_tty, set, clear);
>  	mutex_unlock(&speakup_tty_mutex);
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.20.1
> 

-- 
Samuel
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