linux-kernel - Re: [patch] acpi: fix crash in core ACPI code, triggered by CONFIG_ACPI_PCI

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Date:	Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:38:27 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, robert.moore@...el.com,
	Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>,
	Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] acpi: fix crash in core ACPI code, triggered by	CONFIG_ACPI_PCI_SLOT=y

Ingo Molnar wrote:

[For acpica issues please always put robert.moore@...el.com into Cc. Thanks]
[Bob, will need to resync this into ACPICA]

> I.e. when we called acpi_ns_handle_to_pathname(), we got required_size
> of 0 due to an error condition, but this is passed to the ACPI allocator
> unconditionally:
> 
>         required_size = acpi_ns_get_pathname_length(node);
> 
>         /* Validate/Allocate/Clear caller buffer */
> 
>         status = acpi_ut_initialize_buffer(buffer, required_size);
>         if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
>                 return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
>         }
> 
> Where acpi_ut_initialize_buffer(), through many (unnecessary) layers, 
> ends up calling kzalloc(0). Which returns 0x10 and that then causes the 
> crash later on.
> 
> So fix both callers of acpi_ns_get_pathname_length(), which can return 0 
> in case of an invalid node.
> 
> Also add a WARN_ON() against zero sized allocations in 
> acpi_ut_initialize_buffer() to make it easier to find similar instances 
> of this bug.
> 
> I have tested this patch for the past 24 hours and the crash has not 
> reappeared.

Thanks for the detailed analysis and the patch. Patch looks mostly good,
except that the error message could be a little clearer ("Invalid zero 
length node string" perhaps?). It'll need to be backmerged into
the ACPICA code base, but that can be done in parallel without
delaying fixing this bug.

I can add it to my next batch your or you can add it one of yours
if you prefer.

-Andi
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