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

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Date:   Wed, 4 Jan 2017 19:12:11 +0800
From:   Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
To:     Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: Prevent oops on delayed abort

On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 5:31 PM, Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk> wrote:
> 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
>

Looks fine,

Acked-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>

Thanks,
Ming