linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/2] usb: gadget: udc: avoid use of freed pointer

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Message-ID: <20170214215833.GA6169@embeddedgus>
Date:   Tue, 14 Feb 2017 15:58:33 -0600
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
To:     Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
Cc:     balbi@...nel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, bhelgaas@...gle.com,
        heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com, linux-geode@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] usb: gadget: udc: avoid use of freed pointer

Rewrite udc_free_dma_chain() function to avoid use of pointer after free.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1091172
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
---
Changes in v2:
 Remove 'td->next = 0x00' inside for loop.
 Remove unnecessary pointer nullification after free.
 Rename variable addr_aux to addr_next.

 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/amd5536udc.c | 17 ++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/amd5536udc.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/amd5536udc.c
index ea03ca7..821d088 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/amd5536udc.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/amd5536udc.c
@@ -611,21 +611,20 @@ udc_alloc_request(struct usb_ep *usbep, gfp_t gfp)
 static int udc_free_dma_chain(struct udc *dev, struct udc_request *req)
 {
 	int ret_val = 0;
-	struct udc_data_dma	*td;
-	struct udc_data_dma	*td_last = NULL;
+	struct udc_data_dma *td = req->td_data;
 	unsigned int i;
 
+	dma_addr_t addr_next = 0x00;
+	dma_addr_t addr = (dma_addr_t)td->next;
+
 	DBG(dev, "free chain req = %p\n", req);
 
 	/* do not free first desc., will be done by free for request */
-	td_last = req->td_data;
-	td = phys_to_virt(td_last->next);
-
 	for (i = 1; i < req->chain_len; i++) {
-		pci_pool_free(dev->data_requests, td,
-			      (dma_addr_t)td_last->next);
-		td_last = td;
-		td = phys_to_virt(td_last->next);
+		td = phys_to_virt(addr);
+		addr_next = (dma_addr_t)td->next;
+		pci_pool_free(dev->data_requests, td, addr);
+		addr = addr_next;
 	}
 
 	return ret_val;
-- 
2.5.0