linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: tb: fix use after free in tb_activate_pcie

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Date:   Mon, 6 Nov 2017 11:18:55 +0200
From:   Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@...il.com>,
        Michael Jamet <michael.jamet@...el.com>,
        Yehezkel Bernat <yehezkel.bernat@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: tb: fix use after free in
 tb_activate_pcie_devices

On Sat, Nov 04, 2017 at 11:52:54PM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Add a ̣̣continue statement in order to avoid using a previously
> free'd pointer tunnel in list_add.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1415336
> Fixes: 9d3cce0b6136 ("thunderbolt: Introduce thunderbolt bus and connection manager")
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>

Good catch!

Acked-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>

Greg, can you pick this to your char-misc tree? Thanks.

> ---
>  drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c b/drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c
> index d674e06..1424581 100644
> --- a/drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c
> +++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c
> @@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ static void tb_activate_pcie_devices(struct tb *tb)
>  			tb_port_info(up_port,
>  				     "PCIe tunnel activation failed, aborting\n");
>  			tb_pci_free(tunnel);
> +			continue;
>  		}
>  
>  		list_add(&tunnel->list, &tcm->tunnel_list);
> -- 
> 2.7.4