linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio: ml-ioh: Fix buffer underwrite on probe error path

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Date:   Sun, 29 Jul 2018 23:13:42 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     vasilyev@...ras.ru
Cc:     "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        ldv-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: ml-ioh: Fix buffer underwrite on probe error path

On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 6:54 PM Anton Vasilyev <vasilyev@...ras.ru> wrote:

> If ioh_gpio_probe() fails on devm_irq_alloc_descs() then chip may point
> to any element of chip_save array, so reverse iteration from pointer chip
> may become chip_save[-1] and gpiochip_remove() will operate with wrong
> memory.
>
> The patch fix the error path of ioh_gpio_probe() to correctly bypass
> chip_save array.
>
> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
>
> Signed-off-by: Anton Vasilyev <vasilyev@...ras.ru>

Patch applied, nice work!

Yours,
Linus Walleij