linux-kernel - [PATCH] gpiolib: fix possible use after free on label

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Message-Id: <20181024134040.115413-1-smuchun@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 24 Oct 2018 21:40:40 +0800
From:   Muchun Song <smuchun@...il.com>
To:     linus.walleij@...aro.org
Cc:     linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] gpiolib: fix possible use after free on label

gpiod_request_commit() copies the pointer to the label
passed as an argument only to be used later. But there's a
chance the caller could immediately free the passed string
(e.g., local variable). This could trigger a use after free
when we use gpio label(e.g., gpiochip_unlock_as_irq(),
gpiochip_is_requested()).

To be on the safe side: duplicate the string with
kstrdup_const() so that if an unaware user passes an address
to a stack-allocated buffer, we won't get the arbitrary label.

Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <smuchun@...il.com>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 25187403e3ac..e600c5f5d9a7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -2270,6 +2270,12 @@ static int gpiod_request_commit(struct gpio_desc *desc, const char *label)
 	unsigned long		flags;
 	unsigned		offset;
 
+	if (label) {
+		label = kstrdup_const(label, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!label)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&gpio_lock, flags);
 
 	/* NOTE:  gpio_request() can be called in early boot,
@@ -2280,6 +2286,7 @@ static int gpiod_request_commit(struct gpio_desc *desc, const char *label)
 		desc_set_label(desc, label ? : "?");
 		status = 0;
 	} else {
+		kfree_const(label);
 		status = -EBUSY;
 		goto done;
 	}
@@ -2296,6 +2303,7 @@ static int gpiod_request_commit(struct gpio_desc *desc, const char *label)
 
 		if (status < 0) {
 			desc_set_label(desc, NULL);
+			kfree_const(label);
 			clear_bit(FLAG_REQUESTED, &desc->flags);
 			goto done;
 		}
@@ -2391,6 +2399,7 @@ static bool gpiod_free_commit(struct gpio_desc *desc)
 			chip->free(chip, gpio_chip_hwgpio(desc));
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&gpio_lock, flags);
 		}
+		kfree_const(desc->label);
 		desc_set_label(desc, NULL);
 		clear_bit(FLAG_ACTIVE_LOW, &desc->flags);
 		clear_bit(FLAG_REQUESTED, &desc->flags);
-- 
2.17.1