linux-kernel - [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.0 138/262] leds: lp55xx: fix null deref on firmware load failure

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Date:   Wed, 27 Mar 2019 13:59:53 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Michal Kazior <michal@...me.com>,
        Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.0 138/262] leds: lp55xx: fix null deref on firmware load failure

From: Michal Kazior <michal@...me.com>

[ Upstream commit 5ddb0869bfc1bca6cfc592c74c64a026f936638c ]

I've stumbled upon a kernel crash and the logs
pointed me towards the lp5562 driver:

> <4>[306013.841294] lp5562 0-0030: Direct firmware load for lp5562 failed with error -2
> <4>[306013.894990] lp5562 0-0030: Falling back to user helper
> ...
> <3>[306073.924886] lp5562 0-0030: firmware request failed
> <1>[306073.939456] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
> <4>[306074.251011] PC is at _raw_spin_lock+0x1c/0x58
> <4>[306074.255539] LR is at release_firmware+0x6c/0x138
> ...

After taking a look I noticed firmware_release()
could be called with either NULL or a dangling
pointer.

Fixes: 10c06d178df11 ("leds-lp55xx: support firmware interface")
Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal@...me.com>
Signed-off-by: Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/leds/leds-lp55xx-common.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-lp55xx-common.c b/drivers/leds/leds-lp55xx-common.c
index 3d79a6380761..723f2f17497a 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-lp55xx-common.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-lp55xx-common.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static void lp55xx_firmware_loaded(const struct firmware *fw, void *context)
 
 	if (!fw) {
 		dev_err(dev, "firmware request failed\n");
-		goto out;
+		return;
 	}
 
 	/* handling firmware data is chip dependent */
@@ -214,9 +214,9 @@ static void lp55xx_firmware_loaded(const struct firmware *fw, void *context)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&chip->lock);
 
-out:
 	/* firmware should be released for other channel use */
 	release_firmware(chip->fw);
+	chip->fw = NULL;
 }
 
 static int lp55xx_request_firmware(struct lp55xx_chip *chip)
-- 
2.19.1