linux-kernel - [PATCH] ALSA: i2c: ak4xxx-adda: Fix a possible null pointer dereference in build_adc

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Date:   Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:27:33 +0800
From:   Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
To:     perex@...ex.cz, tiwai@...e.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, rfontana@...hat.com
Cc:     alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ALSA: i2c: ak4xxx-adda: Fix a possible null pointer dereference in build_adc_controls()

In build_adc_controls(), there is an if statement on line 773 to check
whether ak->adc_info is NULL:
	if (! ak->adc_info || 
		! ak->adc_info[mixer_ch].switch_name)

When ak->adc_info is NULL, it is used on line 792:
    knew.name = ak->adc_info[mixer_ch].selector_name;

Thus, a possible null-pointer dereference may occur.

To fix this bug, referring to lines 773 and 774, ak->adc_info 
and ak->adc_info[mixer_ch].selector_name are checked before being used.

This bug is found by a static analysis tool STCheck written by us.

Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
---
 sound/i2c/other/ak4xxx-adda.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/i2c/other/ak4xxx-adda.c b/sound/i2c/other/ak4xxx-adda.c
index 5f59316f982a..9a891470e84a 100644
--- a/sound/i2c/other/ak4xxx-adda.c
+++ b/sound/i2c/other/ak4xxx-adda.c
@@ -775,11 +775,13 @@ static int build_adc_controls(struct snd_akm4xxx *ak)
 				return err;
 
 			memset(&knew, 0, sizeof(knew));
-			knew.name = ak->adc_info[mixer_ch].selector_name;
-			if (!knew.name) {
+			if (! ak->adc_info ||
+				! ak->adc_info[mixer_ch].selector_name) {
 				knew.name = "Capture Channel";
 				knew.index = mixer_ch + ak->idx_offset * 2;
 			}
+			else
+				knew.name = ak->adc_info[mixer_ch].selector_name;
 
 			knew.iface = SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_IFACE_MIXER;
 			knew.info = ak4xxx_capture_source_info;
-- 
2.17.0