linux-kernel - [PATCH] NFC: fdp: fix incorrect free object

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Message-Id: <1572942847-35209-1-git-send-email-bianpan2016@163.com>
Date:   Tue,  5 Nov 2019 16:34:07 +0800
From:   Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
To:     Allison Randal <allison@...utok.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Richard Fontana <rfontana@...hat.com>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
Subject: [PATCH] NFC: fdp: fix incorrect free object

The address of fw_vsc_cfg is on stack. Releasing it with devm_kfree() is
incorrect, which may result in a system crash or other security impacts.
The expected object to free is *fw_vsc_cfg.

Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
---
 drivers/nfc/fdp/i2c.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nfc/fdp/i2c.c b/drivers/nfc/fdp/i2c.c
index 1cd113c8d7cb..ad0abb1f0bae 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/fdp/i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/fdp/i2c.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static void fdp_nci_i2c_read_device_properties(struct device *dev,
 						  *fw_vsc_cfg, len);
 
 		if (r) {
-			devm_kfree(dev, fw_vsc_cfg);
+			devm_kfree(dev, *fw_vsc_cfg);
 			goto vsc_read_err;
 		}
 	} else {
-- 
2.7.4