linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] drm/amd/display: fix dereference of pointer aconnector when it is null

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Date:   Fri, 8 Nov 2019 11:33:16 -0500
From:   Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@...il.com>
To:     Mikita Lipski <mlipski@....com>
Cc:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        "Wentland, Harry" <Harry.Wentland@....com>,
        "Li, Sun peng (Leo)" <Sunpeng.Li@....com>,
        "Deucher, Alexander" <Alexander.Deucher@....com>,
        "Koenig, Christian" <Christian.Koenig@....com>,
        "Zhou, David(ChunMing)" <David1.Zhou@....com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>,
        "Kazlauskas, Nicholas" <Nicholas.Kazlauskas@....com>,
        "Lipski, Mikita" <Mikita.Lipski@....com>,
        "amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org" <amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org" <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] drm/amd/display: fix dereference of pointer
 aconnector when it is null

Applied.  thanks!

Alex

On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 9:42 AM Mikita Lipski <mlipski@....com> wrote:
>
> Thanks!
>
> Reviewed-by: Mikita Lipski <mikita.lipski@....com>
>
> On 08.11.2019 9:38, Colin King wrote:
> > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> >
> > Currently pointer aconnector is being dereferenced by the call to
> > to_dm_connector_state before it is being null checked, this could
> > lead to a null pointer dereference.  Fix this by checking that
> > aconnector is null before dereferencing it.
> >
> > Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference before null check")
> > Fixes: 5133c6241d9c ("drm/amd/display: Add MST atomic routines")
> > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_helpers.c | 5 ++---
> >   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_helpers.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_helpers.c
> > index e3cda6984d28..72e677796a48 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_helpers.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_helpers.c
> > @@ -193,12 +193,11 @@ bool dm_helpers_dp_mst_write_payload_allocation_table(
> >        * that blocks before commit guaranteeing that the state
> >        * is not gonna be swapped while still in use in commit tail */
> >
> > -     dm_conn_state = to_dm_connector_state(aconnector->base.state);
> > -
> > -
> >       if (!aconnector || !aconnector->mst_port)
> >               return false;
> >
> > +     dm_conn_state = to_dm_connector_state(aconnector->base.state);
> > +
> >       mst_mgr = &aconnector->mst_port->mst_mgr;
> >
> >       if (!mst_mgr->mst_state)
> >
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Mikita Lipski
> mikita.lipski@....com
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