linux-kernel - [PATCH] k3dma: Avoid null pointer traversal

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Message-Id: <20191218190906.6641-1-john.stultz@linaro.org>
Date:   Wed, 18 Dec 2019 19:09:06 +0000
From:   John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
To:     lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>, ryan@...ted.us,
        aserbinski@...il.com, dmaengine@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] k3dma: Avoid null pointer traversal

In some cases we seem to submit two transactions in a row, which
causes us to lose track of the first. If we then cancel the
request, we may still get an interrupt, which traverses a null
ds_run value.

So try to avoid starting a new transaction if the ds_run value
is set.

While this patch avoids the null pointer crash, I've had some
reports of the k3dma driver still getting confused, which
suggests the ds_run/ds_done value handling still isn't quite
right. However, I've not run into an issue recently with it
so I think this patch is worth pushing upstream to avoid the
crash.

Cc: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc: ryan@...ted.us
Cc: aserbinski@...il.com
Cc: dmaengine@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/dma/k3dma.c | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/k3dma.c b/drivers/dma/k3dma.c
index adecea51814f..c5c1aa0dcaed 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/k3dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/k3dma.c
@@ -229,9 +229,11 @@ static irqreturn_t k3_dma_int_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 			c = p->vchan;
 			if (c && (tc1 & BIT(i))) {
 				spin_lock_irqsave(&c->vc.lock, flags);
-				vchan_cookie_complete(&p->ds_run->vd);
-				p->ds_done = p->ds_run;
-				p->ds_run = NULL;
+				if (p->ds_run != NULL) {
+					vchan_cookie_complete(&p->ds_run->vd);
+					p->ds_done = p->ds_run;
+					p->ds_run = NULL;
+				}
 				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&c->vc.lock, flags);
 			}
 			if (c && (tc2 & BIT(i))) {
@@ -271,6 +273,10 @@ static int k3_dma_start_txd(struct k3_dma_chan *c)
 	if (BIT(c->phy->idx) & k3_dma_get_chan_stat(d))
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
+	/* Avoid losing track of  ds_run if a transaction is in flight */
+	if (c->phy->ds_run)
+		return -EAGAIN;
+
 	if (vd) {
 		struct k3_dma_desc_sw *ds =
 			container_of(vd, struct k3_dma_desc_sw, vd);
-- 
2.17.1