linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: sunxi: fix use-after-free in sunxi_pmx

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Date:   Fri, 22 Jan 2021 23:53:59 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech>
Cc:     Liu Xiang <liu.xiang@...ngsmart.com>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...l.net>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        liuxiang_1999@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: sunxi: fix use-after-free in sunxi_pmx_free()

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 5:40 PM Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 02:29:08PM +0800, Liu Xiang wrote:
> > When CONFIG_REGULATOR is not set, sunxi_pmx_request() always return
> > success. Even a group of pins call sunxi_pmx_request(), the refcount
> > is only 1. This can cause a use-after-free warning in sunxi_pmx_free().
> > To solve this problem, go to err path if regulator_get() return NULL
> > or error.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Liu Xiang <liu.xiang@...ngsmart.com>
>
> Is there any drawback to depending on CONFIG_REGULATOR?
>
> Given that we need those regulators enabled anyway, I guess we could
> just select or depends on it

I agree.

Liu can you make a patch to Kconfig to just select REGULATOR?
Possibly even the specific regulator driver this SoC is using
if it is very specific for this purpose.

Yours,
Linus Walleij