linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tpm: fix potential NULL pointer access in tpm_del_char

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Date:   Mon, 13 Sep 2021 23:25:40 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
To:     Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@....de>, peterhuewe@....de,
        jgg@...pe.ca
Cc:     p.rosenberger@...bus.com, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm: fix potential NULL pointer access in
 tpm_del_char_device()

On Fri, 2021-09-10 at 20:04 +0200, Lino Sanfilippo wrote:
> In tpm_del_char_device() make sure that chip->ops is still valid.
> This check is needed since in case of a system shutdown
> tpm_class_shutdown() has already been called and set chip->ops to NULL.
> This leads to a NULL pointer access as soon as tpm_del_char_device()
> tries to access chip->ops in case of TPM 2.
> 
> Fixes: dcbeab1946454 ("tpm: fix crash in tpm_tis deinitialization")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@....de>
> ---

Have you been able to reproduce this in some environment?

/Jarkko