linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] soundwire: bus: stop dereferencing invalid slave pointer

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Message-ID: <cb1d0d1d-100f-48b7-f809-7c84148ae0ba@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 12 Oct 2021 08:32:35 -0500
From:   Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
        vkoul@...nel.org
Cc:     yung-chuan.liao@...ux.intel.com, sanyog.r.kale@...el.com,
        guennadi.liakhovetski@...ux.intel.com, rander.wang@...el.com,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] soundwire: bus: stop dereferencing invalid slave pointer



On 10/12/21 5:15 AM, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> Slave pointer is invalid after end of list iteration, using this
> would result in below Memory abort.
> 
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000004
> ...
> Call trace:
>  __dev_printk+0x34/0x7c
>  _dev_warn+0x6c/0x90
>  sdw_bus_exit_clk_stop+0x194/0x1d0
>  swrm_runtime_resume+0x13c/0x238
>  pm_generic_runtime_resume+0x2c/0x48
>  __rpm_callback+0x44/0x150
>  rpm_callback+0x6c/0x78
>  rpm_resume+0x314/0x558
>  rpm_resume+0x378/0x558
>  rpm_resume+0x378/0x558
>  __pm_runtime_resume+0x3c/0x88
> 
> Use bus->dev instead to print this error message.
> 
> Fixes: b50bb8ba369cd ("soundwire: bus: handle -ENODATA errors in clock stop/start sequences")
> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>

Nice catch, even if the 'slave' pointer was valid it makes no sense to
use this device for a bus-level operation. Using the bus->dev is the
right thing to do.

Reviewed-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>

> ---
>  drivers/soundwire/bus.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/bus.c b/drivers/soundwire/bus.c
> index 1b115734a8f6..67369e941d0d 100644
> --- a/drivers/soundwire/bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/soundwire/bus.c
> @@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ int sdw_bus_exit_clk_stop(struct sdw_bus *bus)
>  	if (!simple_clk_stop) {
>  		ret = sdw_bus_wait_for_clk_prep_deprep(bus, SDW_BROADCAST_DEV_NUM);
>  		if (ret < 0)
> -			dev_warn(&slave->dev, "clock stop deprepare wait failed:%d\n", ret);
> +			dev_warn(bus->dev, "clock stop deprepare wait failed:%d\n", ret);
>  	}
>  
>  	list_for_each_entry(slave, &bus->slaves, node) {
>