linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ar5523: Fix null-ptr-deref with unexpected WDCMSG_TARGET

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Message-ID: <87tuh0xz9h.fsf@tynnyri.adurom.net>
Date:   Fri, 29 Oct 2021 06:53:30 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Zekun Shen <bruceshenzk@...il.com>
Cc:     Pontus Fuchs <pontus.fuchs@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ar5523: Fix null-ptr-deref with unexpected WDCMSG_TARGET_START reply

Zekun Shen <bruceshenzk@...il.com> writes:

> Unexpected WDCMSG_TARGET_START replay can lead to null-ptr-deref
> when ar->tx_cmd->odata is NULL. The patch adds a null check to
> prevent such case.
>
> KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
>  ar5523_cmd+0x46a/0x581 [ar5523]
>  ar5523_probe.cold+0x1b7/0x18da [ar5523]
>  ? ar5523_cmd_rx_cb+0x7a0/0x7a0 [ar5523]
>  ? __pm_runtime_set_status+0x54a/0x8f0
>  ? _raw_spin_trylock_bh+0x120/0x120
>  ? pm_runtime_barrier+0x220/0x220
>  ? __pm_runtime_resume+0xb1/0xf0
>  usb_probe_interface+0x25b/0x710
>  really_probe+0x209/0x5d0
>  driver_probe_device+0xc6/0x1b0
>  device_driver_attach+0xe2/0x120
>
> Signed-off-by: Zekun Shen <bruceshenzk@...il.com>

How did you test this?

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