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Message-ID: <CAMvdLANGW35m0-mg_00wM2FPivmk-wVfqE379iNjE=gFL3u-5A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 20:21:07 +0800
From: Fu Zixuan <r33s3n6@...il.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: mathias.nyman@...el.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, baijiaju1990@...il.com,
TOTE Robot <oslab@...nghua.edu.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: usb: host: fix NULL pointer dereferences
triggered by unhandled errors in xhci_create_rhub_port_array()
On Thu, 21 Apr 2022 at 20:06, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 07:55:28PM +0800, Fu Zixuan wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 Apr 2022 at 18:07, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 05:42:36PM +0800, Zixuan Fu wrote:
> > > > In xhci_create_rhub_port_array(), when rhub->num_ports is zero,
> > > > rhub->ports would not be set; when kcalloc_node() fails, rhub->ports
> > > > would be set to NULL. In these two cases, xhci_create_rhub_port_array()
> > > > just returns void, and thus its callers are unaware of the error.
> > > >
> > > > Then rhub->ports is dereferenced in xhci_usb3_hub_descriptor() or
> > > > xhci_usb2_hub_descriptor().
> > > >
> > > > To fix the bug, xhci_setup_port_arrays() should return an integer to
> > > > indicate a possible error, and its callers should handle the error.
> > > >
> > > > Here is the log when this bug occurred in our fault-injection testing:
> > > >
> > > > [ 24.001309] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
> > > > ...
> > > > [ 24.003992] RIP: 0010:xhci_hub_control+0x3f5/0x60d0 [xhci_hcd]
> > > > ...
> > > > [ 24.009803] Call Trace:
> > > > [ 24.010014] <TASK>
> > > > [ 24.011310] usb_hcd_submit_urb+0x1233/0x1fd0
> > > > [ 24.017071] usb_start_wait_urb+0x115/0x310
> > > > [ 24.017641] usb_control_msg+0x28a/0x450
> > > > [ 24.019046] hub_probe+0xb16/0x2320
> > > > [ 24.019757] usb_probe_interface+0x4f1/0x930
> > > > [ 24.019765] really_probe+0x33d/0x970
> > > > [ 24.019768] __driver_probe_device+0x157/0x210
> > > > [ 24.019772] driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x340
> > > > [ 24.019775] __device_attach_driver+0x2ee/0x3a0
> > > > ...
> > > >
> > > > Reported-by: TOTE Robot <oslab@...nghua.edu.cn>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Zixuan Fu <r33s3n6@...il.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > drivers/usb/host/xhci-mem.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
> > > > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-mem.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-mem.c
> > > > index bbb27ee2c6a3..024515346c39 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-mem.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-mem.c
> > > > @@ -2235,7 +2235,7 @@ static void xhci_add_in_port(struct xhci_hcd *xhci, unsigned int num_ports,
> > > > /* FIXME: Should we disable ports not in the Extended Capabilities? */
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > -static void xhci_create_rhub_port_array(struct xhci_hcd *xhci,
> > > > +static int xhci_create_rhub_port_array(struct xhci_hcd *xhci,
> > > > struct xhci_hub *rhub, gfp_t flags)
> > > > {
> > > > int port_index = 0;
> > > > @@ -2243,11 +2243,11 @@ static void xhci_create_rhub_port_array(struct xhci_hcd *xhci,
> > > > struct device *dev = xhci_to_hcd(xhci)->self.sysdev;
> > > >
> > > > if (!rhub->num_ports)
> > > > - return;
> > > > + return -EINVAL;
> > > > rhub->ports = kcalloc_node(rhub->num_ports, sizeof(*rhub->ports),
> > > > flags, dev_to_node(dev));
> > > > if (!rhub->ports)
> > > > - return;
> > > > + return -ENOMEM;
> > > >
> > > > for (i = 0; i < HCS_MAX_PORTS(xhci->hcs_params1); i++) {
> > > > if (xhci->hw_ports[i].rhub != rhub ||
> > > > @@ -2259,6 +2259,7 @@ static void xhci_create_rhub_port_array(struct xhci_hcd *xhci,
> > > > if (port_index == rhub->num_ports)
> > > > break;
> > > > }
> > > > + return 0;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > /*
> > > > @@ -2277,6 +2278,7 @@ static int xhci_setup_port_arrays(struct xhci_hcd *xhci, gfp_t flags)
> > > > int cap_count = 0;
> > > > u32 cap_start;
> > > > struct device *dev = xhci_to_hcd(xhci)->self.sysdev;
> > > > + int ret;
> > > >
> > > > num_ports = HCS_MAX_PORTS(xhci->hcs_params1);
> > > > xhci->hw_ports = kcalloc_node(num_ports, sizeof(*xhci->hw_ports),
> > > > @@ -2367,8 +2369,13 @@ static int xhci_setup_port_arrays(struct xhci_hcd *xhci, gfp_t flags)
> > > > * Not sure how the USB core will handle a hub with no ports...
> > > > */
> > > >
> > > > - xhci_create_rhub_port_array(xhci, &xhci->usb2_rhub, flags);
> > > > - xhci_create_rhub_port_array(xhci, &xhci->usb3_rhub, flags);
> > > > + ret = xhci_create_rhub_port_array(xhci, &xhci->usb2_rhub, flags);
> > > > + if (ret)
> > > > + return ret;
> > > > +
> > > > + ret = xhci_create_rhub_port_array(xhci, &xhci->usb3_rhub, flags);
> > > > + if (ret)
> > > > + return ret;
> > >
> > > What about the memory allocated by the first call to
> > > xhci_create_rhub_port_array()? Is that now lost? Same for everything
> > > else allocated before these calls, how is that cleaned up properly?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > greg k-h
> >
> > Thanks for your swift reply. We understand your concern. In fact, we have
> > checked the related code carefully and found that xhci_create_rhub_port_array()
> > is only used in xhci_setup_port_arrays(). Moreover, only xhci_mem_init() calls
> > xhci_setup_port_arrays() and does all cleanup work when it fails. Specifically,
> > xhci_mem_init() calls xhci_mem_cleanup(), which eventually called
> > kfree(xhci->usb2_rhub.ports) and kfree(xhci->usb3_rhub.ports).
>
> Great, can you mention this in the changelog text to show that you have
> thought this through and it can be documented as such?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
Thanks for your reply! We will do that and submit the patch v2 soon.
Thanks,
Zixuan Fu
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