linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] test_firmware: fix end of loop test in upload_read

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Date:   Mon, 9 May 2022 15:37:39 -0700
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@...el.com>,
        Tianfei zhang <tianfei.zhang@...el.com>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...aro.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] test_firmware: fix end of loop test in
 upload_read_show()

On Fri, May 06, 2022 at 09:55:15AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> If a list_for_each_entry() loop exits without hitting a break statement
> then the iterator points to invalid memory.  So in this code the
> "tst->name" dereference is an out bounds read.  It's an offset from the
> &test_upload_list pointer and it will likely work fine most of the time
> but it's not correct.
> 
> One alternative is to fix this this by changing the test to:
> 
> 	if (list_entry_is_head(tst, &test_upload_list, node)) {
> 
> But the simpler, trendy new way is just create a new variable and test
> for NULL.
> 
> Fixes: a31ad463b72d ("test_firmware: Add test support for firmware upload")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@...el.com>

Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>

  Luis