linux-kernel - Unitialized Variable and Null Pointer Dereference bug in gb_bootrom_get

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Date:   Tue, 21 Jun 2022 22:36:04 +0800
From:   Dongliang Mu <mudongliangabcd@...il.com>
To:     vireshk@...nel.org, Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        elder@...nel.org, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     greybus-dev@...ts.linaro.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Unitialized Variable and Null Pointer Dereference bug in gb_bootrom_get_firmware

Hi maintainers,

I would like to send one bug report.

In gb_bootrom_get_firmware, if the first branch is satisfied, it will
go to queue_work, leading to the dereference of uninitialized const
variable "fw". If the second branch is satisfied, it will go to unlock
with fw as NULL pointer, leading to a NULL Pointer Dereference.

The Fixes commit should be [1], introducing the dereference of "fw" in
the error handling code.

I am not sure how to fix this bug. Any comment on removing the
dereference of fw?

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a4293e1d4e6416477976ee3bd248589d3fc4bb19

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My best regards to you.

     No System Is Safe!
     Dongliang Mu