linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: fix segmentation fault in menuconfig search

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Message-ID: <Y1YAyQ4s+wxfAPAU@debian.me>
Date:   Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:04:41 +0700
From:   Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        Johannes Zink <j.zink@...gutronix.de>,
        Ariel Marcovitch <arielmarcovitch@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: fix segmentation fault in menuconfig search

On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 04:10:55AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Since commit d05377e184fc ("kconfig: Create links to main menu items
> in search"), menuconfig shows a jump key next to "Main menu" if the
> nearest visible parent is the rootmenu. If you press that jump key,
> menuconfig crashes with a segmentation fault.
> 
> For example, do this:
> 
>   $ make ARCH=arm64 allnoconfig menuconfig
> 
> Press '/' to search for the string "ACPI". Press '1' to choose
> "(1) Main menu". Then, menuconfig crashed with a segmentation fault.

You missed the prerequisites: search EFI and press 1 to jump to
CONFIG_EFI.

> 
> The following code in search_conf()
> 
>     conf(targets[i]->parent, targets[i]);
> 
> results in NULL pointer dereference because targets[i] is the rootmenu,
> which does not have a parent.
> 
> Commit d05377e184fc tried to fix the issue of top-level items not having
> a jump key, but adding the "Main menu" was not the right fix.
> 
> The correct fix is to show the searched item itself. This fixes another
> weird behavior described in the comment block.
> 
> Fixes: d05377e184fc ("kconfig: Create links to main menu items in search")
> Reported-by: Johannes Zink <j.zink@...gutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221023191055.85098-1-masahiroy@kernel.org

Missing Cc: stable? The segfault (IMO) appears after v5.15, so all
supported stable branches are affected.

Anyway, the segfault gone away with this patch applied. Thanks.

Tested-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>

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