linux-kernel - [PATCH] thermal: intel: powerclamp: Fix NULL pointer access issue

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Date:   Wed,  3 May 2023 16:38:50 -0700
From:   Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
To:     rafael@...nel.org, rui.zhang@...el.com, daniel.lezcano@...aro.org
Cc:     linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Risto A . Paju" <teknohog@....fi>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH] thermal: intel: powerclamp: Fix NULL pointer access issue

If the cur_state for the powerclamp cooling device is set to the default
minimum state of 0, without setting first to cur_state > 0, this results
in NULL pointer access.

This NULL pointer access happens in the powercap core idle-inject function
idle_inject_set_duration() as there is no NULL check for idle_inject_device
pointer. This pointer must be allocated by calling idle_inject_register()
or idle_inject_register_full().

In the function powerclamp_set_cur_state(), idle_inject_device pointer is
allocated only when the cur_state > 0. But setting 0 without changing to
any other state, idle_inject_set_duration() will be called with a NULL
idle_inject_device pointer.

To address this just return from powerclamp_set_cur_state(), if the
current cooling device state is same as the last one. Since the powerup
default cooling device state is 0, changing the state to 0 again here
will return without calling idle_inject_set_duration().

Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
Fixes: 8526eb7fc75a ("thermal: intel: powerclamp: Use powercap idle-inject feature")
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217386
Tested-by: Risto A. Paju <teknohog@....fi>
Cc: stable@...nel.org
---
This issue is can be reproduced from 6.3-rc1 kernel.

 drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c b/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c
index 91fc7e239497..36243a3972fd 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c
@@ -703,6 +703,10 @@ static int powerclamp_set_cur_state(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev,

 	new_target_ratio = clamp(new_target_ratio, 0UL,
 				(unsigned long) (max_idle - 1));
+
+	if (powerclamp_data.target_ratio == new_target_ratio)
+		goto exit_set;
+
 	if (!powerclamp_data.target_ratio && new_target_ratio > 0) {
 		pr_info("Start idle injection to reduce power\n");
 		powerclamp_data.target_ratio = new_target_ratio;
-- 
2.25.1