linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.10] gasket: make interrupt

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Date:   Sun, 16 Jul 2023 17:20:18 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Anastasia Belova <abelova@...ralinux.ru>
Cc:     Rob Springer <rspringer@...gle.com>,
        Todd Poynor <toddpoynor@...gle.com>,
        Ben Chan <benchan@...omium.org>, Richard Yeh <rcy@...gle.com>,
        John Joseph <jnjoseph@...gle.com>,
        Simon Que <sque@...omium.org>, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10] gasket: make interrupt_data NULL after free

On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 04:47:12PM +0300, Anastasia Belova wrote:
> Gasket common interrupt module was deleted in version 5.13, 
> but there is possible double free in versions 4.19-5.12.
> 
> gasket_dev->interrupt_data should be NULL when
> gasket_interrupt_init returns error. For example,
> it is necessary in gasket_enable_device to avoid
> double free.
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 
> Fixes: 9a69f5087ccc ("drivers/staging: Gasket driver framework + Apex driver")
> Signed-off-by: Anastasia Belova <abelova@...ralinux.ru>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_interrupt.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_interrupt.c b/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_interrupt.c
> index 864342acfd86..24fa5df0628b 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_interrupt.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_interrupt.c
> @@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ int gasket_interrupt_init(struct gasket_dev *gasket_dev)
>  			sizeof(*interrupt_data->eventfd_ctxs), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!interrupt_data->eventfd_ctxs) {
>  		kfree(interrupt_data);
> +		gasket_dev->interrupt_data = NULL;
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -346,6 +347,7 @@ int gasket_interrupt_init(struct gasket_dev *gasket_dev)
>  	if (!interrupt_data->interrupt_counts) {
>  		kfree(interrupt_data->eventfd_ctxs);
>  		kfree(interrupt_data);
> +		gasket_dev->interrupt_data = NULL;
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 2.30.2
> 

As this can never happen in real life, and no one is using this code,
I'm going to ignore this patch for now, sorry.

greg k-h