linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iio: core: Prevent invalid memory access when there is no parent

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Message-ID: <4a5d6ca0e2c9529d5eb0bbacbaed56e2645719c6.camel@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Jul 2023 15:10:07 +0200
From:   Nuno Sá <noname.nuno@...il.com>
To:     Milan Zamazal <mzamazal@...hat.com>, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: core: Prevent invalid memory access when there is
 no parent

On Tue, 2023-07-18 at 14:07 +0200, Milan Zamazal wrote:
> Commit 813665564b3d ("iio: core: Convert to use firmware node handle
> instead of OF node") switched the kind of nodes to use for label
> retrieval in device registration.  Probably an unwanted change in that
> commit was that if the device has no parent then NULL pointer is
> accessed.  This is what happens in the stock IIO dummy driver when a
> new entry is created in configfs:
> 
>   # mkdir /sys/kernel/config/iio/devices/dummy/foo
>   BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000278
>   ...
>   ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
>   ? container_offline+0x20/0x20
>   __iio_device_register+0x45/0xc10
>   ? krealloc+0x73/0xa0
>   ? iio_device_attach_buffer+0x31/0xc0
>   ? iio_simple_dummy_configure_buffer+0x20/0x20
>   ? iio_triggered_buffer_setup_ext+0xb4/0x100
>   iio_dummy_probe+0x112/0x190
>   iio_sw_device_create+0xa8/0xd0
>   device_make_group+0xe/0x40
>   configfs_mkdir+0x1a6/0x440
> 
> Since there seems to be no reason to make a parent device of an IIO
> dummy device mandatory, let’s prevent the invalid memory access in
> __iio_device_register when the parent device is NULL.  With this
> change, the IIO dummy driver works fine with configfs.
> 
> Fixes: 813665564b3d ("iio: core: Convert to use firmware node handle instead
> of OF node")
> Signed-off-by: Milan Zamazal <mzamazal@...hat.com>
> ---

LGTM (just one minor question below...)

Reviewed-by: Nuno Sa <nuno.sa@...log.com>

>  drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 11 ++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> index c117f50d0cf3..229527b3434a 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> @@ -1888,7 +1888,7 @@ static const struct iio_buffer_setup_ops
> noop_ring_setup_ops;
>  int __iio_device_register(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, struct module *this_mod)
>  {
>         struct iio_dev_opaque *iio_dev_opaque = to_iio_dev_opaque(indio_dev);
> -       struct fwnode_handle *fwnode;
> +       struct fwnode_handle *fwnode = NULL;
>         int ret;
>  
>         if (!indio_dev->info)
> @@ -1899,11 +1899,12 @@ int __iio_device_register(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> struct module *this_mod)
>         /* If the calling driver did not initialize firmware node, do it here
> */
>         if (dev_fwnode(&indio_dev->dev))
>                 fwnode = dev_fwnode(&indio_dev->dev);
> -       else
> +       else if (indio_dev->dev.parent != NULL)

Maybe this is odd enough that it could have an explicit comment referencing the
iio-dummy device? Not sure if there's any other place where this can actually
happen...

Apparently there are also some dev_err() on the parent device (even though
dev_err() handles it) but yeah, unrelated with this.


- Nuno Sá