linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/qxl: fix NULL dereference in qxl_add

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Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 11:54:18 +0100
From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>
To: Aleksandr Burakov <a.burakov@...alinux.ru>
Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>, 
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, spice-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/qxl: fix NULL dereference in qxl_add_mode

On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 11:55:11AM +0300, Aleksandr Burakov wrote:
> Return value of a function 'drm_cvt_mode' is dereferenced without
> checking for NULL but drm_mode_create() in drm_cvt_mode() may
> return NULL value in case of memory allocation error.
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 
> Fixes: 1b043677d4be ("drm/qxl: add qxl_add_mode helper function")
> Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Burakov <a.burakov@...alinux.ru>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
> index a152a7c6db21..447532c29e02 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
> @@ -236,8 +236,10 @@ static int qxl_add_mode(struct drm_connector *connector,
>  		return 0;
>  
>  	mode = drm_cvt_mode(dev, width, height, 60, false, false, false);
> -	if (preferred)
> +	if (preferred && mode)
>  		mode->type |= DRM_MODE_TYPE_PREFERRED;
> +	else
> +		return 0;
>  	mode->hdisplay = width;

That doesn't fix the NULL pointer dereference in case "preferred" is
false.

I'd suggest "if (!mode) return 0" instead.