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Message-ID: <2024041746-galvanize-satchel-09a4@gregkh>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:19:07 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Parker Newman <parker@...est.io>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
Parker Newman <pnewman@...necttech.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 8/8] serial: exar: fix: fix crash during shutdown if
setup fails
On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 08:55:35AM -0400, Parker Newman wrote:
> From: Parker Newman <pnewman@...necttech.com>
>
> If a port fails to register with serial8250_register_8250_port() the
> kernel can crash when shutting down or module removal.
>
> This is because "priv->line[i]" will be set to a negative error code
> and in the exar_pci_remove() function serial8250_unregister_port() is
> called without checking if the "priv->line[i]" value is valid.
>
> Signed-off-by: Parker Newman <pnewman@...necttech.com>
> ---
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c
> index 501b9f3e9c89..f5a395ed69d1 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c
> @@ -1671,7 +1671,8 @@ static void exar_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pcidev)
> unsigned int i;
>
> for (i = 0; i < priv->nr; i++)
> - serial8250_unregister_port(priv->line[i]);
> + if (priv->line[i] >= 0)
> + serial8250_unregister_port(priv->line[i]);
Is this a bug in the current driver? If so, can you resend it on its
own so we can get it merged now?
thanks,
greg k-h
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