Re: [PATCH 24/31] media: au0828 fix null pointer reference in au0828_create_media_graph()

From: Shuah Khan
Date: Thu Jan 28 2016 - 15:15:38 EST


On 01/28/2016 09:44 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Wed, 6 Jan 2016 13:27:13 -0700
> Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
>
>> Add a new wrapper function to au0828_create_media_graph()
>> to be called as an entity_notify function to fix null
>> pointer dereference. A rebasing mistake resulted in
>> registering au0828_create_media_graph() without the
>> correct parameters which lead to the following
>> null pointer dereference:
>>
>> [ 69.006164] Call Trace:
>> [ 69.006169] [<ffffffff81a9a1b0>] dump_stack+0x44/0x64
>> [ 69.006175] [<ffffffff81503af9>] print_trailer+0xf9/0x150
>> [ 69.006180] [<ffffffff81509284>] object_err+0x34/0x40
>> [ 69.006185] [<ffffffff815063c4>] ? ___slab_alloc+0x4c4/0x4e0
>> [ 69.006190] [<ffffffff8150b732>] kasan_report_error+0x212/0x520
>> [ 69.006196] [<ffffffff815063c4>] ? ___slab_alloc+0x4c4/0x4e0
>> [ 69.006201] [<ffffffff8150ba83>] __asan_report_load1_noabort+0x43/0x50
>> [ 69.006208] [<ffffffffa0d30991>] ? au0828_create_media_graph+0x641/0x730 [au0828]
>> [ 69.006215] [<ffffffffa0d30991>] au0828_create_media_graph+0x641/0x730 [au0828]
>> [ 69.006221] [<ffffffff82245c3d>] media_device_register_entity+0x33d/0x4f0
>> [ 69.006234] [<ffffffffa0ebeb1c>] media_stream_init+0x2ac/0x610 [snd_usb_audio]
>> [ 69.006247] [<ffffffffa0ea9a70>] snd_usb_pcm_open+0xcd0/0x1280 [snd_usb_audio]
>
> Please merge the fix with the patch that caused the regression.

ok will merge it.

thanks,
-- Shuah
>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-core.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-core.c b/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-core.c
>> index f8d2db3..9497ad1 100644
>> --- a/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-core.c
>> @@ -370,6 +370,20 @@ static int au0828_create_media_graph(struct au0828_dev *dev)
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>> +void au0828_create_media_graph_notify(struct media_entity *new,
>> + void *notify_data)
>> +{
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER
>> + struct au0828_dev *dev = (struct au0828_dev *) notify_data;
>> + int ret;
>> +
>> + ret = au0828_create_media_graph(dev);
>> + if (ret)
>> + pr_err("%s() media graph create failed for new entity %s\n",
>> + __func__, new->name);
>> +#endif
>> +}
>> +
>> static int au0828_enable_source(struct media_entity *entity,
>> struct media_pipeline *pipe)
>> {
>> @@ -535,7 +549,7 @@ static int au0828_media_device_register(struct au0828_dev *dev,
>> }
>> /* register entity_notify callback */
>> dev->entity_notify.notify_data = (void *) dev;
>> - dev->entity_notify.notify = (void *) au0828_create_media_graph;
>> + dev->entity_notify.notify = au0828_create_media_graph_notify;
>> ret = media_device_register_entity_notify(dev->media_dev,
>> &dev->entity_notify);
>> if (ret) {


--
Shuah Khan
Sr. Linux Kernel Developer
Open Source Innovation Group
Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley)
shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | (970) 217-8978