Re: [PATCH 3/5] input: twl6040-vibra: fix NULL pointer dereference by removing workqueue

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Mon Apr 18 2016 - 17:47:12 EST


On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 09:55:39PM +0200, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
> commit 21fb9f0d5e91 ("Input: twl6040-vibra - use system workqueue")
>
> says that it switches to use the system workqueue but it did neither
>
> - remove the workqueue struct variable
> - replace code to really use the system workqueue
>
> Instead it calls queue_work() on uninitialized info->workqueue.
>
> The result is a NULL pointer dereference in vibra_play().
>
> Solution: use schedule_work
>
> Signed-off-by: H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thank you.

> ---
> drivers/input/misc/twl6040-vibra.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/twl6040-vibra.c b/drivers/input/misc/twl6040-vibra.c
> index 1e9902d..3805129 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/misc/twl6040-vibra.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/misc/twl6040-vibra.c
> @@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
> struct vibra_info {
> struct device *dev;
> struct input_dev *input_dev;
> - struct workqueue_struct *workqueue;
> struct work_struct play_work;
> struct mutex mutex;
> int irq;
> @@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ static int vibra_play(struct input_dev *input, void *data,
> info->strong_speed = effect->u.rumble.strong_magnitude;
> info->direction = effect->direction < EFFECT_DIR_180_DEG ? 1 : -1;
>
> - ret = queue_work(info->workqueue, &info->play_work);
> + ret = schedule_work(&info->play_work);
> if (!ret) {
> dev_info(&input->dev, "work is already on queue\n");
> return ret;
> --
> 2.7.3
>

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Dmitry