Re: [PATCH] usb: chipidea: udc: fix NULL pointer dereference if udc_start failed

From: Peter Chen
Date: Tue Apr 25 2017 - 04:30:17 EST


On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 12:35:51PM +0000, Jisheng Zhang wrote:
> Fix below NULL pointer dereference. we set ci->roles[CI_ROLE_GADGET]
> too early in ci_hdrc_gadget_init(), if udc_start() fails due to some
> reason, the ci->roles[CI_ROLE_GADGET] check in ci_hdrc_gadget_destroy
> can't protect us.
>
> We fix this issue by only setting ci->roles[CI_ROLE_GADGET] if
> udc_start() succeed.
>
> [ 1.398550] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
> virtual address 00000000
> ...
> [ 1.448600] PC is at dma_pool_free+0xb8/0xf0
> [ 1.453012] LR is at dma_pool_free+0x28/0xf0
> [ 2.113369] [<ffffff80081817d8>] dma_pool_free+0xb8/0xf0
> [ 2.118857] [<ffffff800841209c>] destroy_eps+0x4c/0x68
> [ 2.124165] [<ffffff8008413770>] ci_hdrc_gadget_destroy+0x28/0x50
> [ 2.130461] [<ffffff800840fa30>] ci_hdrc_probe+0x588/0x7e8
> [ 2.136129] [<ffffff8008380fb8>] platform_drv_probe+0x50/0xb8
> [ 2.142066] [<ffffff800837f494>] driver_probe_device+0x1fc/0x2a8
> [ 2.148270] [<ffffff800837f68c>] __device_attach_driver+0x9c/0xf8
> [ 2.154563] [<ffffff800837d570>] bus_for_each_drv+0x58/0x98
> [ 2.160317] [<ffffff800837f174>] __device_attach+0xc4/0x138
> [ 2.166072] [<ffffff800837f738>] device_initial_probe+0x10/0x18
> [ 2.172185] [<ffffff800837e58c>] bus_probe_device+0x94/0xa0
> [ 2.177940] [<ffffff800837c560>] device_add+0x3f0/0x560
> [ 2.183337] [<ffffff8008380d20>] platform_device_add+0x180/0x240
> [ 2.189541] [<ffffff800840f0e8>] ci_hdrc_add_device+0x440/0x4f8
> [ 2.195654] [<ffffff8008414194>] ci_hdrc_usb2_probe+0x13c/0x2d8
> [ 2.201769] [<ffffff8008380fb8>] platform_drv_probe+0x50/0xb8
> [ 2.207705] [<ffffff800837f494>] driver_probe_device+0x1fc/0x2a8
> [ 2.213910] [<ffffff800837f5ec>] __driver_attach+0xac/0xb0
> [ 2.219575] [<ffffff800837d4b0>] bus_for_each_dev+0x60/0xa0
> [ 2.225329] [<ffffff800837ec80>] driver_attach+0x20/0x28
> [ 2.230816] [<ffffff800837e880>] bus_add_driver+0x1d0/0x238
> [ 2.236571] [<ffffff800837fdb0>] driver_register+0x60/0xf8
> [ 2.242237] [<ffffff8008380ef4>] __platform_driver_register+0x44/0x50
> [ 2.248891] [<ffffff80086fd440>] ci_hdrc_usb2_driver_init+0x18/0x20
> [ 2.255365] [<ffffff8008082950>] do_one_initcall+0x38/0x128
> [ 2.261121] [<ffffff80086e0d00>] kernel_init_freeable+0x1ac/0x250
> [ 2.267414] [<ffffff800852f0b8>] kernel_init+0x10/0x100
> [ 2.272810] [<ffffff8008082680>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x50
>
> Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/usb/chipidea/udc.c | 8 ++++++--
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/chipidea/udc.c b/drivers/usb/chipidea/udc.c
> index f88e9157fad0..60a786c87c06 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/chipidea/udc.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/chipidea/udc.c
> @@ -1984,6 +1984,7 @@ static void udc_id_switch_for_host(struct ci_hdrc *ci)
> int ci_hdrc_gadget_init(struct ci_hdrc *ci)
> {
> struct ci_role_driver *rdrv;
> + int ret;
>
> if (!hw_read(ci, CAP_DCCPARAMS, DCCPARAMS_DC))
> return -ENXIO;
> @@ -1996,7 +1997,10 @@ int ci_hdrc_gadget_init(struct ci_hdrc *ci)
> rdrv->stop = udc_id_switch_for_host;
> rdrv->irq = udc_irq;
> rdrv->name = "gadget";
> - ci->roles[CI_ROLE_GADGET] = rdrv;
>
> - return udc_start(ci);
> + ret = udc_start(ci);
> + if (!ret)
> + ci->roles[CI_ROLE_GADGET] = rdrv;
> +
> + return ret;
> }
> --

Thanks for fixing it. In fact, we'd better return failure if
ret && ret != -ENXIO at probe, it stands for initialization
for host or gadget has failed.

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Best Regards,
Peter Chen