[PATCH 5.4 198/214] USB: cdc-acm: rework notification_buffer resizing

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Sep 01 2020 - 11:37:25 EST


From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit f4b9d8a582f738c24ebeabce5cc15f4b8159d74e upstream.

Clang static analysis reports this error

cdc-acm.c:409:3: warning: Use of memory after it is freed
acm_process_notification(acm, (unsigned char *)dr);

There are three problems, the first one is that dr is not reset

The variable dr is set with

if (acm->nb_index)
dr = (struct usb_cdc_notification *)acm->notification_buffer;

But if the notification_buffer is too small it is resized with

if (acm->nb_size) {
kfree(acm->notification_buffer);
acm->nb_size = 0;
}
alloc_size = roundup_pow_of_two(expected_size);
/*
* kmalloc ensures a valid notification_buffer after a
* use of kfree in case the previous allocation was too
* small. Final freeing is done on disconnect.
*/
acm->notification_buffer =
kmalloc(alloc_size, GFP_ATOMIC);

dr should point to the new acm->notification_buffer.

The second problem is any data in the notification_buffer is lost
when the pointer is freed. In the normal case, the current data
is accumulated in the notification_buffer here.

memcpy(&acm->notification_buffer[acm->nb_index],
urb->transfer_buffer, copy_size);

When a resize happens, anything before
notification_buffer[acm->nb_index] is garbage.

The third problem is the acm->nb_index is not reset on a
resizing buffer error.

So switch resizing to using krealloc and reassign dr and
reset nb_index.

Fixes: ea2583529cd1 ("cdc-acm: reassemble fragmented notifications")
Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200801152154.20683-1-trix@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c | 22 ++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
@@ -378,21 +378,19 @@ static void acm_ctrl_irq(struct urb *urb
if (current_size < expected_size) {
/* notification is transmitted fragmented, reassemble */
if (acm->nb_size < expected_size) {
- if (acm->nb_size) {
- kfree(acm->notification_buffer);
- acm->nb_size = 0;
- }
+ u8 *new_buffer;
alloc_size = roundup_pow_of_two(expected_size);
- /*
- * kmalloc ensures a valid notification_buffer after a
- * use of kfree in case the previous allocation was too
- * small. Final freeing is done on disconnect.
- */
- acm->notification_buffer =
- kmalloc(alloc_size, GFP_ATOMIC);
- if (!acm->notification_buffer)
+ /* Final freeing is done on disconnect. */
+ new_buffer = krealloc(acm->notification_buffer,
+ alloc_size, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ if (!new_buffer) {
+ acm->nb_index = 0;
goto exit;
+ }
+
+ acm->notification_buffer = new_buffer;
acm->nb_size = alloc_size;
+ dr = (struct usb_cdc_notification *)acm->notification_buffer;
}

copy_size = min(current_size,