RE: [PATCH] usb: cdnsp: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in cdnsp_endpoint_init()

From: Pawel Laszczak
Date: Wed Dec 01 2021 - 02:28:23 EST


>
>In cdnsp_endpoint_init(), cdnsp_ring_alloc() is assigned to pep->ring
>and there is a dereference of it in cdnsp_endpoint_init(), which could
>lead to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of cdnsp_ring_alloc().
>
>Fix this bug by adding a check of pep->ring.
>
>This bug was found by a static analyzer. The analysis employs
>differential checking to identify inconsistent security operations
>(e.g., checks or kfrees) between two code paths and confirms that the
>inconsistent operations are not recovered in the current function or
>the callers, so they constitute bugs.
>
>Note that, as a bug found by static analysis, it can be a false
>positive or hard to trigger. Multiple researchers have cross-reviewed
>the bug.
>
>Builds with CONFIG_USB_CDNSP_GADGET=y show no new warnings,
>and our static analyzer no longer warns about this code.
>
>Fixes: 3d82904559f4 ("usb: cdnsp: cdns3 Add main part of Cadence USBSSP DRD Driver")
>Signed-off-by: Zhou Qingyang <zhou1615@xxxxxxx>
>---
> drivers/usb/cdns3/cdnsp-mem.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/usb/cdns3/cdnsp-mem.c b/drivers/usb/cdns3/cdnsp-mem.c
>index ad9aee3f1e39..97866bfb2da9 100644
>--- a/drivers/usb/cdns3/cdnsp-mem.c
>+++ b/drivers/usb/cdns3/cdnsp-mem.c
>@@ -987,6 +987,9 @@ int cdnsp_endpoint_init(struct cdnsp_device *pdev,
>
> /* Set up the endpoint ring. */
> pep->ring = cdnsp_ring_alloc(pdev, 2, ring_type, max_packet, mem_flags);
>+ if (!pep->ring)
>+ return -ENOMEM;
>+
> pep->skip = false;
>
> /* Fill the endpoint context */
>--
>2.25.1


Acked-by: Pawel Laszczak <pawell@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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Thanks,
Pawel Laszczak