Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6655: fix potential memory leak

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Mon Sep 12 2022 - 10:53:47 EST


On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 05:17:28PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 04:42:05PM +0200, Nam Cao wrote:
> > I did not realize this initially, but this bug can cause more serious problem
> > than just a memory leak. In the case that kzalloc fails right from the
> > beginning with i=0; then in the while loop, "i" will wrap around and the code
> > will access priv->apTD0Rings[4294967295] which is obviously not good.
> >
>
> True. You probably want to resend with that added to the commit
> message. I will create a Smatch check to prevent these in the future.
>

I created a static checker warning for these and it found a bunch more
bugs in the same file.

drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c:635 device_init_rd0_ring() warn: potential decrement underflow 'i' rl='s32min-(-1)' (iterator)
drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c:636 device_init_rd0_ring() warn: using underflowed offset 'i'
drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c:681 device_init_rd1_ring() warn: potential decrement underflow 'i' rl='s32min-(-1)' (iterator)
drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c:682 device_init_rd1_ring() warn: using underflowed offset 'i'
drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c:746 device_init_td0_ring() warn: potential decrement underflow 'i' rl='s32min-(-1)' (iterator)
drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c:747 device_init_td0_ring() warn: using underflowed offset 'i'
drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c:786 device_init_td1_ring() warn: potential decrement underflow 'i' rl='s32min-(-1)' (iterator)
drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c:787 device_init_td1_ring() warn: using underflowed offset 'i'

Could you fix those as well? They're all the same bug and the same file
so I would do it all at once. They were introduced in the same patch
as well so only one Fixes tag required.

regards,
dan carpenter
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#include "smatch.h"
#include "smatch_extra.h"
#include "smatch_slist.h"

static int my_id;

STATE(decremented);

static struct expression *prev;
static void match_condition(struct expression *expr)
{
struct expression *orig = expr;
struct statement *stmt;
struct range_list *rl;
const char *iterator = "";
char *name;

if (expr == prev)
return;

if (expr->type != EXPR_PREOP || expr->op != SPECIAL_DECREMENT)
return;

expr = strip_expr(expr->unop);
get_absolute_rl(expr, &rl);
if (rl_min(rl).value > 0)
return;

set_state_expr(my_id, expr, &decremented);

stmt = get_parent_stmt(orig);
if (stmt && stmt->type == STMT_ITERATOR)
iterator = " (iterator)";

prev = orig;

name = expr_to_str(expr);
sm_warning("potential decrement underflow '%s' rl='%s'%s", name,
show_rl(rl), iterator);
free_string(name);
}

static void array_check(struct expression *expr)
{
struct expression *array, *offset;
struct range_list *rl;
char *name;

expr = strip_expr(expr);
array = get_array_base(expr);
offset = get_array_offset(expr);

if (!array || !offset)
return;

if (!get_state_expr(my_id, offset))
return;

get_absolute_rl(offset, &rl);
if (rl_min(rl).value >= 0)
return;

name = expr_to_str(offset);
sm_warning("using underflowed offset '%s'", name);
free_string(name);
}


void check_decrement_underflow(int id)
{
my_id = id;

add_hook(&match_condition, CONDITION_HOOK);

add_hook(&array_check, OP_HOOK);
}