Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: fsl-edma: fix potential NULL pointer dereference in fsl_edma_tx_status()

From: Vinod Koul
Date: Fri Nov 04 2022 - 10:40:13 EST


On 26-10-22, 13:18, Andrew Chernyakov wrote:
> fsl_edma_desc_residue() dereferences fsl_chan->edesc, but it is checked
> for NULL only in one of two places where fsl_edma_desc_residue() is
> called from fsl_edma_tx_status().

Patch subject should be the change it introduces, pls revise

>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Chernyakov <acherniakov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/dma/fsl-edma-common.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/fsl-edma-common.c b/drivers/dma/fsl-edma-common.c
> index a06a1575a2a5..fb712d85d556 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/fsl-edma-common.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/fsl-edma-common.c
> @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ enum dma_status fsl_edma_tx_status(struct dma_chan *chan,
> if (fsl_chan->edesc && cookie == fsl_chan->edesc->vdesc.tx.cookie)
> txstate->residue =
> fsl_edma_desc_residue(fsl_chan, vdesc, true);
> - else if (vdesc)
> + else if (fsl_chan->edesc && vdesc)
> txstate->residue =
> fsl_edma_desc_residue(fsl_chan, vdesc, false);
> else
> --
> 2.35.1

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~Vinod