Re: [PATCH] xhci-mtk: Fix NULL pointer dereference with xhci_irq() for shared_hcd

From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: Macpaul Lin <macpaul.lin@mediatek.com>
Cc: Sriharsha Allenki <sallenki@codeaurora.org>,
	Mediatek WSD Upstream <wsd_upstream@mediatek.com>,
	Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Chunfeng Yun <chunfeng.yun@mediatek.com>,
	linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@gmail.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xhci-mtk: Fix NULL pointer dereference with xhci_irq() for shared_hcd
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2020 11:29:12 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200202192912.GA20763@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1579246910-22736-1-git-send-email-macpaul.lin@mediatek.com>

On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 03:41:50PM +0800, Macpaul Lin wrote:
> According to NULL pointer fix: https://tinyurl.com/uqft5ra
> xhci: Fix NULL pointer dereference with xhci_irq() for shared_hcd
> The similar issue has also been found in QC activities in Mediatek.
> 
> Here quote the description from the referenced patch as follows.
> "Commit ("f068090426ea xhci: Fix leaking USB3 shared_hcd
> at xhci removal") sets xhci_shared_hcd to NULL without
> stopping xhci host. This results into a race condition
> where shared_hcd (super speed roothub) related interrupts
> are being handled with xhci_irq happens when the
> xhci_plat_remove is called and shared_hcd is set to NULL.
> Fix this by setting the shared_hcd to NULL only after the
> controller is halted and no interrupts are generated."
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sriharsha Allenki <sallenki@codeaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Macpaul Lin <macpaul.lin@mediatek.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/host/xhci-mtk.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-mtk.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-mtk.c
> index b18a6baef204..c227c67f5dc5 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-mtk.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-mtk.c
> @@ -593,11 +593,11 @@ static int xhci_mtk_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
>  	struct usb_hcd  *shared_hcd = xhci->shared_hcd;
>  
>  	usb_remove_hcd(shared_hcd);
> -	xhci->shared_hcd = NULL;
>  	device_init_wakeup(&dev->dev, false);
>  
>  	usb_remove_hcd(hcd);
>  	usb_put_hcd(shared_hcd);
> +	xhci->shared_hcd = NULL;

I may be wrong, but I have some concerns that this replaces
the NULL pointer access with a UAF.

Guenter

>  	usb_put_hcd(hcd);
>  	xhci_mtk_sch_exit(mtk);
>  	xhci_mtk_clks_disable(mtk);
> -- 
> 2.18.0

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