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Subject: [RFC v2 15/15] cxl/mem: Fix NULL pointer deference in memory device paths
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 22:20:19 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251209165019.2643142-16-mhonap@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251209165019.2643142-1-mhonap@nvidia.com>

From: Manish Honap <mhonap@nvidia.com>

Add NULL pointer validation in CXL memory device code paths that can
be triggered during error scenarios and device cleanup operations.

Two crash scenarios have been identified during VFIO-CXL testing:

1. __cxlmd_free() can be called with a NULL cxlmd pointer during
   error handling paths in device probe/remove sequences. This leads
   to a NULL pointer dereference when accessing cxlmd->cxlds.

2. cxl_memdev_has_poison_cmd() can receive a cxlmd where the
   conversion to cxl_memdev_state via to_cxl_memdev_state() returns
   NULL. This occurs when the device state hasn't been fully
   initialized yet, causing a crash when test_bit() attempts to
   access mds->poison.enabled_cmds.

Fix by adding defensive NULL checks:
- In __cxlmd_free(), return early if cxlmd is NULL to avoid
  dereferencing an invalid pointer
- In cxl_memdev_has_poison_cmd(), validate mds before accessing
  the poison.enabled_cmds bitmap

Signed-off-by: Manish Honap <mhonap@nvidia.com>
---
 drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c | 2 +-
 drivers/cxl/mem.c         | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c b/drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c
index d281843fb2f4..eb694203a259 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ bool cxl_memdev_has_poison_cmd(struct cxl_memdev *cxlmd,
 {
 	struct cxl_memdev_state *mds = to_cxl_memdev_state(cxlmd->cxlds);
 
-	return test_bit(cmd, mds->poison.enabled_cmds);
+	return (mds) ? test_bit(cmd, mds->poison.enabled_cmds) : false;
 }
 
 static int cxl_get_poison_by_memdev(struct cxl_memdev *cxlmd)
diff --git a/drivers/cxl/mem.c b/drivers/cxl/mem.c
index d91d08d25bc4..d5a942ba97b2 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/mem.c
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ static int cxl_mem_probe(struct device *dev)
 
 static void __cxlmd_free(struct cxl_memdev *cxlmd)
 {
+	if (!cxlmd)
+		return;
+
 	cxlmd->cxlds->cxlmd = NULL;
 	put_device(&cxlmd->dev);
 	kfree(cxlmd);
-- 
2.25.1


      parent reply	other threads:[~2025-12-09 16:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-12-09 16:50 [RFC v2 00/15] vfio: introduce vfio-cxl to support CXL type-2 accelerator passthrough Hello all, mhonap
2025-12-09 16:50 ` [RFC v2 01/15] cxl: factor out cxl_await_range_active() and cxl_media_ready() mhonap
2025-12-22 12:21   ` Jonathan Cameron
2025-12-09 16:50 ` [RFC v2 02/15] cxl: introduce cxl_get_hdm_reg_info() mhonap
2025-12-09 16:50 ` [RFC v2 03/15] cxl: introduce cxl_find_comp_reglock_offset() mhonap
2025-12-09 16:50 ` [RFC v2 04/15] cxl: introduce devm_cxl_del_memdev() mhonap
2025-12-09 16:50 ` [RFC v2 05/15] cxl: introduce cxl_get_committed_regions() mhonap
2025-12-22 12:31   ` Jonathan Cameron
2025-12-09 16:50 ` [RFC v2 06/15] vfio/cxl: introduce vfio-cxl core preludes mhonap
2025-12-22 13:54   ` Jonathan Cameron
2025-12-09 16:50 ` [RFC v2 07/15] vfio/cxl: expose CXL region to the userspace via a new VFIO device region mhonap
2025-12-11 16:06   ` Dave Jiang
2025-12-11 17:31     ` Manish Honap
2025-12-11 18:01       ` Dave Jiang
2025-12-22 14:00   ` Jonathan Cameron
2025-12-09 16:50 ` [RFC v2 08/15] vfio/cxl: discover precommitted CXL region mhonap
2025-12-22 14:09   ` Jonathan Cameron
2025-12-09 16:50 ` [RFC v2 09/15] vfio/cxl: introduce vfio_cxl_core_{read, write}() mhonap
2025-12-09 16:50 ` [RFC v2 10/15] vfio/cxl: introduce the register emulation framework mhonap
2025-12-09 16:50 ` [RFC v2 11/15] vfio/cxl: introduce the emulation of HDM registers mhonap
2025-12-11 18:13   ` Dave Jiang
2025-12-09 16:50 ` [RFC v2 12/15] vfio/cxl: introduce the emulation of CXL configuration space mhonap
2025-12-09 16:50 ` [RFC v2 13/15] vfio/pci: introduce CXL device awareness mhonap
2025-12-09 16:50 ` [RFC v2 14/15] vfio/cxl: VFIO variant driver for QEMU CXL accel device mhonap
2025-12-09 16:50 ` mhonap [this message]

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