Re: [PATCH v4] cxl: Fix possible null pointer dereference in read_handle()

[Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>]

Ma Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn> writes:
> In read_handle(), of_get_address() may return NULL if getting address and
> size of the node failed. When of_read_number() uses prop to handle
> conversions between different byte orders, it could lead to a null pointer
> dereference. Add NULL check to fix potential issue.
>
> Found by static analysis.
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: 14baf4d9c739 ("cxl: Add guest-specific code")
> Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn>
> ---
 
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> (powerpc)

In practice I don't this bug is triggerable, because the device tree
that's being parsed comes from a single source (IBM hypervisor), and if
this property was malformed that would simply be considered a bug in the
hypervisor.

cheers

> Changes in v4:
> - modified vulnerability description according to suggestions, making the 
> process of static analysis of vulnerabilities clearer. No active research 
> on developer behavior.
> Changes in v3:
> - fixed up the changelog text as suggestions.
> Changes in v2:
> - added an explanation of how the potential vulnerability was discovered,
> but not meet the description specification requirements.
> ---
>  drivers/misc/cxl/of.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/of.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/of.c
> index bcc005dff1c0..d8dbb3723951 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/cxl/of.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/of.c
> @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static int read_handle(struct device_node *np, u64 *handle)
>  
>  	/* Get address and size of the node */
>  	prop = of_get_address(np, 0, &size, NULL);
> -	if (size)
> +	if (!prop || size)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
>  	/* Helper to read a big number; size is in cells (not bytes) */
> -- 
> 2.25.1