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From: Milan Zamazal <mzamazal@redhat.com>
To: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Milan Zamazal" <mzamazal@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Jonathan Cameron" <jic23@kernel.org>,
	"Lars-Peter Clausen" <lars@metafoo.de>,
	"Andy Shevchenko" <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
	"Nuno Sá" <noname.nuno@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] iio: core: Prevent invalid memory access when there is no parent
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 17:29:17 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230718152917.435962-1-mzamazal@redhat.com> (raw)

Commit 813665564b3d ("iio: core: Convert to use firmware node handle
instead of OF node") switched the kind of nodes to use for label
retrieval in device registration.  Probably an unwanted change in that
commit was that if the device has no parent then NULL pointer is
accessed.  This is what happens in the stock IIO dummy driver when a
new entry is created in configfs:

  # mkdir /sys/kernel/config/iio/devices/dummy/foo
  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: ...
  ...
  Call Trace:
  ...
  asm_exc_page_fault
  container_offline
  __iio_device_register
  krealloc
  iio_device_attach_buffer
  iio_simple_dummy_configure_buffer
  iio_triggered_buffer_setup_ext
  iio_dummy_probe
  iio_sw_device_create
  device_make_group
  configfs_mkdir

Since there seems to be no reason to make a parent device of an IIO
dummy device mandatory, let’s prevent the invalid memory access in
__iio_device_register when the parent device is NULL.  With this
change, the IIO dummy driver works fine with configfs.

Fixes: 813665564b3d ("iio: core: Convert to use firmware node handle instead of OF node")
Signed-off-by: Milan Zamazal <mzamazal@redhat.com>
---
Changes in v2:
 - Added a source comment about the dummy IIO device.
 - Adjusted the backtrace cited in the commit message a bit.
 - Replaced `... != NULL' condition with `...'.
 - Dropped the unnecessary `fwnode != NULL' check (the involved calls
   do the right thing when the argument is NULL).
---
 drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index c117f50d0cf3..adcba832e6fa 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -1888,7 +1888,7 @@ static const struct iio_buffer_setup_ops noop_ring_setup_ops;
 int __iio_device_register(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, struct module *this_mod)
 {
 	struct iio_dev_opaque *iio_dev_opaque = to_iio_dev_opaque(indio_dev);
-	struct fwnode_handle *fwnode;
+	struct fwnode_handle *fwnode = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!indio_dev->info)
@@ -1899,7 +1899,8 @@ int __iio_device_register(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, struct module *this_mod)
 	/* If the calling driver did not initialize firmware node, do it here */
 	if (dev_fwnode(&indio_dev->dev))
 		fwnode = dev_fwnode(&indio_dev->dev);
-	else
+	/* The default dummy IIO device has no parent */
+	else if (indio_dev->dev.parent)
 		fwnode = dev_fwnode(indio_dev->dev.parent);
 	device_set_node(&indio_dev->dev, fwnode);
 
-- 
2.40.1


             reply	other threads:[~2023-07-18 15:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-18 15:29 Milan Zamazal [this message]
2023-07-18 17:25 ` [PATCH v2] iio: core: Prevent invalid memory access when there is no parent Andy Shevchenko

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