* [PATCH] PCI: endpoint: handle probable NULL pointer access [not found] <CGME20171012035806epcas1p16df484a0565cfe780416253710464a8f@epcas1p1.samsung.com> @ 2017-10-12 3:57 ` Pankaj Dubey 2017-10-24 20:02 ` Bjorn Helgaas 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Pankaj Dubey @ 2017-10-12 3:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-pci, linux-kernel Cc: Kishon Vijay Abraham I, Bjorn Helgaas, Pankaj Dubey controller_group allocation in pci_ep_cfs_init function can fail so we should have a check while using it in pci_ep_cfs_add_epc_group for registering group, else we will hit NULL pointer access. This patch adds required check for the same and returns -EPROBE_DEFER, so that endpoint controller driver probe can be reattempted later in case controller_group is not allocated because pci_ep_cfs_init is not yet called. Signed-off-by: Pankaj Dubey <pankaj.dubey@samsung.com> --- drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c | 7 ++++++- drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c index 424fdd6..3cac818 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c @@ -172,7 +172,12 @@ struct config_group *pci_ep_cfs_add_epc_group(const char *name) group = &epc_group->group; config_group_init_type_name(group, name, &pci_epc_type); - ret = configfs_register_group(controllers_group, group); + + if (controllers_group) + ret = configfs_register_group(controllers_group, group); + else + ret = -EPROBE_DEFER; + if (ret) { pr_err("failed to register configfs group for %s\n", name); goto err_register_group; diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c index 42c2a11..d327a2a 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c @@ -518,6 +518,10 @@ __pci_epc_create(struct device *dev, const struct pci_epc_ops *ops, goto put_dev; epc->group = pci_ep_cfs_add_epc_group(dev_name(dev)); + if (IS_ERR(epc->group)) { + ret = -EPROBE_DEFER; + goto put_dev; + } return epc; -- 2.7.4 ^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] PCI: endpoint: handle probable NULL pointer access 2017-10-12 3:57 ` [PATCH] PCI: endpoint: handle probable NULL pointer access Pankaj Dubey @ 2017-10-24 20:02 ` Bjorn Helgaas 2017-10-25 12:02 ` Kishon Vijay Abraham I 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Bjorn Helgaas @ 2017-10-24 20:02 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Pankaj Dubey Cc: linux-pci, linux-kernel, Kishon Vijay Abraham I, Bjorn Helgaas On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 09:27:57AM +0530, Pankaj Dubey wrote: > controller_group allocation in pci_ep_cfs_init function can fail > so we should have a check while using it in pci_ep_cfs_add_epc_group > for registering group, else we will hit NULL pointer access. > > This patch adds required check for the same and returns -EPROBE_DEFER, > so that endpoint controller driver probe can be reattempted later > in case controller_group is not allocated because pci_ep_cfs_init is > not yet called. > > Signed-off-by: Pankaj Dubey <pankaj.dubey@samsung.com> Looking for Kishon's ack here. > --- > drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c | 7 ++++++- > drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c | 4 ++++ > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c > index 424fdd6..3cac818 100644 > --- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c > +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c > @@ -172,7 +172,12 @@ struct config_group *pci_ep_cfs_add_epc_group(const char *name) > group = &epc_group->group; > > config_group_init_type_name(group, name, &pci_epc_type); > - ret = configfs_register_group(controllers_group, group); > + > + if (controllers_group) > + ret = configfs_register_group(controllers_group, group); > + else > + ret = -EPROBE_DEFER; > + > if (ret) { > pr_err("failed to register configfs group for %s\n", name); > goto err_register_group; > diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c > index 42c2a11..d327a2a 100644 > --- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c > +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c > @@ -518,6 +518,10 @@ __pci_epc_create(struct device *dev, const struct pci_epc_ops *ops, > goto put_dev; > > epc->group = pci_ep_cfs_add_epc_group(dev_name(dev)); > + if (IS_ERR(epc->group)) { > + ret = -EPROBE_DEFER; > + goto put_dev; > + } > > return epc; > > -- > 2.7.4 > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] PCI: endpoint: handle probable NULL pointer access 2017-10-24 20:02 ` Bjorn Helgaas @ 2017-10-25 12:02 ` Kishon Vijay Abraham I 2017-10-28 10:43 ` Pankaj Dubey 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Kishon Vijay Abraham I @ 2017-10-25 12:02 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Bjorn Helgaas, Pankaj Dubey; +Cc: linux-pci, linux-kernel, Bjorn Helgaas Hi, On Wednesday 25 October 2017 01:32 AM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 09:27:57AM +0530, Pankaj Dubey wrote: >> controller_group allocation in pci_ep_cfs_init function can fail >> so we should have a check while using it in pci_ep_cfs_add_epc_group >> for registering group, else we will hit NULL pointer access. >> >> This patch adds required check for the same and returns -EPROBE_DEFER, >> so that endpoint controller driver probe can be reattempted later >> in case controller_group is not allocated because pci_ep_cfs_init is >> not yet called. >> >> Signed-off-by: Pankaj Dubey <pankaj.dubey@samsung.com> > > Looking for Kishon's ack here. > >> --- >> drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c | 7 ++++++- >> drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c | 4 ++++ >> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c >> index 424fdd6..3cac818 100644 >> --- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c >> +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c >> @@ -172,7 +172,12 @@ struct config_group *pci_ep_cfs_add_epc_group(const char *name) >> group = &epc_group->group; >> >> config_group_init_type_name(group, name, &pci_epc_type); >> - ret = configfs_register_group(controllers_group, group); >> + >> + if (controllers_group) >> + ret = configfs_register_group(controllers_group, group); >> + else >> + ret = -EPROBE_DEFER; >> + Do you ever face this issue? Ideally controllers_group should always be initialized if the dependencies are modeled properly. >> if (ret) { >> pr_err("failed to register configfs group for %s\n", name); >> goto err_register_group; >> diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c >> index 42c2a11..d327a2a 100644 >> --- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c >> +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c >> @@ -518,6 +518,10 @@ __pci_epc_create(struct device *dev, const struct pci_epc_ops *ops, >> goto put_dev; >> >> epc->group = pci_ep_cfs_add_epc_group(dev_name(dev)); >> + if (IS_ERR(epc->group)) { >> + ret = -EPROBE_DEFER; should use the return value of pci_ep_cfs_add_epc_group(). However I don't think this is required since drivers might not actually need cfs. Thanks Kishon ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] PCI: endpoint: handle probable NULL pointer access 2017-10-25 12:02 ` Kishon Vijay Abraham I @ 2017-10-28 10:43 ` Pankaj Dubey 2017-11-06 19:29 ` Bjorn Helgaas 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Pankaj Dubey @ 2017-10-28 10:43 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Kishon Vijay Abraham I Cc: Bjorn Helgaas, linux-pci, linux-kernel, Bjorn Helgaas On 25 October 2017 at 17:32, Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Wednesday 25 October 2017 01:32 AM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 09:27:57AM +0530, Pankaj Dubey wrote: >>> controller_group allocation in pci_ep_cfs_init function can fail >>> so we should have a check while using it in pci_ep_cfs_add_epc_group >>> for registering group, else we will hit NULL pointer access. >>> >>> This patch adds required check for the same and returns -EPROBE_DEFER, >>> so that endpoint controller driver probe can be reattempted later >>> in case controller_group is not allocated because pci_ep_cfs_init is >>> not yet called. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Pankaj Dubey <pankaj.dubey@samsung.com> >> >> Looking for Kishon's ack here. >> >>> --- >>> drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c | 7 ++++++- >>> drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c | 4 ++++ >>> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c >>> index 424fdd6..3cac818 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c >>> +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c >>> @@ -172,7 +172,12 @@ struct config_group *pci_ep_cfs_add_epc_group(const char *name) >>> group = &epc_group->group; >>> >>> config_group_init_type_name(group, name, &pci_epc_type); >>> - ret = configfs_register_group(controllers_group, group); >>> + >>> + if (controllers_group) >>> + ret = configfs_register_group(controllers_group, group); >>> + else >>> + ret = -EPROBE_DEFER; >>> + > > Do you ever face this issue? Yes, I was adding support for PCIe endpoint in Exynos driver and if we see pci-exynos.c, platform_driver_probe is called via subsys_initcall, which will happen much before that module_init and during endpoint probe sequence I got kernel panic for NULL pointer access. > Ideally controllers_group should always be > initialized if the dependencies are modeled properly. Ideally Yes. But we can't ignore error cases. Even though dependencies are modeled properly, this check is mandatory, if we see pci_ep_cfs_init function where "controllers_group" is suppose to be allocated via call to "configfs_register_default_group", is prone to failure as allocated via kzalloc. We are handling error condition in pci_ep_cfs_init if it fails to allocate "controllers_group" but during EP initialization sequence, there is no check on "controllers_group" pointer in "configfs_register_default_group" function. So I feel it should have a check for valid pointer. >>> if (ret) { >>> pr_err("failed to register configfs group for %s\n", name); >>> goto err_register_group; >>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c >>> index 42c2a11..d327a2a 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c >>> +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c >>> @@ -518,6 +518,10 @@ __pci_epc_create(struct device *dev, const struct pci_epc_ops *ops, >>> goto put_dev; >>> >>> epc->group = pci_ep_cfs_add_epc_group(dev_name(dev)); >>> + if (IS_ERR(epc->group)) { >>> + ret = -EPROBE_DEFER; > > should use the return value of pci_ep_cfs_add_epc_group(). > OK. Will modify in next version. > However I don't think this is required since drivers might not actually need cfs. Ok, we can avoid propagating error to the caller here, but in case if ERR_PTR there should be at least one warn message. What do you say? Thanks, Pankaj Dubey > > Thanks > Kishon ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] PCI: endpoint: handle probable NULL pointer access 2017-10-28 10:43 ` Pankaj Dubey @ 2017-11-06 19:29 ` Bjorn Helgaas 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Bjorn Helgaas @ 2017-11-06 19:29 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Pankaj Dubey Cc: Kishon Vijay Abraham I, linux-pci, linux-kernel, Bjorn Helgaas On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 04:13:56PM +0530, Pankaj Dubey wrote: > On 25 October 2017 at 17:32, Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Wednesday 25 October 2017 01:32 AM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 09:27:57AM +0530, Pankaj Dubey wrote: > >>> controller_group allocation in pci_ep_cfs_init function can fail > >>> so we should have a check while using it in pci_ep_cfs_add_epc_group > >>> for registering group, else we will hit NULL pointer access. > >>> > >>> This patch adds required check for the same and returns -EPROBE_DEFER, > >>> so that endpoint controller driver probe can be reattempted later > >>> in case controller_group is not allocated because pci_ep_cfs_init is > >>> not yet called. > >>> > >>> Signed-off-by: Pankaj Dubey <pankaj.dubey@samsung.com> > >> > >> Looking for Kishon's ack here. > >> > >>> --- > >>> drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c | 7 ++++++- > >>> drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c | 4 ++++ > >>> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > >>> > >>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c > >>> index 424fdd6..3cac818 100644 > >>> --- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c > >>> +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c > >>> @@ -172,7 +172,12 @@ struct config_group *pci_ep_cfs_add_epc_group(const char *name) > >>> group = &epc_group->group; > >>> > >>> config_group_init_type_name(group, name, &pci_epc_type); > >>> - ret = configfs_register_group(controllers_group, group); > >>> + > >>> + if (controllers_group) > >>> + ret = configfs_register_group(controllers_group, group); > >>> + else > >>> + ret = -EPROBE_DEFER; > >>> + > > > > Do you ever face this issue? > > Yes, I was adding support for PCIe endpoint in Exynos driver and if we > see pci-exynos.c, > platform_driver_probe is called via subsys_initcall, which will happen > much before that module_init > and during endpoint probe sequence I got kernel panic for NULL pointer access. > > > Ideally controllers_group should always be > > initialized if the dependencies are modeled properly. > > Ideally Yes. > > But we can't ignore error cases. Even though dependencies are modeled properly, > this check is mandatory, if we see pci_ep_cfs_init function where > "controllers_group" is suppose > to be allocated via call to "configfs_register_default_group", is > prone to failure as allocated via > kzalloc. We are handling error condition in pci_ep_cfs_init if it > fails to allocate "controllers_group" > but during EP initialization sequence, there is no check on > "controllers_group" pointer in > "configfs_register_default_group" function. So I feel it should have a > check for valid pointer. It seems plausible to me to check whether controllers_group is NULL, but it'd be nicer to do it *first* in the function so there's no cleanup to do, e.g., if (!controllers_group) return -EPROBE_DEFER; epc_group = kzalloc(sizeof(*epc_group), GFP_KERNEL); ... > >>> if (ret) { > >>> pr_err("failed to register configfs group for %s\n", name); > >>> goto err_register_group; > >>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c > >>> index 42c2a11..d327a2a 100644 > >>> --- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c > >>> +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c > >>> @@ -518,6 +518,10 @@ __pci_epc_create(struct device *dev, const struct pci_epc_ops *ops, > >>> goto put_dev; > >>> > >>> epc->group = pci_ep_cfs_add_epc_group(dev_name(dev)); > >>> + if (IS_ERR(epc->group)) { > >>> + ret = -EPROBE_DEFER; > > > > should use the return value of pci_ep_cfs_add_epc_group(). > > > > OK. Will modify in next version. > > > However I don't think this is required since drivers might not actually need cfs. > > Ok, we can avoid propagating error to the caller here, but in case if > ERR_PTR there should be > at least one warn message. What do you say? > > > Thanks, > Pankaj Dubey > > > > Thanks > > Kishon ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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