[PATCH 4/8] serdev: ttyport: fix NULL-deref on hangup

Johan Hovold
2017-11-03T14:31:26Z

Make sure to use a properly refcounted tty_struct in write_wake up to
avoid dereferencing a NULL-pointer when a port is being hung up.

Fixes: bed35c6dfa6a ("serdev: add a tty port controller driver")
Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.11
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
---
drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c b/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c
index b8bc60a251c6..31c05665a0e6 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c
@@ -57,12 +57,19 @@ static void ttyport_write_wakeup(struct tty_port *port)
{
struct serdev_controller *ctrl = port->client_data;
struct serport *serport = serdev_controller_get_drvdata(ctrl);
+ struct tty_struct *tty;
+
+ tty = tty_port_tty_get(port);
+ if (!tty)
+ return;

- if (test_and_clear_bit(TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP, &port->tty->flags) &&
+ if (test_and_clear_bit(TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP, &tty->flags) &&
test_bit(SERPORT_ACTIVE, &serport->flags))
serdev_controller_write_wakeup(ctrl);

- wake_up_interruptible_poll(&port->tty->write_wait, POLLOUT);
+ wake_up_interruptible_poll(&tty->write_wait, POLLOUT);
+
+ tty_kref_put(tty);
}

static const struct tty_port_client_operations client_ops = {
--
2.15.0