Re: [PATCH] ipmi:msghandler: Fix potential memory corruption in ipmi_create_user()

[Corey Minyard <corey@minyard.net>]

On Mon, May 05, 2025 at 05:34:15PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> The "intf" list iterator is an invalid pointer if the correct
> "intf->intf_num" is not found.  Calling atomic_dec(&intf->nr_users) on
> and invalid pointer will lead to memory corruption.
> 
> We don't really need to call atomic_dec() if we haven't called
> atomic_add_return() so update the if (intf->in_shutdown) path as well.

Thanks, this is in my tree now.

-corey

> 
> Fixes: 8e76741c3d8b ("ipmi: Add a limit on the number of users that may use IPMI")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
> index 8b2c3fca9c4c..064944ae9fdc 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
> @@ -1240,12 +1240,12 @@ int ipmi_create_user(unsigned int          if_num,
>  	}
>  	/* Not found, return an error */
>  	rv = -EINVAL;
> -	goto out_kfree;
> +	goto out_unlock;
>  
>   found:
>  	if (intf->in_shutdown) {
>  		rv = -ENODEV;
> -		goto out_kfree;
> +		goto out_unlock;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (atomic_add_return(1, &intf->nr_users) > max_users) {
> @@ -1293,6 +1293,7 @@ int ipmi_create_user(unsigned int          if_num,
>  	} else {
>  		*user = new_user;
>  	}
> +out_unlock:
>  	mutex_unlock(&ipmi_interfaces_mutex);
>  	return rv;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.47.2
>