Re: [PATCH] [v2] ieee802154: ca8210: Fix a potential UAF in ca8210_probe

[Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>]

Hi Dinghao,

dinghao.liu@zju.edu.cn wrote on Tue, 26 Sep 2023 11:22:44 +0800:

> If of_clk_add_provider() fails in ca8210_register_ext_clock(),
> it calls clk_unregister() to release priv->clk and returns an
> error. However, the caller ca8210_probe() then calls ca8210_remove(),
> where priv->clk is freed again in ca8210_unregister_ext_clock(). In
> this case, a use-after-free may happen in the second time we call
> clk_unregister().
> 
> Fix this by removing the first clk_unregister(). Also, priv->clk could
> be an error code on failure of clk_register_fixed_rate(). Use
> IS_ERR_OR_NULL to catch this case in ca8210_unregister_ext_clock().
> 
> Fixes: ded845a781a5 ("ieee802154: Add CA8210 IEEE 802.15.4 device driver")

Missing Cc stable, this needs to be backported.

> Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@zju.edu.cn>
> ---
> 
> Changelog:
> 
> v2: -Remove the first clk_unregister() instead of nulling priv->clk.
> ---
>  drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c
> index aebb19f1b3a4..b35c6f59bd1a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c
> @@ -2759,7 +2759,6 @@ static int ca8210_register_ext_clock(struct spi_device *spi)
>  	}
>  	ret = of_clk_add_provider(np, of_clk_src_simple_get, priv->clk);
>  	if (ret) {
> -		clk_unregister(priv->clk);
>  		dev_crit(
>  			&spi->dev,
>  			"Failed to register external clock as clock provider\n"

I was hoping you would simplify this function a bit more.

> @@ -2780,7 +2779,7 @@ static void ca8210_unregister_ext_clock(struct spi_device *spi)
>  {
>  	struct ca8210_priv *priv = spi_get_drvdata(spi);
>  
> -	if (!priv->clk)
> +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(priv->clk))
>  		return
>  
>  	of_clk_del_provider(spi->dev.of_node);

Alex, Stefan, who handles wpan and wpan/next this release?

Thanks,
Miquèl