[PATCH v2] HID: hid-input: Fix accessing freed memory during device disconnect

[PATCH v2] HID: hid-input: Fix accessing freed memory during device disconnect

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

During unbinding the driver was dereferencing a pointer to memory
already freed by power_supply_unregister().

Driver was freeing its internal description of battery through pointers
stored in power_supply structure. However, because the core owns the
power supply instance, after calling power_supply_unregister() this
memory is freed and the driver cannot access these members.

Fix this by storing the pointer to internal description of battery in a
local variable before calling power_supply_unregister(), so the pointer
remains valid.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@samsung.com>
Reported-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
Fixes: 297d716f6260 ("power_supply: Change ownership from driver to core")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>

---
Changes since v1:
1. Re-work idea, use local variable instead of devm-like functions
   (pointed out by Dmitry Torokhov).
2. Adjusted subject and commit message.
---
 drivers/hid/hid-input.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
index 14aebe483219..460faaebaa2c 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
@@ -462,12 +462,15 @@ out:
 
 static void hidinput_cleanup_battery(struct hid_device *dev)
 {
+	struct power_supply_desc *psy_desc;
+
 	if (!dev->battery)
 		return;
 
+	psy_desc = dev->battery->desc;
 	power_supply_unregister(dev->battery);
-	kfree(dev->battery->desc->name);
-	kfree(dev->battery->desc);
+	kfree(psy_desc->name);
+	kfree(psy_desc);
 	dev->battery = NULL;
 }
 #else  /* !CONFIG_HID_BATTERY_STRENGTH */
-- 
1.9.1

Re: [PATCH v2] HID: hid-input: Fix accessing freed memory during device disconnect

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 03.08.2015 09:01, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> During unbinding the driver was dereferencing a pointer to memory
> already freed by power_supply_unregister().
> 
> Driver was freeing its internal description of battery through pointers
> stored in power_supply structure. However, because the core owns the
> power supply instance, after calling power_supply_unregister() this
> memory is freed and the driver cannot access these members.
> 
> Fix this by storing the pointer to internal description of battery in a
> local variable before calling power_supply_unregister(), so the pointer
> remains valid.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@samsung.com>
> Reported-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
> Fixes: 297d716f6260 ("power_supply: Change ownership from driver to core")
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> 
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> 1. Re-work idea, use local variable instead of devm-like functions
>    (pointed out by Dmitry Torokhov).
> 2. Adjusted subject and commit message.

I missed the warning:
drivers/hid/hid-input.c:470:11: warning: assignment discards �const�
qualifier from pointer target type

I'll fix this and send v3.

Best regards,
Krzysztof