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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] drm/gma500/cdv: Fix a wild pointer dereference in cdv_intel_dp_get_modes()
On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 4:29 PM Zhou Qingyang <zhou1615@umn.edu> wrote:
>
> In cdv_intel_dp_get_modes(), the third return value of
> drm_mode_duplicate() is assigned to mode and used in
> drm_mode_probed_add(). drm_mode_probed_add() passes mode->head to
> list_add_tail(). list_add_tail() will further call __list_add() and
> there is a dereference of mode->head in __list_add(), which could lead
> to a wild pointer dereference on failure of drm_mode_duplicate().
>
> Fix this bug by adding a check of mode.
>
> This bug was found by a static analyzer. The analysis employs
> differential checking to identify inconsistent security operations
> (e.g., checks or kfrees) between two code paths and confirms that the
> inconsistent operations are not recovered in the current function or
> the callers, so they constitute bugs.
>
> Note that, as a bug found by static analysis, it can be a false
> positive or hard to trigger. Multiple researchers have cross-reviewed
> the bug.
>

Is it really necessary to explain what the static analyzer does and
that it can be faulty in every single patch?
"This bug was found by a static analyzer" is enough for me.

> Builds with CONFIG_DRM_GMA500=m show no new warnings,
> and our static analyzer no longer warns about this code.

I assume all patches to be at least compile tested before submitted,
so if you didn't actually run this code on hardware it's better to
replace the above with:
"Only compile tested".

-Patrik

>
> Fixes: d112a8163f83 ("gma500/cdv: Add eDP support")
> Signed-off-by: Zhou Qingyang <zhou1615@umn.edu>
> ---
> Changes in V2:
> - Instead of returning -ENOMEM, this patch returns 0
> - Use DRM_DEBUG_KMS to report the failure of drm_mode_duplicate()
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/cdv_intel_dp.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/cdv_intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/cdv_intel_dp.c
> index ba6ad1466374..bf47db488b7b 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/cdv_intel_dp.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/cdv_intel_dp.c
> @@ -1773,6 +1773,11 @@ static int cdv_intel_dp_get_modes(struct drm_connector *connector)
> if (intel_dp->panel_fixed_mode != NULL) {
> struct drm_display_mode *mode;
> mode = drm_mode_duplicate(dev, intel_dp->panel_fixed_mode);
> + if (!mode) {
> + DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Failure in drm_mode_duplicate()\n");
> + return 0;
> + }
> +
> drm_mode_probed_add(connector, mode);
> return 1;
> }
> --
> 2.25.1
>

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