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SubjectRe: [PATCH] staging: media: tegra-video: fix device_node use after free
Hello Dan,

On Fri, 28 Oct 2022 15:34:39 +0300
Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 10:19:26AM +0200, luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com wrote:
> > From: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
> >
> > At probe time this code path is followed:
> >
> > * tegra_csi_init
> > * tegra_csi_channels_alloc
> > * for_each_child_of_node(node, channel) -- iterates over channels
> > * automatically gets 'channel'
> > * tegra_csi_channel_alloc()
> > * saves into chan->of_node a pointer to the channel OF node
> > * automatically gets and puts 'channel'
> > * now the node saved in chan->of_node has refcount 0, can disappear
> > * tegra_csi_channels_init
> > * iterates over channels
> > * tegra_csi_channel_init -- uses chan->of_node
> >
> > After that, chan->of_node keeps storing the node until the device is
> > removed.
> >
> > of_node_get() the node and of_node_put() it during teardown to avoid any
> > risk.
> >
> > Fixes: 1ebaeb09830f ("media: tegra-video: Add support for external sensor capture")
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: Sowjanya Komatineni <skomatineni@nvidia.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/staging/media/tegra-video/csi.c | 3 ++-
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/tegra-video/csi.c b/drivers/staging/media/tegra-video/csi.c
> > index b26e44adb2be..1b05f620b476 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/media/tegra-video/csi.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/media/tegra-video/csi.c
> > @@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ static int tegra_csi_channel_alloc(struct tegra_csi *csi,
> > for (i = 0; i < chan->numgangports; i++)
> > chan->csi_port_nums[i] = port_num + i * CSI_PORTS_PER_BRICK;
> >
> > - chan->of_node = node;
> > + chan->of_node = of_node_get(node);
> > chan->numpads = num_pads;
> > if (num_pads & 0x2) {
> > chan->pads[0].flags = MEDIA_PAD_FL_SINK;
> > @@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ static void tegra_csi_channels_cleanup(struct tegra_csi *csi)
> > media_entity_cleanup(&subdev->entity);
> > }
> >
> > + of_node_put(chan->of_node);
> > list_del(&chan->list);
> > kfree(chan);
>
> Not related to your patch, but this kind of "one function cleans up
> everything" style is always buggy. For example, here it should be:
>
> - if (chan->mipi)
> + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(chan->mipi))
> tegra_mipi_free(chan->mipi);

I sort of agree the code could be clearer here, but looking at the code
in detail, this cannot happen. chan->mipi is set in one place only, and
if it is an error the whole probe fails. So it can be either NULL or a
valid pointer here.

Regarding my patch, do you think it is valid?

Best regards.
--
Luca Ceresoli, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com

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