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media: meson: vdec: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in amvdec_add_ts()

Message ID 20211130161224.181519-1-zhou1615@umn.edu (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series media: meson: vdec: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in amvdec_add_ts() | expand

Commit Message

Zhou Qingyang Nov. 30, 2021, 4:12 p.m. UTC
In amvdec_add_ts(), there is a dereference of kzalloc(), which could lead
to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of kzalloc().

I fix this bug by adding a NULL check of new_ts.

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.

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

Fixes: 876f123b8956 ("media: meson: vdec: bring up to compliance")
Signed-off-by: Zhou Qingyang <zhou1615@umn.edu>
---
 drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Comments

Dan Carpenter Dec. 1, 2021, 8:41 a.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 12:12:23AM +0800, Zhou Qingyang wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c
> index b9125c295d1d..41297c2f8f9a 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c
> @@ -234,6 +234,11 @@ void amvdec_add_ts(struct amvdec_session *sess, u64 ts,
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  
>  	new_ts = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_ts), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!new_ts) {
> +		dev_err(sess->core->dev_dec,
> +			"No enough memory in %s\n", __func__);
> +		return;

Please run checkpatch.pl on your patches.  The dev_err() message should
be deleted because kzalloc() already has a better message built in.

WARNING: Possible unnecessary 'out of memory' message
#50: FILE: drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c:238:
+       if (!new_ts) {
+               dev_err(sess->core->dev_dec,

regards,
dan carpenter
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c
index b9125c295d1d..41297c2f8f9a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c
@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@  void amvdec_add_ts(struct amvdec_session *sess, u64 ts,
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	new_ts = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_ts), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new_ts) {
+		dev_err(sess->core->dev_dec,
+			"No enough memory in %s\n", __func__);
+		return;
+	}
 	new_ts->ts = ts;
 	new_ts->tc = tc;
 	new_ts->offset = offset;