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ACPI: custom_method: fix potential use-after-free issue

Message ID 20210423152818.97077-1-mlangsdo@redhat.com
State Accepted
Commit e483bb9a991bdae29a0caa4b3a6d002c968f94aa
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Series ACPI: custom_method: fix potential use-after-free issue | expand

Commit Message

Mark Langsdorf April 23, 2021, 3:28 p.m. UTC
In cm_write(), buf is always freed when reaching the end of the
function.  If the requested count is less than table.length, the
allocated buffer will be freed but subsequent calls to cm_write() will
still try to access it.

Remove the unconditional kfree(buf) at the end of the function and
set the buf to NULL in the -EINVAL error path to match the rest of
function.

Fixes: 03d1571d9513 ("ACPI: custom_method: fix memory leaks")
Signed-off-by: Mark Langsdorf <mlangsdo@redhat.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/custom_method.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Rafael J. Wysocki April 28, 2021, 5:16 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 5:28 PM Mark Langsdorf <mlangsdo@redhat.com> wrote:
>

> In cm_write(), buf is always freed when reaching the end of the

> function.  If the requested count is less than table.length, the

> allocated buffer will be freed but subsequent calls to cm_write() will

> still try to access it.

>

> Remove the unconditional kfree(buf) at the end of the function and

> set the buf to NULL in the -EINVAL error path to match the rest of

> function.

>

> Fixes: 03d1571d9513 ("ACPI: custom_method: fix memory leaks")

> Signed-off-by: Mark Langsdorf <mlangsdo@redhat.com>

> ---

>  drivers/acpi/custom_method.c | 2 +-

>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

>

> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c

> index 443fdf62dd22..8844f895f9be 100644

> --- a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c

> +++ b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c

> @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,

>             (*ppos + count < count) ||

>             (count > uncopied_bytes)) {

>                 kfree(buf);

> +               buf = NULL;

>                 return -EINVAL;

>         }

>

> @@ -76,7 +77,6 @@ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,

>                 add_taint(TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE);

>         }

>

> -       kfree(buf);

>         return count;

>  }

>

> --


Applied as 5.13-rc material, thanks!
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diff --git a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
index 443fdf62dd22..8844f895f9be 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@  static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 	    (*ppos + count < count) ||
 	    (count > uncopied_bytes)) {
 		kfree(buf);
+		buf = NULL;
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -76,7 +77,6 @@  static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 		add_taint(TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE);
 	}
 
-	kfree(buf);
 	return count;
 }