2017-12-12 03:09:33

by Peter Chen

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: chipidea: msm: fix ulpi-node lookup

On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 11:12:58AM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> Fix child-node lookup during probe, which ended up searching the whole
> device tree depth-first starting at the parent rather than just matching
> on its children.
>
> Note that the original premature free of the parent node has already
> been fixed separately, but that fix was apparently never backported to
> stable.
>
> Fixes: 47654a162081 ("usb: chipidea: msm: Restore wrapper settings after reset")
> Fixes: b74c43156c0c ("usb: chipidea: msm: ci_hdrc_msm_probe() missing of_node_get()")
> Cc: stable <[email protected]> # 4.10: b74c43156c0c
> Cc: Stephen Boyd <[email protected]>
> Cc: Frank Rowand <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/usb/chipidea/ci_hdrc_msm.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci_hdrc_msm.c b/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci_hdrc_msm.c
> index 3593ce0ec641..880009987460 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci_hdrc_msm.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci_hdrc_msm.c
> @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static int ci_hdrc_msm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> if (ret)
> goto err_mux;
>
> - ulpi_node = of_find_node_by_name(of_node_get(pdev->dev.of_node), "ulpi");
> + ulpi_node = of_get_child_by_name(pdev->dev.of_node, "ulpi");

Stephen, would you comment on it? I am afraid I can't find the benefit
for this change.

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Best Regards,
Peter Chen


2017-12-12 12:59:39

by Johan Hovold

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: chipidea: msm: fix ulpi-node lookup

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 11:08:17AM +0800, Peter Chen wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 11:12:58AM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > Fix child-node lookup during probe, which ended up searching the whole
> > device tree depth-first starting at the parent rather than just matching
> > on its children.
> >
> > Note that the original premature free of the parent node has already
> > been fixed separately, but that fix was apparently never backported to
> > stable.
> >
> > Fixes: 47654a162081 ("usb: chipidea: msm: Restore wrapper settings after reset")
> > Fixes: b74c43156c0c ("usb: chipidea: msm: ci_hdrc_msm_probe() missing of_node_get()")
> > Cc: stable <[email protected]> # 4.10: b74c43156c0c
> > Cc: Stephen Boyd <[email protected]>
> > Cc: Frank Rowand <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > drivers/usb/chipidea/ci_hdrc_msm.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci_hdrc_msm.c b/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci_hdrc_msm.c
> > index 3593ce0ec641..880009987460 100644
> > --- a/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci_hdrc_msm.c
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci_hdrc_msm.c
> > @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static int ci_hdrc_msm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > if (ret)
> > goto err_mux;
> >
> > - ulpi_node = of_find_node_by_name(of_node_get(pdev->dev.of_node), "ulpi");
> > + ulpi_node = of_get_child_by_name(pdev->dev.of_node, "ulpi");
>
> Stephen, would you comment on it? I am afraid I can't find the benefit
> for this change.

The general problem is that several drivers were using the wrong
OF-helper when looking up child nodes. This meant that instead of just
matching on child nodes, a tree-wide, depth-first search was done,
something which could end up matching an unrelated node elsewhere in the
device tree.

To make things worse, most erroneous users of of_find_node_by_name(),
also failed to notice that that function drops a reference to its first
argument, something which can lead to use-after-free and crashes, for
example, after probe deferrals.

In this case, it looks like the child node is looked-up to determine
whether to enable a hardware quirk. The potential use-after-free has
already been fixed up (by adding the missing of_node_get()), but that
fix was never backported to stable.

This patch addresses both issues (tree-wide search + unbalanced put in
stable), while removing buggy code which could otherwise end up being
reproduced in yet another driver.

Johan

2017-12-13 01:50:37

by Peter Chen

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: chipidea: msm: fix ulpi-node lookup

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 01:59:29PM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 11:08:17AM +0800, Peter Chen wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 11:12:58AM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > > Fix child-node lookup during probe, which ended up searching the whole
> > > device tree depth-first starting at the parent rather than just matching
> > > on its children.
> > >
> > > Note that the original premature free of the parent node has already
> > > been fixed separately, but that fix was apparently never backported to
> > > stable.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 47654a162081 ("usb: chipidea: msm: Restore wrapper settings after reset")
> > > Fixes: b74c43156c0c ("usb: chipidea: msm: ci_hdrc_msm_probe() missing of_node_get()")
> > > Cc: stable <[email protected]> # 4.10: b74c43156c0c
> > > Cc: Stephen Boyd <[email protected]>
> > > Cc: Frank Rowand <[email protected]>
> > > Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/usb/chipidea/ci_hdrc_msm.c | 2 +-
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci_hdrc_msm.c b/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci_hdrc_msm.c
> > > index 3593ce0ec641..880009987460 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci_hdrc_msm.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci_hdrc_msm.c
> > > @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static int ci_hdrc_msm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > > if (ret)
> > > goto err_mux;
> > >
> > > - ulpi_node = of_find_node_by_name(of_node_get(pdev->dev.of_node), "ulpi");
> > > + ulpi_node = of_get_child_by_name(pdev->dev.of_node, "ulpi");
> >
> > Stephen, would you comment on it? I am afraid I can't find the benefit
> > for this change.
>
> The general problem is that several drivers were using the wrong
> OF-helper when looking up child nodes. This meant that instead of just
> matching on child nodes, a tree-wide, depth-first search was done,
> something which could end up matching an unrelated node elsewhere in the
> device tree.
>
> To make things worse, most erroneous users of of_find_node_by_name(),
> also failed to notice that that function drops a reference to its first
> argument, something which can lead to use-after-free and crashes, for
> example, after probe deferrals.
>
> In this case, it looks like the child node is looked-up to determine
> whether to enable a hardware quirk. The potential use-after-free has
> already been fixed up (by adding the missing of_node_get()), but that
> fix was never backported to stable.
>
> This patch addresses both issues (tree-wide search + unbalanced put in
> stable), while removing buggy code which could otherwise end up being
> reproduced in yet another driver.
>
> Johan

Thanks, if Stephen does not have comments, I will send Greg it next
Monday.

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Best Regards,
Peter Chen