2023-06-14 16:19:34

by Chenyuan Mi

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Subject: [PATCH] serial: 8250_lpss: Fix missing check for return value of pci_get_slot()

The pci_get_slot() function may return NULL, which may
cause null pointer deference, and most other callsites of
pci_get_slot() do Null check. Add Null check for return
value of pci_get_slot().

Found by our static analysis tool.

Signed-off-by: Chenyuan Mi <[email protected]>
---
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_lpss.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_lpss.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_lpss.c
index 0e43bdfb7459..05af5865ee1b 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_lpss.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_lpss.c
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ static int byt_serial_setup(struct lpss8250 *lpss, struct uart_port *port)
}

dma_dev = pci_get_slot(pdev->bus, PCI_DEVFN(PCI_SLOT(pdev->devfn), 0));
+ if (!dma_dev)
+ return -ENODEV;

param->dma_dev = &dma_dev->dev;
param->m_master = 0;
--
2.17.1



2023-06-14 16:35:59

by Andy Shevchenko

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250_lpss: Fix missing check for return value of pci_get_slot()

On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 08:32:26AM -0700, Chenyuan Mi wrote:
> The pci_get_slot() function may return NULL, which may
> cause null pointer deference, and most other callsites of
> pci_get_slot() do Null check. Add Null check for return
> value of pci_get_slot().
>
> Found by our static analysis tool.

...

> dma_dev = pci_get_slot(pdev->bus, PCI_DEVFN(PCI_SLOT(pdev->devfn), 0));
> + if (!dma_dev)
> + return -ENODEV;

This adds (almost) a dead code. The function 0 must be present in accordance
with the PCI specification (even earliest version of it state that).
If pci_get_slot() returns a NULL, in this case it means that something, much
bigger issue, happens and this check won't help us to do anything anyway.

--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



2023-06-14 16:36:07

by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250_lpss: Fix missing check for return value of pci_get_slot()

On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 08:32:26AM -0700, Chenyuan Mi wrote:
> The pci_get_slot() function may return NULL, which may
> cause null pointer deference, and most other callsites of
> pci_get_slot() do Null check. Add Null check for return
> value of pci_get_slot().
>
> Found by our static analysis tool.

Please read Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst for how to
do this properly. Until then, we obviously can not take these types of
patches.

greg k-h