[PATCH] staging: vchiq_arm: check vchiq_instance for NULL before dereferencing

Adrien Thierry athierry at redhat.com
Tue Jun 14 11:25:44 PDT 2022


In service_callback(), the vchiq_instance is checked for NULL after
dereferencing it. Switch the order of those operations.

This was reported by https://lore.kernel.org/all/Yqc+Oavmh0zMRVPQ@kili/

I moved the NULL check before the call to rcu_read_lock() since access
to the vchiq_instance is not RCU-protected (the RCU is only used to
access the vchiq_service).

Signed-off-by: Adrien Thierry <athierry at redhat.com>
---
 .../staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
index 3bcb893d14a1..ba1f86799b7f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
@@ -1058,6 +1058,9 @@ service_callback(struct vchiq_instance *instance, enum vchiq_reason reason,
 
 	DEBUG_TRACE(SERVICE_CALLBACK_LINE);
 
+	if (!instance || instance->closing)
+		return VCHIQ_SUCCESS;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	service = handle_to_service(instance, handle);
 	if (WARN_ON(!service)) {
@@ -1067,11 +1070,6 @@ service_callback(struct vchiq_instance *instance, enum vchiq_reason reason,
 
 	user_service = (struct user_service *)service->base.userdata;
 
-	if (!instance || instance->closing) {
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-		return VCHIQ_SUCCESS;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * As hopping around different synchronization mechanism,
 	 * taking an extra reference results in simpler implementation.

base-commit: de9257ae1d3b0d8856955045d194e3ff4f278394
-- 
2.35.3




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