[PATCH] firmware/imx-dsp: Fix use_after_free in imx_dsp_setup_channels()

Hao Ge gehao at kylinos.cn
Sat Oct 7 20:29:08 PDT 2023


dsp_chan->name and chan_name points to same block of memory,
because dev_err still needs to be used it,so we need free
it's memory after use to avoid use_after_free.

Fixes: e527adfb9b7d ("firmware: imx-dsp: Fix an error handling path in imx_dsp_setup_channels()")
Signed-off-by: Hao Ge <gehao at kylinos.cn>
---
 drivers/firmware/imx/imx-dsp.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/imx/imx-dsp.c b/drivers/firmware/imx/imx-dsp.c
index 508eab346fc6..a48a58e0c61f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/imx/imx-dsp.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/imx/imx-dsp.c
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ static int imx_dsp_setup_channels(struct imx_dsp_ipc *dsp_ipc)
 		dsp_chan->idx = i % 2;
 		dsp_chan->ch = mbox_request_channel_byname(cl, chan_name);
 		if (IS_ERR(dsp_chan->ch)) {
-			kfree(dsp_chan->name);
 			ret = PTR_ERR(dsp_chan->ch);
 			if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
 				dev_err(dev, "Failed to request mbox chan %s ret %d\n",
 					chan_name, ret);
+			kfree(dsp_chan->name);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-- 
2.25.1




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