Re: [PATCH] ARM: pl330: fix null pointer dereference in pl330_chan_ctrl()

From: Javi Merino
Date: Fri Jan 13 2012 - 08:48:36 EST


On 13/01/12 12:36, Mans Rullgard wrote:
> This fixes the thrd->req_running field being accessed before thrd
> is checked for null. The error was introduced in abb959f.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mans Rullgard <mans.rullgard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm/common/pl330.c | 3 ++-

As Russell points out, the s5p tree has merged this file with
drivers/dma/pl330.c so this bug is now in that file. Please rebase the
patch on top of linux-next.

Other than that, yes, that's my fault.

Acked-by: Javi Merino <javi.merino@xxxxxxx>

> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/common/pl330.c b/arch/arm/common/pl330.c
> index 8d8df74..67abef5 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/common/pl330.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/common/pl330.c
> @@ -1496,12 +1496,13 @@ int pl330_chan_ctrl(void *ch_id, enum pl330_chan_op op)
> struct pl330_thread *thrd = ch_id;
> struct pl330_dmac *pl330;
> unsigned long flags;
> - int ret = 0, active = thrd->req_running;
> + int ret = 0, active;
>
> if (!thrd || thrd->free || thrd->dmac->state == DYING)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> pl330 = thrd->dmac;
> + active = thrd->req_running;
>
> spin_lock_irqsave(&pl330->lock, flags);
>


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