Re: [PATCH] [REGRESSION] i2c-acpi: Fix NULL Pointer dereference

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Wed Sep 24 2014 - 16:46:42 EST


Hi Wolfram,

Do you want me to take care of this or are you going to handle it?

It has been ACKed by Mika already: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/4897751/

Rafael


On Friday, September 12, 2014 09:09:47 PM Peter Huewe wrote:
> If adapter->dev.parent == NULL there is a NULL pointer dereference in
> acpi_i2c_install_space_handler and acpi_i2c_remove_space_handler.
>
> This is present since introduction of this code:
> 366047515c6e "i2c: rework kernel config I2C_ACPI" or even
> da3c6647ee08 "I2C/ACPI: Clean up I2C ACPI code and Add CONFIG_I2C_ACPI"
>
> The adapter->dev.parent == NULL case is valid for the i2c_stub,
> so loading i2c_stub with ACPI_I2C_OPREGION enabled results in an oops.
> This is also valid at least for i2c_tiny_usb and i2c_robotfuzz_osif.
>
> Fix by checking whether it is null before calling ACPI_HANDLE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@xxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/i2c/i2c-acpi.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-acpi.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-acpi.c
> index 0dbc18c..c456b17 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-acpi.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-acpi.c
> @@ -308,10 +308,15 @@ acpi_i2c_space_handler(u32 function, acpi_physical_address command,
>
> int acpi_i2c_install_space_handler(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
> {
> - acpi_handle handle = ACPI_HANDLE(adapter->dev.parent);
> + acpi_handle handle;
> struct acpi_i2c_handler_data *data;
> acpi_status status;
>
> + if (!adapter->dev.parent)
> + return -ENODEV;
> +
> + handle = ACPI_HANDLE(adapter->dev.parent);
> +
> if (!handle)
> return -ENODEV;
>
> @@ -344,10 +349,15 @@ int acpi_i2c_install_space_handler(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
>
> void acpi_i2c_remove_space_handler(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
> {
> - acpi_handle handle = ACPI_HANDLE(adapter->dev.parent);
> + acpi_handle handle;
> struct acpi_i2c_handler_data *data;
> acpi_status status;
>
> + if (!adapter->dev.parent)
> + return;
> +
> + handle = ACPI_HANDLE(adapter->dev.parent);
> +
> if (!handle)
> return;
>
>

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Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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