[PATCH] gpio: Initialize gc->irq.domain before setting gc->to_irq

From: Shreeya Patel
Date: Mon Nov 08 2021 - 16:42:23 EST


There is a race in registering of gc->irq.domain when
probing the I2C driver.
This sometimes leads to a Kernel NULL pointer dereference
in gpiochip_to_irq function which uses the domain variable.

To avoid this issue, set gc->to_irq after domain is
initialized. This will make sure whenever gpiochip_to_irq
is called, it has domain already initialized.


Signed-off-by: Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Following is the NULL pointer dereference Oops for reference :-

kernel: Call Trace:
kernel: gpiod_to_irq+0x53/0x70
kernel: acpi_dev_gpio_irq_get_by+0x113/0x1f0
kernel: i2c_acpi_get_irq+0xc0/0xd0
kernel: i2c_device_probe+0x28a/0x2a0
kernel: really_probe+0xf2/0x460
kernel: driver_probe_device+0xe8/0x160
kernel: ? driver_allows_async_probing+0x50/0x50
kernel: bus_for_each_drv+0x8f/0xd0
kernel: __device_attach_async_helper+0x9f/0xf0
kernel: async_run_entry_fn+0x2e/0x110
kernel: process_one_work+0x214/0x3e0
kernel: worker_thread+0x4d/0x3d0
kernel: ? process_one_work+0x3e0/0x3e0
kernel: kthread+0x133/0x150
kernel: ? kthread_associate_blkcg+0xc0/0xc0
kernel: ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
kernel: CR2: 0000000000000028
kernel: ---[ end trace d0f5a7a0e0eb268f ]---
kernel: RIP: 0010:gpiochip_to_irq+0x47/0xc0

drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index abfbf546d159..9a6f7c265a91 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -1512,7 +1512,6 @@ static int gpiochip_add_irqchip(struct gpio_chip *gc,
if (gc->to_irq)
chip_warn(gc, "to_irq is redefined in %s and you shouldn't rely on it\n", __func__);

- gc->to_irq = gpiochip_to_irq;
gc->irq.default_type = type;
gc->irq.lock_key = lock_key;
gc->irq.request_key = request_key;
@@ -1533,6 +1532,8 @@ static int gpiochip_add_irqchip(struct gpio_chip *gc,
return -EINVAL;
}

+ gc->to_irq = gpiochip_to_irq;
+
if (gc->irq.parent_handler) {
for (i = 0; i < gc->irq.num_parents; i++) {
void *data;
--
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