[PATCH v2] media: saa7146: hexium_gemini: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in hexium_attach()

From: Zhou Qingyang
Date: Fri Dec 03 2021 - 10:40:39 EST


In hexium_attach(dev, info), saa7146_vv_init() is called to allocate
a new memory for dev->vv_data. saa7146_vv_release() will be called on
failure of saa7146_register_device(). There is a dereference of
dev->vv_data in saa7146_vv_release(), which could lead to a NULL
pointer dereference on failure of saa7146_vv_init().

Fix this bug by adding a check of saa7146_vv_init().

This bug was found by a static analyzer. The analysis employs
differential checking to identify inconsistent security operations
(e.g., checks or kfrees) between two code paths and confirms that the
inconsistent operations are not recovered in the current function or
the callers, so they constitute bugs.

Note that, as a bug found by static analysis, it can be a false
positive or hard to trigger. Multiple researchers have cross-reviewed
the bug.

Builds with CONFIG_VIDEO_HEXIUM_GEMINI=m show no new warnings,
and our static analyzer no longer warns about this code.

Signed-off-by: Zhou Qingyang <zhou1615@xxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Add i2c_del_adapter in hexium_attach()
- Change 'return -1' to 'return -ENOMEM' in saa7146_vv_init

drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c | 2 +-
drivers/media/pci/saa7146/hexium_gemini.c | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c b/drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c
index baf5772c52a9..be3215977714 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ int saa7146_vv_init(struct saa7146_dev* dev, struct saa7146_ext_vv *ext_vv)
ERR("out of memory. aborting.\n");
kfree(vv);
v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(hdl);
- return -1;
+ return -ENOMEM;
}

saa7146_video_uops.init(dev,vv);
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/saa7146/hexium_gemini.c b/drivers/media/pci/saa7146/hexium_gemini.c
index 2214c74bbbf1..3947701cd6c7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/saa7146/hexium_gemini.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/saa7146/hexium_gemini.c
@@ -284,7 +284,12 @@ static int hexium_attach(struct saa7146_dev *dev, struct saa7146_pci_extension_d
hexium_set_input(hexium, 0);
hexium->cur_input = 0;

- saa7146_vv_init(dev, &vv_data);
+ ret = saa7146_vv_init(dev, &vv_data);
+ if (ret) {
+ i2c_del_adapter(&hexium->i2c_adapter);
+ kfree(hexium);
+ return ret;
+ }

vv_data.vid_ops.vidioc_enum_input = vidioc_enum_input;
vv_data.vid_ops.vidioc_g_input = vidioc_g_input;
--
2.25.1