Re: [PATCH] drm/ast: fix using freed memory

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 03.02.22 um 16:23 schrieb trix@xxxxxxxxxx:
> From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> clang static analysis reports this problem
> ast_mode.c:1235:3: warning: Use of memory after it is freed
>    drm_connector_update_edid_property(&ast_connector->base, edid);
>    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> The second condition on
>
>    if (!flags && ast_connector->i2c)
>
> Means that the edid is not always set.  If the previous block
> fails the freed edid value will be used.  So set edid to NULL
> after freeing.

Thanks for your patch. We have meanwhile merges a change that replaces 
the code entirely.

Best regards
Thomas

> Fixes: 55dc449a7c60 ("drm/ast: Handle failed I2C initialization gracefully")
> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_mode.c | 6 ++++--
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_mode.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_mode.c
> index ab52efb15670e..9131dc8a1a2fc 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_mode.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_mode.c
> @@ -1224,10 +1224,12 @@ static int ast_get_modes(struct drm_connector *connector)
>   			return -ENOMEM;
>   
>   		flags = ast_dp501_read_edid(connector->dev, (u8 *)edid);
> -		if (flags)
> +		if (flags) {
>   			ast->dp501_maxclk = ast_get_dp501_max_clk(connector->dev);
> -		else
> +		} else {
>   			kfree(edid);
> +			edid = NULL;
> +		}
>   	}
>   	if (!flags && ast_connector->i2c)
>   		edid = drm_get_edid(connector, &ast_connector->i2c->adapter);

--
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
(HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
Geschäftsführer: Ivo Totev

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