[PATCH] mctp: fix use after free

From: trix
Date: Mon Feb 14 2022 - 12:51:50 EST


From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>

Clang static analysis reports this problem
route.c:425:4: warning: Use of memory after it is freed
trace_mctp_key_acquire(key);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When mctp_key_add() fails, key is freed but then is later
used in trace_mctp_key_acquire(). Add an else statement
to use the key only when mctp_key_add() is successful.

Fixes: 4a992bbd3650 ("mctp: Implement message fragmentation & reassembly")
Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mctp/route.c | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mctp/route.c b/net/mctp/route.c
index 17e3482aa770..0c4c56e1bd6e 100644
--- a/net/mctp/route.c
+++ b/net/mctp/route.c
@@ -419,13 +419,14 @@ static int mctp_route_input(struct mctp_route *route, struct sk_buff *skb)
* this function.
*/
rc = mctp_key_add(key, msk);
- if (rc)
+ if (rc) {
kfree(key);
+ } else {
+ trace_mctp_key_acquire(key);

- trace_mctp_key_acquire(key);
-
- /* we don't need to release key->lock on exit */
- mctp_key_unref(key);
+ /* we don't need to release key->lock on exit */
+ mctp_key_unref(key);
+ }
key = NULL;

} else {
--
2.26.3