Re: [syzbot] KASAN: use-after-free Read in dev_uevent

[Pavel Skripkin]

Hi Qiang1,

On 2/23/22 14:17, Zhang, Qiang1 wrote:
> Cc: Alan Stern
>         Felipe Balbi
>
> Hello syzbot, Please try it:
>
>  From 574d45ff924e2d2f9b9f5cc3e846f8004498a811 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 18:18:22 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] driver core: Fix use-after-free in dev_uevent()
>
> In dev_uevent(), if the "dev->driver" is valid, the "dev->driver->name"
> be accessed, there may be a window period between these two operations.
> in this window period if the "dev->driver" is set to null
> (in usb_gadget_unregister_driver function), when the "dev->driver->name"
> is accessed again, invalid address will be accessed. fix it by checking
> "dev->driver" again.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/base/core.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> index 3d6430eb0c6a..a45b927ee76e 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -2317,7 +2317,7 @@ static int dev_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
>                  add_uevent_var(env, "DEVTYPE=%s", dev->type->name);
>
>          if (dev->driver)
> -               add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);
> +               add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVER=%s", dev_driver_string(dev));
>
>          /* Add common DT information about the device */
>          of_device_uevent(dev, env);
> --
> 2.25.1

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