[PATCH v2] media: vidtv: Fix use-after-free in vidtv_bridge_dvb_init()

From: Chen Zhongjin
Date: Tue Nov 08 2022 - 02:09:51 EST


KASAN reports a use-after-free:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in dvb_dmxdev_release+0x4d5/0x5d0 [dvb_core]
Call Trace:
...
dvb_dmxdev_release+0x4d5/0x5d0 [dvb_core]
vidtv_bridge_probe+0x7bf/0xa40 [dvb_vidtv_bridge]
platform_probe+0xb6/0x170
...
Allocated by task 1238:
...
dvb_register_device+0x1a7/0xa70 [dvb_core]
dvb_dmxdev_init+0x2af/0x4a0 [dvb_core]
vidtv_bridge_probe+0x766/0xa40 [dvb_vidtv_bridge]
...
Freed by task 1238:
dvb_register_device+0x6d2/0xa70 [dvb_core]
dvb_dmxdev_init+0x2af/0x4a0 [dvb_core]
vidtv_bridge_probe+0x766/0xa40 [dvb_vidtv_bridge]
...

It is because the error handling in vidtv_bridge_dvb_init() is wrong.

First, vidtv_bridge_dmx(dev)_init() will clean themselves when fail, but
goto fail_dmx(_dev): calls release functions again, which causes
use-after-free.

Also, in fail_fe, fail_tuner_probe and fail_demod_probe, j = i will cause
out-of-bound when i finished its loop (i == NUM_FE). And the loop
releasing is wrong, although now NUM_FE is 1 so it won't cause problem.

Fix this by correctly releasing everything.

Fixes: f90cf6079bf6 ("media: vidtv: add a bridge driver")
Signed-off-by: Chen Zhongjin <chenzhongjin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v1 -> v2
After some testing I found we can't call dvb_frontend_detach() directly
because it is not safe and can cause double free now.

Obviously single dvb_unregister_frontend() can't handle all resources for
dvb_register_frontend(), because the fe->refcount is initialized to two
but unregister only put one of it.

So there are still memory leaked for frontend. These code should be
refactored to completely remove dvb_attach and dettach.

Anyway it is fault of frontend part. Now this patch only fix fail_dmx
and fail_dmx_dev cases which makes kenel panic.
---
.../media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c | 22 +++++++------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c b/drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c
index 82620613d56b..dff7265a42ca 100644
--- a/drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c
+++ b/drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c
@@ -459,26 +459,20 @@ static int vidtv_bridge_dvb_init(struct vidtv_dvb *dvb)
for (j = j - 1; j >= 0; --j)
dvb->demux.dmx.remove_frontend(&dvb->demux.dmx,
&dvb->dmx_fe[j]);
-fail_dmx_dev:
dvb_dmxdev_release(&dvb->dmx_dev);
-fail_dmx:
+fail_dmx_dev:
dvb_dmx_release(&dvb->demux);
+fail_dmx:
+fail_demod_probe:
+ for (i = i - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+ dvb_unregister_frontend(dvb->fe[i]);
fail_fe:
- for (j = i; j >= 0; --j)
- dvb_unregister_frontend(dvb->fe[j]);
+ dvb_module_release(dvb->i2c_client_tuner[i]);
fail_tuner_probe:
- for (j = i; j >= 0; --j)
- if (dvb->i2c_client_tuner[j])
- dvb_module_release(dvb->i2c_client_tuner[j]);
-
-fail_demod_probe:
- for (j = i; j >= 0; --j)
- if (dvb->i2c_client_demod[j])
- dvb_module_release(dvb->i2c_client_demod[j]);
-
+ dvb_module_release(dvb->i2c_client_demod[i]);
+ }
fail_adapter:
dvb_unregister_adapter(&dvb->adapter);
-
fail_i2c:
i2c_del_adapter(&dvb->i2c_adapter);

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