Re: [PATCH] ieee802154: ca8210: Fix a potential UAF in ca8210_probe

[dinghao . liu]

Hi Miquèl,

> > index aebb19f1b3a4..1d545879c000 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c
> > @@ -2760,6 +2760,7 @@ static int ca8210_register_ext_clock(struct spi_device *spi)
> >  	ret = of_clk_add_provider(np, of_clk_src_simple_get, priv->clk);
> >  	if (ret) {
> >  		clk_unregister(priv->clk);
> > +		priv->clk = NULL;
> 
> This function is a bit convoluted. You could just return the result of
> of_clk_add_provider() (keep the printk's if you want, they don't seem
> very useful) and let ca8210_unregister_ext_clock() do the cleanup.

Thanks for your advice! I will resend a new patch as suggested.

> 
> >  		dev_crit(
> >  			&spi->dev,
> >  			"Failed to register external clock as clock provider\n"
> > @@ -2780,7 +2781,7 @@ static void ca8210_unregister_ext_clock(struct spi_device *spi)
> >  {
> >  	struct ca8210_priv *priv = spi_get_drvdata(spi);
> >  
> > -	if (!priv->clk)
> > +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(priv->clk))
> 
> Does not look useful as you are enforcing priv->clock to be valid or
> NULL, it cannot be an error code.

I find that ca8210_register_ext_clock() uses IS_ERR to check priv->clk
after calling clk_register_fixed_rate(). So I think priv->clk could be
a non-null pointer even on failure. And a null pointer check may miss
this case in ca8210_unregister_ext_clock(). 

Regards,
Dinghao