Re: [PATCH v2] ACPICA: debugger: check status of acpi_evaluate_object in acpi_db_walk_for_fields

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue Mar 26 2024 - 08:08:14 EST


On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 7:23 PM Nikita Kiryushin <kiryushin@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ACPICA commit 9061cd9aa131205657c811a52a9f8325a040c6c9
>
> Errors in acpi_evaluate_object can lead to incorrect state of buffer.
> This can lead to access to data in previously ACPI_FREEd buffer and
> secondary ACPI_FREE to the same buffer later.
>
> Handle errors in acpi_evaluate_object the same way it is done earlier
> with acpi_ns_handle_to_pathname.
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>
> Link: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/9061cd9a
> Fixes: 5fd033288a86 ("ACPICA: debugger: add command to dump all fields of particular subtype")
> Signed-off-by: Nikita Kiryushin <kiryushin@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: Add ACPICA project git links for corresponding changes
> drivers/acpi/acpica/dbnames.c | 8 ++++++--
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbnames.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbnames.c
> index b91155ea9c34..c9131259f717 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbnames.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbnames.c
> @@ -550,8 +550,12 @@ acpi_db_walk_for_fields(acpi_handle obj_handle,
> ACPI_FREE(buffer.pointer);
>
> buffer.length = ACPI_ALLOCATE_LOCAL_BUFFER;
> - acpi_evaluate_object(obj_handle, NULL, NULL, &buffer);
> -
> + status = acpi_evaluate_object(obj_handle, NULL, NULL, &buffer);
> + if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
> + acpi_os_printf("Could Not evaluate object %p\n",
> + obj_handle);
> + return (AE_OK);
> + }
> /*
> * Since this is a field unit, surround the output in braces
> */
> --

Applied as 6.10 material, thanks!