Hi Alex, Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On 3/1/24 1:04 PM, Mikhail Lobanov wrote: >> Dereference of null pointer in the __gb_lights_flash_brightness_set function. >> Assigning the channel the result of executing the get_channel_from_mode function >> without checking for NULL may result in an error. >> >> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. > > I think this is an actual problem but this might not be the > right fix. > > The point of the call to get_channel_from_mode() is to get > the attached torch channel if the passed-in channel is a > flash channel. It's *possible* that any flash channel will > *always* have an attached torch channel, but if so there > ought to be a comment to that effect near this call (to > explain why there's no need for the null pointer check). > > I think Dan's suggestion should be implemented as well. > It's possible the intention really *was* to have > get_channel_from_mode() return the original channel pointer > if there is no attached channel with the requested mode. > But if so, that should be done differently. I.e., Dan's > suggestion should be taken, and the callers should use the > passed-in channel if the call to get_channel_from_mode() > returns NULL. (I hope that's clear.) > > So anyway, I think this (and Dan's suggestion) should be > addressed, but your fix might not be correct. > > Rui, can you please shed some light on the situation? As we talked, this email was sent at the same time as my replies to this thread and you think I addressed your concerns in that replies. If not, just go ahead and ask again. Cheers, Rui > > -Alex > >> >> Fixes: 2870b52bae4c ("greybus: lights: add lights implementation") >> Signed-off-by: Mikhail Lobanov <m.lobanov@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> drivers/staging/greybus/light.c | 9 +++++++-- >> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/light.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/light.c >> index 87d36948c610..929514350947 100644 >> --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/light.c >> +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/light.c >> @@ -148,10 +148,15 @@ static int __gb_lights_flash_brightness_set(struct gb_channel *channel) >> GB_CHANNEL_MODE_TORCH); >> >> /* For not flash we need to convert brightness to intensity */ >> - intensity = channel->intensity_uA.min + >> + >> + if (channel) { >> + intensity = channel->intensity_uA.min + >> (channel->intensity_uA.step * channel->led->brightness); >> >> - return __gb_lights_flash_intensity_set(channel, intensity); >> + return __gb_lights_flash_intensity_set(channel, intensity); >> + } >> + >> + return 0; >> } >> #else >> static struct gb_channel *get_channel_from_cdev(struct led_classdev *cdev) _______________________________________________ greybus-dev mailing list -- greybus-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to greybus-dev-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx