gpiod_request_commit() copies the pointer to the label passed as an argument only to be used later. But there's a chance the caller could immediately free the passed string (e.g., local variable). This could trigger a use after free when we use gpio label(e.g., gpiochip_unlock_as_irq(), gpiochip_is_requested()). To be on the safe side: duplicate the string with kstrdup_const() so that if an unaware user passes an address to a stack-allocated buffer, we won't get the arbitrary label. Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <smuchun@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c index 25187403e3ac..e600c5f5d9a7 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c @@ -2270,6 +2270,12 @@ static int gpiod_request_commit(struct gpio_desc *desc, const char *label) unsigned long flags; unsigned offset; + if (label) { + label = kstrdup_const(label, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!label) + return -ENOMEM; + } + spin_lock_irqsave(&gpio_lock, flags); /* NOTE: gpio_request() can be called in early boot, @@ -2280,6 +2286,7 @@ static int gpiod_request_commit(struct gpio_desc *desc, const char *label) desc_set_label(desc, label ? : "?"); status = 0; } else { + kfree_const(label); status = -EBUSY; goto done; } @@ -2296,6 +2303,7 @@ static int gpiod_request_commit(struct gpio_desc *desc, const char *label) if (status < 0) { desc_set_label(desc, NULL); + kfree_const(label); clear_bit(FLAG_REQUESTED, &desc->flags); goto done; } @@ -2391,6 +2399,7 @@ static bool gpiod_free_commit(struct gpio_desc *desc) chip->free(chip, gpio_chip_hwgpio(desc)); spin_lock_irqsave(&gpio_lock, flags); } + kfree_const(desc->label); desc_set_label(desc, NULL); clear_bit(FLAG_ACTIVE_LOW, &desc->flags); clear_bit(FLAG_REQUESTED, &desc->flags); -- 2.17.1