On Mon, 3 Oct 2022 11:10:51 +0300
Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The iio_triggered_buffer_setup_ext() was changed by
> commit 15097c7a1adc ("iio: buffer: wrap all buffer attributes into iio_dev_attr")
> to silently expect that all attributes given in buffer_attrs array are
> device-attributes. This expectation was not forced by the API - and some
> drivers did register attributes created by IIO_CONST_ATTR().
>
> The added attribute "wrapping" does not copy the pointer to stored
> string constant and when the sysfs file is read the kernel will access
> to invalid location.
>
> Change the IIO_CONST_ATTRs from the driver to IIO_DEVICE_ATTR in order
> to prevent the invalid memory access.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@xxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 15097c7a1adc ("iio: buffer: wrap all buffer attributes into iio_dev_attr")
Applied to the fixes-togreg branch of iio.git and marked for stable.
Thanks,
Jonathan
>
> ---
>
> v2 => v3:
> Split change to own patch for simpler fix backporting.
> ---
> drivers/iio/accel/adxl372.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/adxl372.c b/drivers/iio/accel/adxl372.c
> index e3ecbaee61f7..bc53af809d5d 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/accel/adxl372.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/accel/adxl372.c
> @@ -998,17 +998,30 @@ static ssize_t adxl372_get_fifo_watermark(struct device *dev,
> return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", st->watermark);
> }
>
> -static IIO_CONST_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark_min, "1");
> -static IIO_CONST_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark_max,
> - __stringify(ADXL372_FIFO_SIZE));
> +static ssize_t hwfifo_watermark_min_show(struct device *dev,
> + struct device_attribute *attr,
> + char *buf)
> +{
> + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", "1");
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t hwfifo_watermark_max_show(struct device *dev,
> + struct device_attribute *attr,
> + char *buf)
> +{
> + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", __stringify(ADXL372_FIFO_SIZE));
> +}
> +
> +static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_RO(hwfifo_watermark_min, 0);
> +static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_RO(hwfifo_watermark_max, 0);
> static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark, 0444,
> adxl372_get_fifo_watermark, NULL, 0);
> static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_enabled, 0444,
> adxl372_get_fifo_enabled, NULL, 0);
>
> static const struct attribute *adxl372_fifo_attributes[] = {
> - &iio_const_attr_hwfifo_watermark_min.dev_attr.attr,
> - &iio_const_attr_hwfifo_watermark_max.dev_attr.attr,
> + &iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark_min.dev_attr.attr,
> + &iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark_max.dev_attr.attr,
> &iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark.dev_attr.attr,
> &iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_enabled.dev_attr.attr,
> NULL,
