Zhou Qingyang, this is exactly the patch Neil wrote, except you just stuck your name on it. Not nice. Neil, can you post your patch with your own Signed-off-by, then I'll take that one. Regards, Hans On 15/12/2021 04:35, Zhou Qingyang wrote: > In amvdec_add_ts(), there is a dereference of kzalloc(), which could lead > to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of kzalloc(). > > Fix this bug by adding a NULL check of new_ts. > > This bug was found by a static analyzer[1]. > > Builds with CONFIG_VIDEO_MESON_VDEC=m show no new warnings, > and our static analyzer no longer warns about this code. > > Fixes: 876f123b8956 ("media: meson: vdec: bring up to compliance") > Signed-off-by: Zhou Qingyang <zhou1615@xxxxxxx> > --- > > [1] The analysis employs differential checking to identify inconsistent > security operations (e.g., checks or kfrees) between two code paths and > confirms that the inconsistent operations are not recovered in the > current function or the callers, so they constitute bugs. > > Note that, as a bug found by static analysis, it can be a false > positive or hard to trigger. Multiple researchers have cross-reviewed > the bug. > > Changes in v3: > - Change the description of patch > - Turn the return type from 'void' to 'int' > - Check the return value in the caller 'esparser_queue()' > > Changes in v2: > - Delete dev_err() message > > drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/esparser.c | 7 ++++++- > drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c | 8 ++++++-- > drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.h | 4 ++-- > 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/esparser.c b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/esparser.c > index db7022707ff8..095100a50da8 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/esparser.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/esparser.c > @@ -328,7 +328,12 @@ esparser_queue(struct amvdec_session *sess, struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *vbuf) > > offset = esparser_get_offset(sess); > > - amvdec_add_ts(sess, vb->timestamp, vbuf->timecode, offset, vbuf->flags); > + ret = amvdec_add_ts(sess, vb->timestamp, vbuf->timecode, offset, vbuf->flags); > + if (!ret) { > + v4l2_m2m_buf_done(vbuf, VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR); > + return ret; > + } > + > dev_dbg(core->dev, "esparser: ts = %llu pld_size = %u offset = %08X flags = %08X\n", > vb->timestamp, payload_size, offset, vbuf->flags); > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c > index b9125c295d1d..06fd66539797 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c > @@ -227,13 +227,16 @@ int amvdec_set_canvases(struct amvdec_session *sess, > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(amvdec_set_canvases); > > -void amvdec_add_ts(struct amvdec_session *sess, u64 ts, > - struct v4l2_timecode tc, u32 offset, u32 vbuf_flags) > +int amvdec_add_ts(struct amvdec_session *sess, u64 ts, > + struct v4l2_timecode tc, u32 offset, u32 vbuf_flags) > { > struct amvdec_timestamp *new_ts; > unsigned long flags; > > new_ts = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_ts), GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!new_ts) > + return -ENOMEM; > + > new_ts->ts = ts; > new_ts->tc = tc; > new_ts->offset = offset; > @@ -242,6 +245,7 @@ void amvdec_add_ts(struct amvdec_session *sess, u64 ts, > spin_lock_irqsave(&sess->ts_spinlock, flags); > list_add_tail(&new_ts->list, &sess->timestamps); > spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sess->ts_spinlock, flags); > + return 0; > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(amvdec_add_ts); > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.h b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.h > index 88137d15aa3a..4bf3e61d081b 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.h > +++ b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.h > @@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ void amvdec_dst_buf_done_offset(struct amvdec_session *sess, > * @offset: offset in the VIFIFO where the associated packet was written > * @flags: the vb2_v4l2_buffer flags > */ > -void amvdec_add_ts(struct amvdec_session *sess, u64 ts, > - struct v4l2_timecode tc, u32 offset, u32 flags); > +int amvdec_add_ts(struct amvdec_session *sess, u64 ts, > + struct v4l2_timecode tc, u32 offset, u32 flags); > void amvdec_remove_ts(struct amvdec_session *sess, u64 ts); > > /**