On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 4:24 PM Heikki Krogerus
<heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 06:06:16AM +0000, Jimmy Hu wrote:
> > It is possible that typec_register_partner() returns ERR_PTR on failure.
> > When port->partner is an error, a NULL pointer dereference may occur as
> > shown below.
> >
> > [91222.095236][ T319] typec port0: failed to register partner (-17)
> > ...
> > [91225.061491][ T319] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference
> > at virtual address 000000000000039f
> > [91225.274642][ T319] pc : tcpm_pd_data_request+0x310/0x13fc
> > [91225.274646][ T319] lr : tcpm_pd_data_request+0x298/0x13fc
> > [91225.308067][ T319] Call trace:
> > [91225.308070][ T319] tcpm_pd_data_request+0x310/0x13fc
> > [91225.308073][ T319] tcpm_pd_rx_handler+0x100/0x9e8
> > [91225.355900][ T319] kthread_worker_fn+0x178/0x58c
> > [91225.355902][ T319] kthread+0x150/0x200
> > [91225.355905][ T319] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x30
> >
> > Add a check for port->partner to avoid dereferencing a NULL pointer.
> >
> > Fixes: 5e1d4c49fbc8 ("usb: typec: tcpm: Determine common SVDM Version")
> > Signed-off-by: Jimmy Hu <hhhuuu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> No CC stable...?
Added in patch v2.
>
> > ---
> > drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c | 3 +++
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
> > index 6e843c511b85..792ec4ac7d8d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
> > @@ -1625,6 +1625,9 @@ static int tcpm_pd_svdm(struct tcpm_port *port, struct typec_altmode *adev,
> > if (PD_VDO_VID(p[0]) != USB_SID_PD)
> > break;
> >
> > + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(port->partner))
> > + break;
> > +
> > if (PD_VDO_SVDM_VER(p[0]) < svdm_version) {
> > typec_partner_set_svdm_version(port->partner,
> > PD_VDO_SVDM_VER(p[0]));
>
> --
> heikki
