This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled nfc: fix NULL ptr dereference in llcp_sock_getname() after failed connect to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: nfc-fix-null-ptr-dereference-in-llcp_sock_getname-after-failed-connect.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 4ac06a1e013cf5fdd963317ffd3b968560f33bba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 09:21:38 +0200 Subject: nfc: fix NULL ptr dereference in llcp_sock_getname() after failed connect From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 4ac06a1e013cf5fdd963317ffd3b968560f33bba upstream. It's possible to trigger NULL pointer dereference by local unprivileged user, when calling getsockname() after failed bind() (e.g. the bind fails because LLCP_SAP_MAX used as SAP): BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 CPU: 1 PID: 426 Comm: llcp_sock_getna Not tainted 5.13.0-rc2-next-20210521+ #9 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-1 04/01/2014 Call Trace: llcp_sock_getname+0xb1/0xe0 __sys_getpeername+0x95/0xc0 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xd5/0x180 ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x1c/0x40 __x64_sys_getpeername+0x11/0x20 do_syscall_64+0x36/0x70 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae This can be reproduced with Syzkaller C repro (bind followed by getpeername): https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=14def446e00000 Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: d646960f7986 ("NFC: Initial LLCP support") Reported-by: syzbot+80fb126e7f7d8b1a5914@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reported-by: butt3rflyh4ck <butterflyhuangxx@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210531072138.5219-1-krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/nfc/llcp_sock.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c +++ b/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ static int llcp_sock_bind(struct socket if (!llcp_sock->service_name) { nfc_llcp_local_put(llcp_sock->local); llcp_sock->local = NULL; + llcp_sock->dev = NULL; ret = -ENOMEM; goto put_dev; } @@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ static int llcp_sock_bind(struct socket llcp_sock->local = NULL; kfree(llcp_sock->service_name); llcp_sock->service_name = NULL; + llcp_sock->dev = NULL; ret = -EADDRINUSE; goto put_dev; } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-5.4/nfc-fix-null-ptr-dereference-in-llcp_sock_getname-after-failed-connect.patch