This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ipmi: ssif: initialize ssif_info->client early
to the 5.15-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:
ipmi-ssif-initialize-ssif_info-client-early.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 34f35f8f14bc406efc06ee4ff73202c6fd245d15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mian Yousaf Kaukab <ykaukab@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 10:32:39 +0100
Subject: ipmi: ssif: initialize ssif_info->client early
From: Mian Yousaf Kaukab <ykaukab@xxxxxxx>
commit 34f35f8f14bc406efc06ee4ff73202c6fd245d15 upstream.
During probe ssif_info->client is dereferenced in error path. However,
it is set when some of the error checking has already been done. This
causes following kernel crash if an error path is taken:
[ 30.645593][ T674] ipmi_ssif 0-000e: ipmi_ssif: Not probing, Interface already present
[ 30.657616][ T674] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000088
...
[ 30.657723][ T674] pc : __dev_printk+0x28/0xa0
[ 30.657732][ T674] lr : _dev_err+0x7c/0xa0
...
[ 30.657772][ T674] Call trace:
[ 30.657775][ T674] __dev_printk+0x28/0xa0
[ 30.657778][ T674] _dev_err+0x7c/0xa0
[ 30.657781][ T674] ssif_probe+0x548/0x900 [ipmi_ssif 62ce4b08badc1458fd896206d9ef69a3c31f3d3e]
[ 30.657791][ T674] i2c_device_probe+0x37c/0x3c0
...
Initialize ssif_info->client before any error path can be taken. Clear
i2c_client data in the error path to prevent the dangling pointer from
leaking.
Fixes: c4436c9149c5 ("ipmi_ssif: avoid registering duplicate ssif interface")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.4.x
Suggested-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mian Yousaf Kaukab <ykaukab@xxxxxxx>
Message-Id: <20211208093239.4432-1-ykaukab@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
@@ -1659,6 +1659,9 @@ static int ssif_probe(struct i2c_client
}
}
+ ssif_info->client = client;
+ i2c_set_clientdata(client, ssif_info);
+
rv = ssif_check_and_remove(client, ssif_info);
/* If rv is 0 and addr source is not SI_ACPI, continue probing */
if (!rv && ssif_info->addr_source == SI_ACPI) {
@@ -1679,9 +1682,6 @@ static int ssif_probe(struct i2c_client
ipmi_addr_src_to_str(ssif_info->addr_source),
client->addr, client->adapter->name, slave_addr);
- ssif_info->client = client;
- i2c_set_clientdata(client, ssif_info);
-
/* Now check for system interface capabilities */
msg[0] = IPMI_NETFN_APP_REQUEST << 2;
msg[1] = IPMI_GET_SYSTEM_INTERFACE_CAPABILITIES_CMD;
@@ -1881,6 +1881,7 @@ static int ssif_probe(struct i2c_client
dev_err(&ssif_info->client->dev,
"Unable to start IPMI SSIF: %d\n", rv);
+ i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
kfree(ssif_info);
}
kfree(resp);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from ykaukab@xxxxxxx are
queue-5.15/ipmi-ssif-initialize-ssif_info-client-early.patch
