On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 07:24:20PM +0100, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > 4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. > > ------------------ > > From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> > > commit f88982679f54f75daa5b8eff3da72508f1e7422f upstream. > > If the kzalloc() in binder_get_thread() fails, binder_poll() > dereferences the resulting NULL pointer. > > Fix it by returning POLLERR if the memory allocation failed. > > This bug was found by syzkaller using fault injection. > > Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Fixes: 457b9a6f09f0 ("Staging: android: add binder driver") > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/android/binder.c | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > --- a/drivers/android/binder.c > +++ b/drivers/android/binder.c > @@ -2622,6 +2622,8 @@ static unsigned int binder_poll(struct f > binder_lock(__func__); > > thread = binder_get_thread(proc); > + if (!thread) > + return POLLERR; > Noticed while merging into chromeos-4.4: This will cause trouble in v4.4.y. Notice the call to "binder_lock(__func__)" above. This call has been removed upstream, but not in v4.4.y. As a result, the lock won't be released, which will result in subsequent hangups if/when the function is called again. v4.9.y has the same problem. v4.14.y+ are fine. Greg - can you fix this up yourself or do you want me to send fixup patches ? It might take a few days for me to get to it. Guenter > wait_for_proc_work = thread->transaction_stack == NULL && > list_empty(&thread->todo) && thread->return_error == BR_OK;