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mlx5: use after free in mlx5_cmd_comp_handler()

PATCH Applied Dan Carpenter 3 participants 3 messages Jul 22, 2013 – Jul 24, 2013

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#0 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 mlx5: use after free in mlx5_cmd_comp_handler()

We can't dereference "ent" after passing it to free_cmd().

drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c +7 -4
index 205753a..4037406 100644
@@ -1113,7 +1113,13 @@ void mlx5_cmd_comp_handler(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, unsigned long vector)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < (1 << cmd->log_sz); i++) {
 		if (test_bit(i, &vector)) {
+			struct semaphore *sem;
+
 			ent = cmd->ent_arr[i];
+			if (ent->page_queue)
+				sem = &cmd->pages_sem;
+			else
+				sem = &cmd->sem;
 			ktime_get_ts(&ent->ts2);
 			memcpy(ent->out->first.data, ent->lay->out, sizeof(ent->lay->out));
 			dump_command(dev, ent, 0);
@@ -1136,10 +1142,7 @@ void mlx5_cmd_comp_handler(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, unsigned long vector)
 			} else {
 				complete(&ent->done);
 			}
-			if (ent->page_queue)
-				up(&cmd->pages_sem);
-			else
-				up(&cmd->sem);
+			up(sem);
 		}
 	}
 }
#1 lore raw

This race has been spotted and fixed by Moshe Lazer two weeks ago. Anyways,

Acked by Eli Cohen <[email protected]>

Quoted 38 lines · Dan Carpenter

We can't dereference "ent" after passing it to free_cmd().

drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c +7 -5
index 205753a..4037406 100644
@@ -1113,7 +1113,13 @@ void mlx5_cmd_comp_handler(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, unsigned long vector)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < (1 << cmd->log_sz); i++) {
 		if (test_bit(i, &vector)) {
+			struct semaphore *sem;
+
 			ent = cmd->ent_arr[i];
+			if (ent->page_queue)
+				sem = &cmd->pages_sem;
+			else
+				sem = &cmd->sem;
 			ktime_get_ts(&ent->ts2);
 			memcpy(ent->out->first.data, ent->lay->out, sizeof(ent->lay->out));
 			dump_command(dev, ent, 0);
@@ -1136,10 +1142,7 @@ void mlx5_cmd_comp_handler(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, unsigned long vector)
 			} else {
 				complete(&ent->done);
 			}
-			if (ent->page_queue)
-				up(&cmd->pages_sem);
-			else
-				up(&cmd->sem);
+			up(sem);
 		}
 	}
 }
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