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SubjectRe: [PATCH] serial: sh-sci: Fix use-after-free on subsequent port startup
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 10:58:10AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> sci_request_irq() checks port->irqstr[j] for a NULL pointer, to decide
> if a fallback interrupt name string should be allocated or not.
>
> While this string is freed during port shutdown, the pointer is not
> zeroed. Hence on a subsequent startup of the port, it will still be
> pointing to the freed memory, leading to e.g.
>
> WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 404 at fs/proc/generic.c:388 __proc_create+0xbc/0x260
> name len 0
>
> or to a crash (the latter is more likely with CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB=y, due
> to the poisoning of freed memory).
>
> Instead of zeroeing the pointer at multiple places, preinitialize
> port->irqstr[j] to zero to fix this.
>
> Fixes: 8b0bbd956228ae87 ("serial: sh-sci: Add support for R7S9210")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms+renesas@verge.net.au>

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