[PATCH v2 03/13] powerpc/eeh: Fix use-after-release of EEH driver

Sam Bobroff sbobroff at linux.ibm.com
Fri May 25 13:11:30 AEST 2018


Correct two cases where eeh_pcid_get() is used to reference the driver's
module but the reference is dropped before the driver pointer is used.

In eeh_rmv_device() also refactor a little so that only two calls to
eeh_pcid_put() are needed, rather than three and the reference isn't
taken at all if it wasn't needed.

Signed-off-by: Sam Bobroff <sbobroff at linux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
index 07e0a42035ce..54333f6c9d67 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
@@ -458,9 +458,11 @@ static void *eeh_add_virt_device(void *data, void *userdata)
 
 	driver = eeh_pcid_get(dev);
 	if (driver) {
-		eeh_pcid_put(dev);
-		if (driver->err_handler)
+		if (driver->err_handler) {
+			eeh_pcid_put(dev);
 			return NULL;
+		}
+		eeh_pcid_put(dev);
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_IOV
@@ -497,17 +499,19 @@ static void *eeh_rmv_device(void *data, void *userdata)
 	if (eeh_dev_removed(edev))
 		return NULL;
 
-	driver = eeh_pcid_get(dev);
-	if (driver) {
-		eeh_pcid_put(dev);
-		if (removed &&
-		    eeh_pe_passed(edev->pe))
-			return NULL;
-		if (removed &&
-		    driver->err_handler &&
-		    driver->err_handler->error_detected &&
-		    driver->err_handler->slot_reset)
+	if (removed) {
+		if (eeh_pe_passed(edev->pe))
 			return NULL;
+		driver = eeh_pcid_get(dev);
+		if (driver) {
+			if (driver->err_handler &&
+			    driver->err_handler->error_detected &&
+			    driver->err_handler->slot_reset) {
+				eeh_pcid_put(dev);
+				return NULL;
+			}
+			eeh_pcid_put(dev);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Remove it from PCI subsystem */
-- 
2.16.1.74.g9b0b1f47b



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