[PATCH] fix a NULL pointer dereference in amdgpu_connector_lcd_native_mode()

Zhou Qingyang zhou1615 at umn.edu
Tue Nov 30 11:18:30 UTC 2021


In amdgpu_connector_lcd_native_mode(), the return value of
drm_mode_duplicate() is assigned to mode, and there is a dereference
of it in amdgpu_connector_lcd_native_mode(), which will lead to a NULL
pointer dereference on failure of drm_mode_duplicate().

Fix this bug add a check of mode.

This bug was found by a static analyzer. The analysis employs
differential checking to identify inconsistent security operations
(e.g., checks or kfrees) between two code paths and confirms that the
inconsistent operations are not recovered in the current function or
the callers, so they constitute bugs.

Note that, as a bug found by static analysis, it can be a false
positive or hard to trigger. Multiple researchers have cross-reviewed
the bug.

Builds with CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU=m show no new warnings, and
our static analyzer no longer warns about this code.

Fixes: d38ceaf99ed0 ("drm/amdgpu: add core driver (v4)")
Signed-off-by: Zhou Qingyang <zhou1615 at umn.edu>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_connectors.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_connectors.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_connectors.c
index 0de66f59adb8..0170aa84c5e6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_connectors.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_connectors.c
@@ -387,6 +387,9 @@ amdgpu_connector_lcd_native_mode(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 	    native_mode->vdisplay != 0 &&
 	    native_mode->clock != 0) {
 		mode = drm_mode_duplicate(dev, native_mode);
+		if (!mode)
+			return NULL;
+
 		mode->type = DRM_MODE_TYPE_PREFERRED | DRM_MODE_TYPE_DRIVER;
 		drm_mode_set_name(mode);
 
-- 
2.25.1



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