[PATCH v2 0/2] Console/stdio use after free

Nicolas Saenz Julienne nsaenzjulienne at suse.de
Thu Jan 28 14:12:38 CET 2021


With today's master, 70c2525c0d3c ('IOMUX: Stop dropped consoles')
introduces a use after free in usb_kbd_remove():

- usbkbd's stdio device is de-registered with stdio_deregister_dev(),
  the struct stdio_dev is freed.

- iomux_doenv() is called, usbkbd removed from the console list, and
  console_stop() is called on the struct stdio_dev pointer that no
  longer exists.

This series mitigates this by making sure the pointer is really a stdio
device prior performing the stop operation. It's not ideal, but I
couldn't figure out a nicer way to fix this.

Regards,
Nicolas

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Changes since v1:
 - Comment new function
 - Add comment stating this needs a proper fix

Nicolas Saenz Julienne (2):
  stdio: Introduce stdio_valid()
  console: Don't start/stop console if stdio device invalid

 common/console.c    |  9 +++++++++
 common/stdio.c      | 11 +++++++++++
 include/stdio_dev.h | 11 +++++++++++
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+)

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2.30.0



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