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nfc: nci: fix potential NULL pointer dereference

Message ID 20170612220223.GA6326@embeddedgus (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Delegated to: Samuel Ortiz
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Commit Message

Gustavo A. R. Silva June 12, 2017, 10:02 p.m. UTC
NULL check at line 76: if (conn_info) {, implies that pointer conn_info
might be NULL, but this pointer is being previously dereferenced,
which might cause a NULL pointer dereference.

Add NULL check before dereferencing pointer conn_info in order to
avoid a potential NULL pointer dereference.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1362349
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@embeddedor.com>
---
 net/nfc/nci/core.c | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Comments

Guenter Roeck June 13, 2017, 12:31 a.m. UTC | #1
On 06/12/2017 03:28 PM, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Hi Guenter,
> 
> Please, see my comments below
> 
> Quoting Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>:
> 
>> On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 05:02:23PM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
>>> NULL check at line 76: if (conn_info) {, implies that pointer conn_info
>>> might be NULL, but this pointer is being previously dereferenced,
>>> which might cause a NULL pointer dereference.
>>>
>>> Add NULL check before dereferencing pointer conn_info in order to
>>> avoid a potential NULL pointer dereference.
>>>
>>> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1362349
>>> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@embeddedor.com>
>>> ---
>>>  net/nfc/nci/core.c | 11 +++++------
>>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/core.c b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
>>> index 61fff42..d2198ce 100644
>>> --- a/net/nfc/nci/core.c
>>> +++ b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
>>> @@ -70,14 +70,13 @@ int nci_get_conn_info_by_dest_type_params(struct nci_dev *ndev, u8 dest_type,
>>>      struct nci_conn_info *conn_info;
>>>
>>>      list_for_each_entry(conn_info, &ndev->conn_info_list, list) {
>>
>> conn_info is set in list_for_each_entry() using container_of(),
>> which is never NULL. Plus, it is dereferenced there as well.
>> The check is unnecessary.
>>
> 
> Thanks for clarifying.
> 
>> Guenter
>>
>>> -        if (conn_info->dest_type == dest_type) {
>>> +        if (conn_info && conn_info->dest_type == dest_type) {
>>>              if (!params)
>>>                  return conn_info->conn_id;
>>> -            if (conn_info) {
> 
> So, this NULL check could be removed as it seems it is not useful at all ?
> 
Exactly.

>>> -                if (params->id == conn_info->dest_params->id &&
>>> -                    params->protocol == conn_info->dest_params->protocol)
>>> -                    return conn_info->conn_id;
>>> -            }
>>> +
>>> +            if (params->id == conn_info->dest_params->id &&
>>> +                params->protocol == conn_info->dest_params->protocol)
>>> +                return conn_info->conn_id;
>>>          }
>>>      }
>>>
> 
> Thank you
> -- 
> Gustavo A. R. Silva
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
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Patch

diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/core.c b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
index 61fff42..d2198ce 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
@@ -70,14 +70,13 @@  int nci_get_conn_info_by_dest_type_params(struct nci_dev *ndev, u8 dest_type,
 	struct nci_conn_info *conn_info;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(conn_info, &ndev->conn_info_list, list) {
-		if (conn_info->dest_type == dest_type) {
+		if (conn_info && conn_info->dest_type == dest_type) {
 			if (!params)
 				return conn_info->conn_id;
-			if (conn_info) {
-				if (params->id == conn_info->dest_params->id &&
-				    params->protocol == conn_info->dest_params->protocol)
-					return conn_info->conn_id;
-			}
+
+			if (params->id == conn_info->dest_params->id &&
+			    params->protocol == conn_info->dest_params->protocol)
+				return conn_info->conn_id;
 		}
 	}