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Tue, 04 Aug 2020 07:33:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: hwmon: (sis5595) potential null pointer dereference in probe To: Evgeny Novikov , Jean Delvare Cc: linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel References: <856951596540762@mail.yandex.ru> From: Guenter Roeck Autocrypt: addr=linux@roeck-us.net; keydata= xsFNBE6H1WcBEACu6jIcw5kZ5dGeJ7E7B2uweQR/4FGxH10/H1O1+ApmcQ9i87XdZQiB9cpN RYHA7RCEK2dh6dDccykQk3bC90xXMPg+O3R+C/SkwcnUak1UZaeK/SwQbq/t0tkMzYDRxfJ7 nyFiKxUehbNF3r9qlJgPqONwX5vJy4/GvDHdddSCxV41P/ejsZ8PykxyJs98UWhF54tGRWFl 7i1xvaDB9lN5WTLRKSO7wICuLiSz5WZHXMkyF4d+/O5ll7yz/o/JxK5vO/sduYDIlFTvBZDh gzaEtNf5tQjsjG4io8E0Yq0ViobLkS2RTNZT8ICq/Jmvl0SpbHRvYwa2DhNsK0YjHFQBB0FX IdhdUEzNefcNcYvqigJpdICoP2e4yJSyflHFO4dr0OrdnGLe1Zi/8Xo/2+M1dSSEt196rXaC kwu2KgIgmkRBb3cp2vIBBIIowU8W3qC1+w+RdMUrZxKGWJ3juwcgveJlzMpMZNyM1jobSXZ0 VHGMNJ3MwXlrEFPXaYJgibcg6brM6wGfX/LBvc/haWw4yO24lT5eitm4UBdIy9pKkKmHHh7s jfZJkB5fWKVdoCv/omy6UyH6ykLOPFugl+hVL2Prf8xrXuZe1CMS7ID9Lc8FaL1ROIN/W8Vk BIsJMaWOhks//7d92Uf3EArDlDShwR2+D+AMon8NULuLBHiEUQARAQABzTJHdWVudGVyIFJv ZWNrIChMaW51eCBhY2NvdW50KSA8bGludXhAcm9lY2stdXMubmV0PsLBgQQTAQIAKwIbAwYL CQgHAwIGFQgCCQoLBBYCAwECHgECF4ACGQEFAlVcphcFCRmg06EACgkQyx8mb86fmYFg0RAA nzXJzuPkLJaOmSIzPAqqnutACchT/meCOgMEpS5oLf6xn5ySZkl23OxuhpMZTVX+49c9pvBx hpvl5bCWFu5qC1jC2eWRYU+aZZE4sxMaAGeWenQJsiG9lP8wkfCJP3ockNu0ZXXAXwIbY1O1 c+l11zQkZw89zNgWgKobKzrDMBFOYtAh0pAInZ9TSn7oA4Ctejouo5wUugmk8MrDtUVXmEA9 7f9fgKYSwl/H7dfKKsS1bDOpyJlqhEAH94BHJdK/b1tzwJCFAXFhMlmlbYEk8kWjcxQgDWMu GAthQzSuAyhqyZwFcOlMCNbAcTSQawSo3B9yM9mHJne5RrAbVz4TWLnEaX8gA5xK3uCNCeyI sqYuzA4OzcMwnnTASvzsGZoYHTFP3DQwf2nzxD6yBGCfwNGIYfS0i8YN8XcBgEcDFMWpOQhT Pu3HeztMnF3HXrc0t7e5rDW9zCh3k2PA6D2NV4fews9KDFhLlTfCVzf0PS1dRVVWM+4jVl6l HRIAgWp+2/f8dx5vPc4Ycp4IsZN0l1h9uT7qm1KTwz+sSl1zOqKD/BpfGNZfLRRxrXthvvY8 BltcuZ4+PGFTcRkMytUbMDFMF9Cjd2W9dXD35PEtvj8wnEyzIos8bbgtLrGTv/SYhmPpahJA l8hPhYvmAvpOmusUUyB30StsHIU2LLccUPPOwU0ETofVZwEQALlLbQeBDTDbwQYrj0gbx3bq 7kpKABxN2MqeuqGr02DpS9883d/t7ontxasXoEz2GTioevvRmllJlPQERVxM8gQoNg22twF7 pB/zsrIjxkE9heE4wYfN1AyzT+AxgYN6f8hVQ7Nrc9XgZZe+8IkuW/Nf64KzNJXnSH4u6nJM J2+Dt274YoFcXR1nG76Q259mKwzbCukKbd6piL+VsT/qBrLhZe9Ivbjq5WMdkQKnP7gYKCAi pNVJC4enWfivZsYupMd9qn7Uv/oCZDYoBTdMSBUblaLMwlcjnPpOYK5rfHvC4opxl+P/Vzyz 6WC2TLkPtKvYvXmdsI6rnEI4Uucg0Au/Ulg7aqqKhzGPIbVaL+U0Wk82nz6hz+WP2ggTrY1w ZlPlRt8WM9w6WfLf2j+PuGklj37m+KvaOEfLsF1v464dSpy1tQVHhhp8LFTxh/6RWkRIR2uF I4v3Xu/k5D0LhaZHpQ4C+xKsQxpTGuYh2tnRaRL14YMW1dlI3HfeB2gj7Yc8XdHh9vkpPyuT nY/ZsFbnvBtiw7GchKKri2gDhRb2QNNDyBnQn5mRFw7CyuFclAksOdV/sdpQnYlYcRQWOUGY HhQ5eqTRZjm9z+qQe/T0HQpmiPTqQcIaG/edgKVTUjITfA7AJMKLQHgp04Vylb+G6jocnQQX JqvvP09whbqrABEBAAHCwWUEGAECAA8CGwwFAlVcpi8FCRmg08MACgkQyx8mb86fmYHNRQ/+ J0OZsBYP4leJvQF8lx9zif+v4ZY/6C9tTcUv/KNAE5leyrD4IKbnV4PnbrVhjq861it/zRQW cFpWQszZyWRwNPWUUz7ejmm9lAwPbr8xWT4qMSA43VKQ7ZCeTQJ4TC8kjqtcbw41SjkjrcTG wF52zFO4bOWyovVAPncvV9eGA/vtnd3xEZXQiSt91kBSqK28yjxAqK/c3G6i7IX2rg6pzgqh hiH3/1qM2M/LSuqAv0Rwrt/k+pZXE+B4Ud42hwmMr0TfhNxG+X7YKvjKC+SjPjqp0CaztQ0H nsDLSLElVROxCd9m8CAUuHplgmR3seYCOrT4jriMFBtKNPtj2EE4DNV4s7k0Zy+6iRQ8G8ng QjsSqYJx8iAR8JRB7Gm2rQOMv8lSRdjva++GT0VLXtHULdlzg8VjDnFZ3lfz5PWEOeIMk7Rj trjv82EZtrhLuLjHRCaG50OOm0hwPSk1J64R8O3HjSLdertmw7eyAYOo4RuWJguYMg5DRnBk WkRwrSuCn7UG+qVWZeKEsFKFOkynOs3pVbcbq1pxbhk3TRWCGRU5JolI4ohy/7JV1TVbjiDI HP/aVnm6NC8of26P40Pg8EdAhajZnHHjA7FrJXsy3cyIGqvg9os4rNkUWmrCfLLsZDHD8FnU mDW4+i+XlNFUPUYMrIKi9joBhu18ssf5i5Q= Message-ID: <23dceaac-526d-4ee3-40de-cf354b0aeabd@roeck-us.net> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 07:33:15 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.10.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <856951596540762@mail.yandex.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 8/4/20 4:50 AM, Evgeny Novikov wrote: > sis5595_pci_probe() registers platform driver callbacks and just then > initializes global pointer variable s_bridge. sis5595_probe() may > dereference it before this happens that can result in null pointer > dereference. > sis5595_probe() is only called after the device is registered, which happens in sis5595_device_add() after s_bridge is set. This is a southbridge, so there won't be any hot insertion/removal events. > We can not swap registration of platform driver callbacks with > initialization of s_bridge since sm_sis5595_exit() assumes the > current order. Perhaps it has sense to implement a pci_driver.remove > callback that will take care about deregistration of platform driver > callbacks. > Agreed regarding the remove function. However, given the age of the chip, I'd rather remove the driver than spending time on cleanup efforts. This looks like a perfect candidate for depreciation. Guenter