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authorRussell Currey <ruscur@russell.cc>2017-04-19 10:39:26 +0300
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>2017-05-02 15:41:43 +0300
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powerpc/eeh: Avoid use after free in eeh_handle_special_event()
eeh_handle_special_event() is called when an EEH event is detected but can't be narrowed down to a specific PE. This function looks through every PE to find one in an erroneous state, then calls the regular event handler eeh_handle_normal_event() once it knows which PE has an error. However, if eeh_handle_normal_event() found that the PE cannot possibly be recovered, it will free it, rendering the passed PE stale. This leads to a use after free in eeh_handle_special_event() as it attempts to clear the "recovering" state on the PE after eeh_handle_normal_event() returns. Thus, make sure the PE is valid when attempting to clear state in eeh_handle_special_event(). Fixes: 8a6b1bc70dbb ("powerpc/eeh: EEH core to handle special event") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.11+ Reported-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@ozlabs.ru> Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <ruscur@russell.cc> Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gwshan@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
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