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author | Russell Currey <ruscur@russell.cc> | 2017-04-19 10:39:26 +0300 |
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committer | Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> | 2017-05-02 15:41:43 +0300 |
commit | daeba2956f32f91f3493788ff6ee02fb1b2f02fa (patch) | |
tree | 8c87a0fdeb9e2078a24846ea41c0a242daf0c26a /Documentation/networking/vortex.txt | |
parent | a715626a8e904e7226915d1bc4885317ea9da141 (diff) | |
download | linux-daeba2956f32f91f3493788ff6ee02fb1b2f02fa.tar.xz |
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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