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media: hackrf: fix to not free memory after the device is registered in hackrf_probe()
commit 3b7da2b upstream. In hackrf driver, the following race condition occurs: ``` CPU0 CPU1 hackrf_probe() kzalloc(); // alloc hackrf_dev .... v4l2_device_register(); .... fd = sys_open("/path/to/dev"); // open hackrf fd .... v4l2_device_unregister(); .... kfree(); // free hackrf_dev .... sys_ioctl(fd, ...); v4l2_ioctl(); video_is_registered() // UAF!! .... sys_close(fd); v4l2_release() // UAF!! hackrf_video_release() kfree(); // DFB!! ``` When a V4L2 or video device is unregistered, the device node is removed so new open() calls are blocked. However, file descriptors that are already open-and any in-flight I/O-do not terminate immediately; they remain valid until the last reference is dropped and the driver's release() is invoked. Therefore, freeing device memory on the error path after hackrf_probe() has registered dev it will lead to a race to use-after-free vuln, since those already-open handles haven't been released yet. And since release() free memory too, race to use-after-free and double-free vuln occur. To prevent this, if device is registered from probe(), it should be modified to free memory only through release() rather than calling kfree() directly. Cc: <[email protected]> Reported-by: [email protected] Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=6ffd76b5405c006a46b7 Reported-by: [email protected] Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f1b20958f93d2d250727 Fixes: 8bc4a9e ("[media] hackrf: add support for transmitter") Signed-off-by: Jeongjun Park <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
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drivers/media/usb/hackrf/hackrf.c

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@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ static int hackrf_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
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if (ret) {
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dev_err(dev->dev,
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"Failed to register as video device (%d)\n", ret);
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goto err_v4l2_device_unregister;
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goto err_v4l2_device_put;
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}
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dev_info(dev->dev, "Registered as %s\n",
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video_device_node_name(&dev->rx_vdev));
@@ -1513,8 +1513,9 @@ static int hackrf_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
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return 0;
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err_video_unregister_device_rx:
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video_unregister_device(&dev->rx_vdev);
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err_v4l2_device_unregister:
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v4l2_device_unregister(&dev->v4l2_dev);
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err_v4l2_device_put:
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v4l2_device_put(&dev->v4l2_dev);
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return ret;
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err_v4l2_ctrl_handler_free_tx:
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v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&dev->tx_ctrl_handler);
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err_v4l2_ctrl_handler_free_rx:

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