Make chr in the QemuConsole object a strong reference to the referenced chardev device. This prevents a use after free error if the chardev device goes away unexpectedly.
To reproduce the error start qemu-system built with address sanitizer with the the following command line options. -display sdl -chardev vc,id=test0,cols=132,rows=50. Open the monitor console with CTRL-ALT-3 and remove the unconnected chardev device test0. (qemu) chardev-remove test0 Open the text console test0 with CTRL-ALT-2 and type a character. QEMU immediately exits with this error message. ==28148==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-use-after-free on address 0x60e000043778 at pc 0x558712ba7125 bp 0x7fff270980b0 sp 0x7fff270980a8 READ of size 8 at 0x60e000043778 thread T0 #0 0x558712ba7124 in qemu_chr_be_can_write ../qemu-master/chardev/char.c:188 #1 0x558711624770 in kbd_send_chars ../qemu-master/ui/console.c:1113 #2 0x558711634e91 in kbd_put_keysym_console ../qemu-master/ui/console.c:1175 #3 0x55871163532a in kbd_put_string_console ../qemu-master/ui/console.c:1221 #4 0x5587120a21e4 in handle_textinput ../qemu-master/ui/sdl2.c:464 #5 0x5587120a21e4 in sdl2_poll_events ../qemu-master/ui/sdl2.c:650 #6 0x5587116269c3 in dpy_refresh ../qemu-master/ui/console.c:1673 #7 0x5587116269c3 in gui_update ../qemu-master/ui/console.c:158 #8 0x558712d3a919 in timerlist_run_timers ../qemu-master/util/qemu-timer.c:573 #9 0x558712d3b183 in qemu_clock_run_timers ../qemu-master/util/qemu-timer.c:587 #10 0x558712d3b183 in qemu_clock_run_all_timers ../qemu-master/util/qemu-timer.c:669 #11 0x558712d286d9 in main_loop_wait ../qemu-master/util/main-loop.c:542 #12 0x5587123d313b in qemu_main_loop ../qemu-master/softmmu/runstate.c:726 #13 0x5587115f989d in main ../qemu-master/softmmu/main.c:50 #14 0x7f832ee0934c in __libc_start_main (/lib64/libc.so.6+0x2534c) #15 0x55871160b6e9 in _start (/home/ruemelin/rpmbuild/BUILD/qemu-6.1.50-build/ qemu-system-x86_64+0x1f4f6e9) Signed-off-by: Volker Rümelin <vr_q...@t-online.de> --- ui/console.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c index 29a3e3f0f5..1ef5a96295 100644 --- a/ui/console.c +++ b/ui/console.c @@ -2264,6 +2264,7 @@ static void vc_chr_open(Chardev *chr, } s->chr = chr; + object_ref(chr); drv->console = s; if (display_state) { -- 2.31.1