Re: [PATCH -next] tee: fix possible error pointer ctx dereferencing

[Jens Wiklander]

Hi,

On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 7:02 AM Sumit Garg  wrote:
>
> Add check for valid ctx pointer and then only dereference ctx to
> configure supp_nowait flag.
>
> Fixes: 42bf4152d8a7 ("tee: add supp_nowait flag in tee_context struct")
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter 
> Signed-off-by: Sumit Garg 
> ---
>  drivers/tee/tee_core.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

I see that Arnd picked this one up the arm/drivers branch too. Thanks
for the help Arnd!

Cheers,
Jens

[PATCH -next] tee: fix possible error pointer ctx dereferencing

[Sumit Garg]

Add check for valid ctx pointer and then only dereference ctx to
configure supp_nowait flag.

Fixes: 42bf4152d8a7 ("tee: add supp_nowait flag in tee_context struct")
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter 
Signed-off-by: Sumit Garg 
---
 drivers/tee/tee_core.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tee/tee_core.c b/drivers/tee/tee_core.c
index 25f3b9c..06fbfc0 100644
--- a/drivers/tee/tee_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tee/tee_core.c
@@ -993,7 +993,9 @@ tee_client_open_context(struct tee_context *start,
 * tee_client_open_session() if any in kernel client requires
 * different behaviour.
 */
-   ctx->supp_nowait = true;
+   if (!IS_ERR(ctx))
+   ctx->supp_nowait = true;
+
return ctx;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tee_client_open_context);
-- 
2.7.4