From: Krzysztof Kozlowski krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com
commit 24990423267ec283b9d86f07f362b753eb9b0ed5 upstream.
Interrupt handler processes multiple message write requests one after another, till the driver message queue is drained. However if driver encounters a read message without preceding START, it stops the I2C transfer as it is an invalid condition for the controller. At least the comment describes a requirement "the controller forces us to send a new START when we change direction". This stop results in clearing the message queue (i2c->msg = NULL).
The code however immediately jumped back to label "retry_write" which dereferenced the "i2c->msg" making it a possible NULL pointer dereference.
The Coverity analysis: 1. Condition !is_msgend(i2c), taking false branch. if (!is_msgend(i2c)) {
2. Condition !is_lastmsg(i2c), taking true branch. } else if (!is_lastmsg(i2c)) {
3. Condition i2c->msg->flags & 1, taking true branch. if (i2c->msg->flags & I2C_M_RD) {
4. write_zero_model: Passing i2c to s3c24xx_i2c_stop, which sets i2c->msg to NULL. s3c24xx_i2c_stop(i2c, -EINVAL);
5. Jumping to label retry_write. goto retry_write;
6. var_deref_model: Passing i2c to is_msgend, which dereferences null i2c->msg. if (!is_msgend(i2c)) {"
All previous calls to s3c24xx_i2c_stop() in this interrupt service routine are followed by jumping to end of function (acknowledging the interrupt and returning). This seems a reasonable choice also here since message buffer was entirely emptied.
Addresses-Coverity: Explicit null dereferenced Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang wsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org --- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c @@ -499,8 +499,10 @@ static int i2c_s3c_irq_nextbyte(struct s /* cannot do this, the controller * forces us to send a new START * when we change direction */ - + dev_dbg(i2c->dev, + "missing START before write->read\n"); s3c24xx_i2c_stop(i2c, -EINVAL); + break; }
goto retry_write;