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[PATCH] dell-wmi: Stop storing pointers to DMI tables

Started byAndy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
First post2016-01-03 16:00 +0100
Last post2016-01-14 11:30 +0100
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  [PATCH] dell-wmi: Stop storing pointers to DMI tables Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-01-03 16:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] dell-wmi: Stop storing pointers to DMI tables Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-01-11 23:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] dell-wmi: Stop storing pointers to DMI tables Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-01-12 15:30 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] dell-wmi: Stop storing pointers to DMI tables Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-01-13 23:30 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] dell-wmi: Stop storing pointers to DMI tables Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl> - 2016-01-14 11:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] dell-wmi: Stop storing pointers to DMI tables One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> - 2016-01-14 15:10 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] dell-wmi: Stop storing pointers to DMI tables Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> - 2016-01-14 21:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] dell-wmi: Stop storing pointers to DMI tables Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl> - 2016-01-14 11:30 +0100

#1300318 — [PATCH] dell-wmi: Stop storing pointers to DMI tables

FromAndy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Date2016-01-03 16:00 +0100
Subject[PATCH] dell-wmi: Stop storing pointers to DMI tables
Message-ID<qMSiu-6Jn-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
The dmi_walk function maps the DMI table, walks it, and unmaps it.
This means that the dell_bios_hotkey_table that find_hk_type stores
points to unmapped memory by the time it gets read.

I've been able to trigger crashes caused by the stale pointer a
couple of times, but never on a stock kernel.

Fix it by generating the keymap in the dmi_walk callback instead of
storing a pointer.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
---

This seems to work on my laptop.  It applies to platform-drivers-x86/for-next.

drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
index 57402c4c394e..52db2721d7e3 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ struct dell_bios_hotkey_table {
 
 };
 
-static const struct dell_bios_hotkey_table *dell_bios_hotkey_table;
+struct dell_dmi_results {
+	int err;
+	struct key_entry *keymap;
+};
 
 /* Uninitialized entries here are KEY_RESERVED == 0. */
 static const u16 bios_to_linux_keycode[256] __initconst = {
@@ -316,20 +319,34 @@ static void dell_wmi_notify(u32 value, void *context)
 	kfree(obj);
 }
 
-static const struct key_entry * __init dell_wmi_prepare_new_keymap(void)
+static void __init handle_dmi_table(const struct dmi_header *dm,
+				    void *opaque)
 {
-	int hotkey_num = (dell_bios_hotkey_table->header.length - 4) /
-				sizeof(struct dell_bios_keymap_entry);
+	struct dell_dmi_results *results = opaque;
+	struct dell_bios_hotkey_table *table;
 	struct key_entry *keymap;
-	int i;
+	int hotkey_num, i;
+
+	if (results->err || results->keymap)
+		return;		/* We already found the hotkey table. */
+
+	if (dm->type != 0xb2 || dm->length <= 6)
+		return;
+
+	table = container_of(dm, struct dell_bios_hotkey_table, header);
+
+	hotkey_num = (table->header.length - 4) /
+				sizeof(struct dell_bios_keymap_entry);
 
 	keymap = kcalloc(hotkey_num + 1, sizeof(struct key_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!keymap)
-		return NULL;
+	if (!keymap) {
+		results->err = -ENOMEM;
+		return;
+	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < hotkey_num; i++) {
 		const struct dell_bios_keymap_entry *bios_entry =
-					&dell_bios_hotkey_table->keymap[i];
+					&table->keymap[i];
 
 		/* Uninitialized entries are 0 aka KEY_RESERVED. */
 		u16 keycode = (bios_entry->keycode <
@@ -358,11 +375,13 @@ static const struct key_entry * __init dell_wmi_prepare_new_keymap(void)
 
 	keymap[hotkey_num].type = KE_END;
 
-	return keymap;
+	results->err = 0;
+	results->keymap = keymap;
 }
 
 static int __init dell_wmi_input_setup(void)
 {
+	struct dell_dmi_results dmi_results = {};
 	int err;
 
 	dell_wmi_input_dev = input_allocate_device();
@@ -373,20 +392,26 @@ static int __init dell_wmi_input_setup(void)
 	dell_wmi_input_dev->phys = "wmi/input0";
 	dell_wmi_input_dev->id.bustype = BUS_HOST;
 
-	if (dell_new_hk_type) {
-		const struct key_entry *keymap = dell_wmi_prepare_new_keymap();
-		if (!keymap) {
-			err = -ENOMEM;
-			goto err_free_dev;
-		}
+	err = dmi_walk(handle_dmi_table, &dmi_results);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_free_dev;
 
-		err = sparse_keymap_setup(dell_wmi_input_dev, keymap, NULL);
+	if (dmi_results.err) {
+		err = dmi_results.err;
+		goto err_free_dev;
+	}
+
+	if (dmi_results.keymap) {
+		dell_new_hk_type = true;
+
+		err = sparse_keymap_setup(dell_wmi_input_dev,
+					  dmi_results.keymap, NULL);
 
 		/*
 		 * Sparse keymap library makes a copy of keymap so we
 		 * don't need the original one that was allocated.
 		 */
-		kfree(keymap);
+		kfree(dmi_results.keymap);
 	} else {
 		err = sparse_keymap_setup(dell_wmi_input_dev,
 					  dell_wmi_legacy_keymap, NULL);
@@ -413,15 +438,6 @@ static void dell_wmi_input_destroy(void)
 	input_unregister_device(dell_wmi_input_dev);
 }
 
-static void __init find_hk_type(const struct dmi_header *dm, void *dummy)
-{
-	if (dm->type == 0xb2 && dm->length > 6) {
-		dell_new_hk_type = true;
-		dell_bios_hotkey_table =
-			container_of(dm, struct dell_bios_hotkey_table, header);
-	}
-}
-
 static int __init dell_wmi_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
@@ -432,7 +448,6 @@ static int __init dell_wmi_init(void)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	dmi_walk(find_hk_type, NULL);
 	acpi_video = acpi_video_get_backlight_type() != acpi_backlight_vendor;
 
 	err = dell_wmi_input_setup();
-- 
2.5.0

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#1306734

FromAndy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Date2016-01-11 23:00 +0100
Message-ID<qPSFk-8fi-7@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1300318
On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 6:52 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> wrote:
> The dmi_walk function maps the DMI table, walks it, and unmaps it.
> This means that the dell_bios_hotkey_table that find_hk_type stores
> points to unmapped memory by the time it gets read.
>
> I've been able to trigger crashes caused by the stale pointer a
> couple of times, but never on a stock kernel.
>
> Fix it by generating the keymap in the dmi_walk callback instead of
> storing a pointer.

Quick ping: has anyone had a chance to look at this?

--Andy

>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
> ---
>
> This seems to work on my laptop.  It applies to platform-drivers-x86/for-next.
>
> drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
> index 57402c4c394e..52db2721d7e3 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
> @@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ struct dell_bios_hotkey_table {
>
>  };
>
> -static const struct dell_bios_hotkey_table *dell_bios_hotkey_table;
> +struct dell_dmi_results {
> +       int err;
> +       struct key_entry *keymap;
> +};
>
>  /* Uninitialized entries here are KEY_RESERVED == 0. */
>  static const u16 bios_to_linux_keycode[256] __initconst = {
> @@ -316,20 +319,34 @@ static void dell_wmi_notify(u32 value, void *context)
>         kfree(obj);
>  }
>
> -static const struct key_entry * __init dell_wmi_prepare_new_keymap(void)
> +static void __init handle_dmi_table(const struct dmi_header *dm,
> +                                   void *opaque)
>  {
> -       int hotkey_num = (dell_bios_hotkey_table->header.length - 4) /
> -                               sizeof(struct dell_bios_keymap_entry);
> +       struct dell_dmi_results *results = opaque;
> +       struct dell_bios_hotkey_table *table;
>         struct key_entry *keymap;
> -       int i;
> +       int hotkey_num, i;
> +
> +       if (results->err || results->keymap)
> +               return;         /* We already found the hotkey table. */
> +
> +       if (dm->type != 0xb2 || dm->length <= 6)
> +               return;
> +
> +       table = container_of(dm, struct dell_bios_hotkey_table, header);
> +
> +       hotkey_num = (table->header.length - 4) /
> +                               sizeof(struct dell_bios_keymap_entry);
>
>         keymap = kcalloc(hotkey_num + 1, sizeof(struct key_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
> -       if (!keymap)
> -               return NULL;
> +       if (!keymap) {
> +               results->err = -ENOMEM;
> +               return;
> +       }
>
>         for (i = 0; i < hotkey_num; i++) {
>                 const struct dell_bios_keymap_entry *bios_entry =
> -                                       &dell_bios_hotkey_table->keymap[i];
> +                                       &table->keymap[i];
>
>                 /* Uninitialized entries are 0 aka KEY_RESERVED. */
>                 u16 keycode = (bios_entry->keycode <
> @@ -358,11 +375,13 @@ static const struct key_entry * __init dell_wmi_prepare_new_keymap(void)
>
>         keymap[hotkey_num].type = KE_END;
>
> -       return keymap;
> +       results->err = 0;
> +       results->keymap = keymap;
>  }
>
>  static int __init dell_wmi_input_setup(void)
>  {
> +       struct dell_dmi_results dmi_results = {};
>         int err;
>
>         dell_wmi_input_dev = input_allocate_device();
> @@ -373,20 +392,26 @@ static int __init dell_wmi_input_setup(void)
>         dell_wmi_input_dev->phys = "wmi/input0";
>         dell_wmi_input_dev->id.bustype = BUS_HOST;
>
> -       if (dell_new_hk_type) {
> -               const struct key_entry *keymap = dell_wmi_prepare_new_keymap();
> -               if (!keymap) {
> -                       err = -ENOMEM;
> -                       goto err_free_dev;
> -               }
> +       err = dmi_walk(handle_dmi_table, &dmi_results);
> +       if (err)
> +               goto err_free_dev;
>
> -               err = sparse_keymap_setup(dell_wmi_input_dev, keymap, NULL);
> +       if (dmi_results.err) {
> +               err = dmi_results.err;
> +               goto err_free_dev;
> +       }
> +
> +       if (dmi_results.keymap) {
> +               dell_new_hk_type = true;
> +
> +               err = sparse_keymap_setup(dell_wmi_input_dev,
> +                                         dmi_results.keymap, NULL);
>
>                 /*
>                  * Sparse keymap library makes a copy of keymap so we
>                  * don't need the original one that was allocated.
>                  */
> -               kfree(keymap);
> +               kfree(dmi_results.keymap);
>         } else {
>                 err = sparse_keymap_setup(dell_wmi_input_dev,
>                                           dell_wmi_legacy_keymap, NULL);
> @@ -413,15 +438,6 @@ static void dell_wmi_input_destroy(void)
>         input_unregister_device(dell_wmi_input_dev);
>  }
>
> -static void __init find_hk_type(const struct dmi_header *dm, void *dummy)
> -{
> -       if (dm->type == 0xb2 && dm->length > 6) {
> -               dell_new_hk_type = true;
> -               dell_bios_hotkey_table =
> -                       container_of(dm, struct dell_bios_hotkey_table, header);
> -       }
> -}
> -
>  static int __init dell_wmi_init(void)
>  {
>         int err;
> @@ -432,7 +448,6 @@ static int __init dell_wmi_init(void)
>                 return -ENODEV;
>         }
>
> -       dmi_walk(find_hk_type, NULL);
>         acpi_video = acpi_video_get_backlight_type() != acpi_backlight_vendor;
>
>         err = dell_wmi_input_setup();
> --
> 2.5.0
>



-- 
Andy Lutomirski
AMA Capital Management, LLC

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#1307479

FromPali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-12 15:30 +0100
Message-ID<qQ87p-28L-35@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1306734
On Monday 11 January 2016 13:58:20 Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 6:52 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> wrote:
> > The dmi_walk function maps the DMI table, walks it, and unmaps it.
> > This means that the dell_bios_hotkey_table that find_hk_type stores
> > points to unmapped memory by the time it gets read.
> >
> > I've been able to trigger crashes caused by the stale pointer a
> > couple of times, but never on a stock kernel.
> >
> > Fix it by generating the keymap in the dmi_walk callback instead of
> > storing a pointer.
> 
> Quick ping: has anyone had a chance to look at this?
> 
> --Andy
> 

Hi Andy, I looked at this patch, but I think some people from -mm or DMI
code should look at it as it is memory problem... We also has one in
dell-laptop.ko (wrong API usage) and so -mm people could know it better.

> >
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
> > ---
> >
> > This seems to work on my laptop.  It applies to platform-drivers-x86/for-next.
> >
> > drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> >  1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
> > index 57402c4c394e..52db2721d7e3 100644
> > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
> > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
> > @@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ struct dell_bios_hotkey_table {
> >
> >  };
> >
> > -static const struct dell_bios_hotkey_table *dell_bios_hotkey_table;
> > +struct dell_dmi_results {
> > +       int err;
> > +       struct key_entry *keymap;
> > +};
> >
> >  /* Uninitialized entries here are KEY_RESERVED == 0. */
> >  static const u16 bios_to_linux_keycode[256] __initconst = {
> > @@ -316,20 +319,34 @@ static void dell_wmi_notify(u32 value, void *context)
> >         kfree(obj);
> >  }
> >
> > -static const struct key_entry * __init dell_wmi_prepare_new_keymap(void)
> > +static void __init handle_dmi_table(const struct dmi_header *dm,
> > +                                   void *opaque)
> >  {
> > -       int hotkey_num = (dell_bios_hotkey_table->header.length - 4) /
> > -                               sizeof(struct dell_bios_keymap_entry);
> > +       struct dell_dmi_results *results = opaque;
> > +       struct dell_bios_hotkey_table *table;
> >         struct key_entry *keymap;
> > -       int i;
> > +       int hotkey_num, i;
> > +
> > +       if (results->err || results->keymap)
> > +               return;         /* We already found the hotkey table. */
> > +
> > +       if (dm->type != 0xb2 || dm->length <= 6)
> > +               return;
> > +
> > +       table = container_of(dm, struct dell_bios_hotkey_table, header);
> > +
> > +       hotkey_num = (table->header.length - 4) /
> > +                               sizeof(struct dell_bios_keymap_entry);
> >
> >         keymap = kcalloc(hotkey_num + 1, sizeof(struct key_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
> > -       if (!keymap)
> > -               return NULL;
> > +       if (!keymap) {
> > +               results->err = -ENOMEM;
> > +               return;
> > +       }
> >
> >         for (i = 0; i < hotkey_num; i++) {
> >                 const struct dell_bios_keymap_entry *bios_entry =
> > -                                       &dell_bios_hotkey_table->keymap[i];
> > +                                       &table->keymap[i];
> >
> >                 /* Uninitialized entries are 0 aka KEY_RESERVED. */
> >                 u16 keycode = (bios_entry->keycode <
> > @@ -358,11 +375,13 @@ static const struct key_entry * __init dell_wmi_prepare_new_keymap(void)
> >
> >         keymap[hotkey_num].type = KE_END;
> >
> > -       return keymap;
> > +       results->err = 0;
> > +       results->keymap = keymap;
> >  }
> >
> >  static int __init dell_wmi_input_setup(void)
> >  {
> > +       struct dell_dmi_results dmi_results = {};
> >         int err;
> >
> >         dell_wmi_input_dev = input_allocate_device();
> > @@ -373,20 +392,26 @@ static int __init dell_wmi_input_setup(void)
> >         dell_wmi_input_dev->phys = "wmi/input0";
> >         dell_wmi_input_dev->id.bustype = BUS_HOST;
> >
> > -       if (dell_new_hk_type) {
> > -               const struct key_entry *keymap = dell_wmi_prepare_new_keymap();
> > -               if (!keymap) {
> > -                       err = -ENOMEM;
> > -                       goto err_free_dev;
> > -               }
> > +       err = dmi_walk(handle_dmi_table, &dmi_results);
> > +       if (err)
> > +               goto err_free_dev;
> >
> > -               err = sparse_keymap_setup(dell_wmi_input_dev, keymap, NULL);
> > +       if (dmi_results.err) {
> > +               err = dmi_results.err;
> > +               goto err_free_dev;
> > +       }
> > +
> > +       if (dmi_results.keymap) {
> > +               dell_new_hk_type = true;
> > +
> > +               err = sparse_keymap_setup(dell_wmi_input_dev,
> > +                                         dmi_results.keymap, NULL);
> >
> >                 /*
> >                  * Sparse keymap library makes a copy of keymap so we
> >                  * don't need the original one that was allocated.
> >                  */
> > -               kfree(keymap);
> > +               kfree(dmi_results.keymap);
> >         } else {
> >                 err = sparse_keymap_setup(dell_wmi_input_dev,
> >                                           dell_wmi_legacy_keymap, NULL);
> > @@ -413,15 +438,6 @@ static void dell_wmi_input_destroy(void)
> >         input_unregister_device(dell_wmi_input_dev);
> >  }
> >
> > -static void __init find_hk_type(const struct dmi_header *dm, void *dummy)
> > -{
> > -       if (dm->type == 0xb2 && dm->length > 6) {
> > -               dell_new_hk_type = true;
> > -               dell_bios_hotkey_table =
> > -                       container_of(dm, struct dell_bios_hotkey_table, header);
> > -       }
> > -}
> > -
> >  static int __init dell_wmi_init(void)
> >  {
> >         int err;
> > @@ -432,7 +448,6 @@ static int __init dell_wmi_init(void)
> >                 return -ENODEV;
> >         }
> >
> > -       dmi_walk(find_hk_type, NULL);
> >         acpi_video = acpi_video_get_backlight_type() != acpi_backlight_vendor;
> >
> >         err = dell_wmi_input_setup();
> > --
> > 2.5.0
> >
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@gmail.com

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#1308872

FromAndy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Date2016-01-13 23:30 +0100
Message-ID<qQC5s-67v-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1307479
[cc: Jean Delvare]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 6:25 AM, Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday 11 January 2016 13:58:20 Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 6:52 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> wrote:
>> > The dmi_walk function maps the DMI table, walks it, and unmaps it.
>> > This means that the dell_bios_hotkey_table that find_hk_type stores
>> > points to unmapped memory by the time it gets read.
>> >
>> > I've been able to trigger crashes caused by the stale pointer a
>> > couple of times, but never on a stock kernel.
>> >
>> > Fix it by generating the keymap in the dmi_walk callback instead of
>> > storing a pointer.
>>
>> Quick ping: has anyone had a chance to look at this?
>>
>> --Andy
>>
>
> Hi Andy, I looked at this patch, but I think some people from -mm or DMI
> code should look at it as it is memory problem... We also has one in
> dell-laptop.ko (wrong API usage) and so -mm people could know it better.

Let's ask:

Jean, am I right that drivers must not store pointers to DMI tables
that they find through dmi_walk?  Is there any alternative interface
that could be used to get a longer-lived pointer to DMI tables, or
should drivers just parse them and copy out any info needed from the
dmi_walk callback?

There are at least two platform drivers (dell-wmi and dell-laptop)
that don't play well with the current interface.  This patch is
intended to fix one of them.

--Andy

>
>> >
>> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>> > Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
>> > ---
>> >
>> > This seems to work on my laptop.  It applies to platform-drivers-x86/for-next.
>> >
>> > drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>> >  1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
>> > index 57402c4c394e..52db2721d7e3 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
>> > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
>> > @@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ struct dell_bios_hotkey_table {
>> >
>> >  };
>> >
>> > -static const struct dell_bios_hotkey_table *dell_bios_hotkey_table;
>> > +struct dell_dmi_results {
>> > +       int err;
>> > +       struct key_entry *keymap;
>> > +};
>> >
>> >  /* Uninitialized entries here are KEY_RESERVED == 0. */
>> >  static const u16 bios_to_linux_keycode[256] __initconst = {
>> > @@ -316,20 +319,34 @@ static void dell_wmi_notify(u32 value, void *context)
>> >         kfree(obj);
>> >  }
>> >
>> > -static const struct key_entry * __init dell_wmi_prepare_new_keymap(void)
>> > +static void __init handle_dmi_table(const struct dmi_header *dm,
>> > +                                   void *opaque)
>> >  {
>> > -       int hotkey_num = (dell_bios_hotkey_table->header.length - 4) /
>> > -                               sizeof(struct dell_bios_keymap_entry);
>> > +       struct dell_dmi_results *results = opaque;
>> > +       struct dell_bios_hotkey_table *table;
>> >         struct key_entry *keymap;
>> > -       int i;
>> > +       int hotkey_num, i;
>> > +
>> > +       if (results->err || results->keymap)
>> > +               return;         /* We already found the hotkey table. */
>> > +
>> > +       if (dm->type != 0xb2 || dm->length <= 6)
>> > +               return;
>> > +
>> > +       table = container_of(dm, struct dell_bios_hotkey_table, header);
>> > +
>> > +       hotkey_num = (table->header.length - 4) /
>> > +                               sizeof(struct dell_bios_keymap_entry);
>> >
>> >         keymap = kcalloc(hotkey_num + 1, sizeof(struct key_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
>> > -       if (!keymap)
>> > -               return NULL;
>> > +       if (!keymap) {
>> > +               results->err = -ENOMEM;
>> > +               return;
>> > +       }
>> >
>> >         for (i = 0; i < hotkey_num; i++) {
>> >                 const struct dell_bios_keymap_entry *bios_entry =
>> > -                                       &dell_bios_hotkey_table->keymap[i];
>> > +                                       &table->keymap[i];
>> >
>> >                 /* Uninitialized entries are 0 aka KEY_RESERVED. */
>> >                 u16 keycode = (bios_entry->keycode <
>> > @@ -358,11 +375,13 @@ static const struct key_entry * __init dell_wmi_prepare_new_keymap(void)
>> >
>> >         keymap[hotkey_num].type = KE_END;
>> >
>> > -       return keymap;
>> > +       results->err = 0;
>> > +       results->keymap = keymap;
>> >  }
>> >
>> >  static int __init dell_wmi_input_setup(void)
>> >  {
>> > +       struct dell_dmi_results dmi_results = {};
>> >         int err;
>> >
>> >         dell_wmi_input_dev = input_allocate_device();
>> > @@ -373,20 +392,26 @@ static int __init dell_wmi_input_setup(void)
>> >         dell_wmi_input_dev->phys = "wmi/input0";
>> >         dell_wmi_input_dev->id.bustype = BUS_HOST;
>> >
>> > -       if (dell_new_hk_type) {
>> > -               const struct key_entry *keymap = dell_wmi_prepare_new_keymap();
>> > -               if (!keymap) {
>> > -                       err = -ENOMEM;
>> > -                       goto err_free_dev;
>> > -               }
>> > +       err = dmi_walk(handle_dmi_table, &dmi_results);
>> > +       if (err)
>> > +               goto err_free_dev;
>> >
>> > -               err = sparse_keymap_setup(dell_wmi_input_dev, keymap, NULL);
>> > +       if (dmi_results.err) {
>> > +               err = dmi_results.err;
>> > +               goto err_free_dev;
>> > +       }
>> > +
>> > +       if (dmi_results.keymap) {
>> > +               dell_new_hk_type = true;
>> > +
>> > +               err = sparse_keymap_setup(dell_wmi_input_dev,
>> > +                                         dmi_results.keymap, NULL);
>> >
>> >                 /*
>> >                  * Sparse keymap library makes a copy of keymap so we
>> >                  * don't need the original one that was allocated.
>> >                  */
>> > -               kfree(keymap);
>> > +               kfree(dmi_results.keymap);
>> >         } else {
>> >                 err = sparse_keymap_setup(dell_wmi_input_dev,
>> >                                           dell_wmi_legacy_keymap, NULL);
>> > @@ -413,15 +438,6 @@ static void dell_wmi_input_destroy(void)
>> >         input_unregister_device(dell_wmi_input_dev);
>> >  }
>> >
>> > -static void __init find_hk_type(const struct dmi_header *dm, void *dummy)
>> > -{
>> > -       if (dm->type == 0xb2 && dm->length > 6) {
>> > -               dell_new_hk_type = true;
>> > -               dell_bios_hotkey_table =
>> > -                       container_of(dm, struct dell_bios_hotkey_table, header);
>> > -       }
>> > -}
>> > -
>> >  static int __init dell_wmi_init(void)
>> >  {
>> >         int err;
>> > @@ -432,7 +448,6 @@ static int __init dell_wmi_init(void)
>> >                 return -ENODEV;
>> >         }
>> >
>> > -       dmi_walk(find_hk_type, NULL);
>> >         acpi_video = acpi_video_get_backlight_type() != acpi_backlight_vendor;
>> >
>> >         err = dell_wmi_input_setup();
>> > --
>> > 2.5.0
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Pali Rohár
> pali.rohar@gmail.com



-- 
Andy Lutomirski
AMA Capital Management, LLC

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#1309134

FromMichał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl>
Date2016-01-14 11:00 +0100
Message-ID<qQMRc-5dh-23@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1308872
> > Hi Andy, I looked at this patch, but I think some people from -mm or DMI
> > code should look at it as it is memory problem... We also has one in
> > dell-laptop.ko (wrong API usage) and so -mm people could know it better.

> There are at least two platform drivers (dell-wmi and dell-laptop)
> that don't play well with the current interface.  This patch is
> intended to fix one of them.

Pali, Andy,

Could you point out the exact place where dell-laptop errs?  AFAICT, it
only has one use of dmi_walk(), the callback there calls
parse_da_table(), which does the right thing, i.e. krealloc()'ing memory
and then memcpy()'ing table contents there...

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Kępień

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#1309299

FromOne Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date2016-01-14 15:10 +0100
Message-ID<qQQL8-8bA-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1308872
> Jean, am I right that drivers must not store pointers to DMI tables
> that they find through dmi_walk?  Is there any alternative interface
> that could be used to get a longer-lived pointer to DMI tables, or
> should drivers just parse them and copy out any info needed from the
> dmi_walk callback?

The easiest long term solution might be to just map the dmi buffer once
and keep it. It's not that huge so it's not a big address space hog.

Alan

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#1309624

FromJean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>
Date2016-01-14 21:20 +0100
Message-ID<qQWxb-3FW-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1309299
Hi Alan,

On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:07:31 +0000, One Thousand Gnomes wrote:
> > Jean, am I right that drivers must not store pointers to DMI tables
> > that they find through dmi_walk?  Is there any alternative interface
> > that could be used to get a longer-lived pointer to DMI tables, or
> > should drivers just parse them and copy out any info needed from the
> > dmi_walk callback?
> 
> The easiest long term solution might be to just map the dmi buffer once
> and keep it. It's not that huge so it's not a big address space hog.

Please note that SMBIOS specification version 3.0 allows for 32-bit
length for DMI tables, suggesting that 64k tables were not large enough
for everyone.

Just saying. I have no strong opinion on the matter.

-- 
Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support

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#1309159

FromMichał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl>
Date2016-01-14 11:30 +0100
Message-ID<qQNke-5Dw-23@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1300318
> The dmi_walk function maps the DMI table, walks it, and unmaps it.
> This means that the dell_bios_hotkey_table that find_hk_type stores
> points to unmapped memory by the time it gets read.
> 
> I've been able to trigger crashes caused by the stale pointer a
> couple of times, but never on a stock kernel.
> 
> Fix it by generating the keymap in the dmi_walk callback instead of
> storing a pointer.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
> ---
> 
> This seems to work on my laptop.  It applies to platform-drivers-x86/for-next.
> 
> drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
> index 57402c4c394e..52db2721d7e3 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
> @@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ struct dell_bios_hotkey_table {
>  
>  };
>  
> -static const struct dell_bios_hotkey_table *dell_bios_hotkey_table;
> +struct dell_dmi_results {
> +	int err;
> +	struct key_entry *keymap;

Nit: keymap can be a const struct key_entry *.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Kępień

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