When device_register() return failed, program will goto out_kfree_type
to release 'cdev->device' by put_device(). That will call thermal_release()
to free 'cdev'. But the follow-up processes access 'cdev' continually.
That trggers the UAF bug.
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BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __thermal_cooling_device_register+0x75b/0xa90
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0xe2/0x152
print_address_description.constprop.0+0x21/0x140
? __thermal_cooling_device_register+0x75b/0xa90
kasan_report.cold+0x7f/0x11b
? __thermal_cooling_device_register+0x75b/0xa90
__thermal_cooling_device_register+0x75b/0xa90
? memset+0x20/0x40
? __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x1d/0x50
? __devres_alloc_node+0x130/0x180
devm_thermal_of_cooling_device_register+0x67/0xf0
max6650_probe.cold+0x557/0x6aa
......
Freed by task 258:
kasan_save_stack+0x1b/0x40
kasan_set_track+0x1c/0x30
kasan_set_free_info+0x20/0x30
__kasan_slab_free+0x109/0x140
kfree+0x117/0x4c0
thermal_release+0xa0/0x110
device_release+0xa7/0x240
kobject_put+0x1ce/0x540
put_device+0x20/0x30
__thermal_cooling_device_register+0x731/0xa90
devm_thermal_of_cooling_device_register+0x67/0xf0
max6650_probe.cold+0x557/0x6aa [max6650]
Do not use 'cdev' again after put_device() to fix the problem like doing
in thermal_zone_device_register().
[dlezcano]: as requested by Rafael, change the affectation into two statements.
Fixes:
584837618100 ("thermal/drivers/core: Use a char pointer for the cooling device name")
Signed-off-by: Ziyang Xuan <william.xuanziyang@huawei.com>
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211015024504.947520-1-william.xuanziyang@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>