ALSA: emu8000: Fix a use after free in snd_emu8000_create_mixer

Our code analyzer reported a uaf. In snd_emu8000_create_mixer, the callee snd_ctl_add(..,emu->controls[i]) calls snd_ctl_add_replace(.., kcontrol,..). Inside snd_ctl_add_replace(), if error happens, kcontrol will be freed by snd_ctl_free_one(kcontrol). Then emu->controls[i] points to a freed memory, and the execution comes to __error branch of snd_emu8000_create_mixer. The freed emu->controls[i] is used in snd_ctl_remove(card, emu->controls[i]). My patch set emu->controls[i] to NULL if snd_ctl_add() failed to avoid the uaf. Signed-off-by: Lv Yunlong <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <[email protected]>
ambv · Apr 26, 2021 · 1c98f57 · 1c98f57
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diff --git a/sound/isa/sb/emu8000.c b/sound/isa/sb/emu8000.c
@@ -1029,8 +1029,10 @@ snd_emu8000_create_mixer(struct snd_card *card, struct snd_emu8000 *emu)
 
 	memset(emu->controls, 0, sizeof(emu->controls));
 	for (i = 0; i < EMU8000_NUM_CONTROLS; i++) {
-		if ((err = snd_ctl_add(card, emu->controls[i] = snd_ctl_new1(mixer_defs[i], emu))) < 0)
+		if ((err = snd_ctl_add(card, emu->controls[i] = snd_ctl_new1(mixer_defs[i], emu))) < 0) {
+			emu->controls[i] = NULL;
 			goto __error;
+		}
 	}
 	return 0;