net: moxa: fix UAF in moxart_mac_probe
authorPavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
Fri, 9 Jul 2021 14:09:53 +0000 (17:09 +0300)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Fri, 9 Jul 2021 18:01:01 +0000 (11:01 -0700)
In case of netdev registration failure the code path will
jump to init_fail label:

init_fail:
netdev_err(ndev, "init failed\n");
moxart_mac_free_memory(ndev);
irq_map_fail:
free_netdev(ndev);
return ret;

So, there is no need to call free_netdev() before jumping
to error handling path, since it can cause UAF or double-free
bug.

Fixes: 6c821bd9edc9 ("net: Add MOXA ART SoCs ethernet driver")
Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c

index 5249b64f4fc549a0fdf30df5b7aa9d523ea76f36..49def6934cad1bbe8ed5fe1a5146d3bc31d49e36 100644 (file)
@@ -540,10 +540,8 @@ static int moxart_mac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
        SET_NETDEV_DEV(ndev, &pdev->dev);
 
        ret = register_netdev(ndev);
-       if (ret) {
-               free_netdev(ndev);
+       if (ret)
                goto init_fail;
-       }
 
        netdev_dbg(ndev, "%s: IRQ=%d address=%pM\n",
                   __func__, ndev->irq, ndev->dev_addr);