[alsa-devel] [PATCH] Fix access of freed memory in namehints

Takashi Iwai tiwai at suse.de
Thu Sep 19 18:44:27 CEST 2013


At Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:21:44 -0400,
David Henningsson wrote:
> 
> Sometimes a hook manipulates the config tree, which makes currently
> running iterators point to freed memory. As a workaround, make two
> copies, one for the iterators and another for the hooks.
> 
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1008600
> Signed-off-by: David Henningsson <david.henningsson at canonical.com>

Thanks, applied.


Takashi

> ---
>  src/control/namehint.c | 22 +++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/control/namehint.c b/src/control/namehint.c
> index 8d5e925..28975a4 100644
> --- a/src/control/namehint.c
> +++ b/src/control/namehint.c
> @@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ static const next_devices_t next_devices[] = {
>  };
>  #endif
>  
> -static int add_card(snd_config_t *config, struct hint_list *list, int card)
> +static int add_card(snd_config_t *config, snd_config_t *rw_config, struct hint_list *list, int card)
>  {
>  	int err, ok;
>  	snd_config_t *conf, *n;
> @@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static int add_card(snd_config_t *config, struct hint_list *list, int card)
>  			ok = 0;
>  			for (device = 0; err >= 0 && device <= max_device; device++) {
>  				list->device = device;
> -				err = try_config(config, list, list->siface, str);
> +				err = try_config(rw_config, list, list->siface, str);
>  				if (err < 0)
>  					break;
>  				ok++;
> @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static int add_card(snd_config_t *config, struct hint_list *list, int card)
>  		if (err < 0) {
>  			list->card = card;
>  			list->device = -1;
> -			err = try_config(config, list, list->siface, str);
> +			err = try_config(rw_config, list, list->siface, str);
>  		}
>  		if (err == -ENOMEM)
>  			goto __error;
> @@ -493,7 +493,8 @@ static int get_card_name(struct hint_list *list, int card)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static int add_software_devices(snd_config_t *config, struct hint_list *list)
> +static int add_software_devices(snd_config_t *config, snd_config_t *rw_config,
> +				struct hint_list *list)
>  {
>  	int err;
>  	snd_config_t *conf, *n;
> @@ -509,7 +510,7 @@ static int add_software_devices(snd_config_t *config, struct hint_list *list)
>  			continue;
>  		list->card = -1;
>  		list->device = -1;
> -		err = try_config(config, list, list->siface, str);
> +		err = try_config(rw_config, list, list->siface, str);
>  		if (err == -ENOMEM)
>  			return -ENOMEM;
>  	}
> @@ -547,7 +548,7 @@ int snd_device_name_hint(int card, const char *iface, void ***hints)
>  	struct hint_list list;
>  	char ehints[24];
>  	const char *str;
> -	snd_config_t *conf, *local_config = NULL;
> +	snd_config_t *conf, *local_config = NULL, *local_config_rw = NULL;
>  	snd_config_update_t *local_config_update = NULL;
>  	snd_config_iterator_t i, next;
>  	int err;
> @@ -557,6 +558,7 @@ int snd_device_name_hint(int card, const char *iface, void ***hints)
>  	err = snd_config_update_r(&local_config, &local_config_update, NULL);
>  	if (err < 0)
>  		return err;
> +	err = snd_config_copy(&local_config_rw, local_config);
>  	list.list = NULL;
>  	list.count = list.allocated = 0;
>  	list.siface = iface;
> @@ -586,9 +588,9 @@ int snd_device_name_hint(int card, const char *iface, void ***hints)
>  	if (card >= 0) {
>  		err = get_card_name(&list, card);
>  		if (err >= 0)
> -			err = add_card(local_config, &list, card);
> +			err = add_card(local_config, local_config_rw, &list, card);
>  	} else {
> -		add_software_devices(local_config, &list);
> +		add_software_devices(local_config, local_config_rw, &list);
>  		err = snd_card_next(&card);
>  		if (err < 0)
>  			goto __error;
> @@ -596,7 +598,7 @@ int snd_device_name_hint(int card, const char *iface, void ***hints)
>  			err = get_card_name(&list, card);
>  			if (err < 0)
>  				goto __error;
> -			err = add_card(local_config, &list, card);
> +			err = add_card(local_config, local_config_rw, &list, card);
>  			if (err < 0)
>  				goto __error;
>  			err = snd_card_next(&card);
> @@ -630,6 +632,8 @@ int snd_device_name_hint(int card, const char *iface, void ***hints)
>        		if (list.cardname)
>  	      		free(list.cardname);
>  	}
> +	if (local_config_rw)
> +		snd_config_delete(local_config_rw);
>  	if (local_config)
>  		snd_config_delete(local_config);
>  	if (local_config_update)
> -- 
> 1.8.3.2
> 


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