[alsa-devel] [alsa-lib][PATCH] ucm: fix crash when calling snd_use_case_geti() with no device or modifier

[Takashi Iwai]

On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 18:11:16 +0200,
Antonio Ospite wrote:
> 
> When calling snd_use_case_geti(uc_mgr, "_devstatus", &lvalue) the code
> ends up calling device_status(uc_mgr, NULL), which result in a crash in
> strcmp(dev->name, NULL), when there are enabled devices.
> 
> This happens because snd_use_case_geti() allows a "_devstatus"
> identifier even if it's only supposed to allow the form
> "_devstatus/{device}".
> 
> So check that the device name is not null.
> 
> The same issue occurs with "_modstatus", this change fixes that as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Antonio Ospite <ao2 at ao2.it>
> ---
> 
> Hi,
> 
> the bug can be reproduced with a command like this:
> 
>   # alsaucm -n -b - <<EOM
>   open bytcr-rt5640
>   reset
>   set _verb HiFi
>   set _device Speaker
>   geti _devstatus
>   EOM
>   Segmentation fault
> 
> I decided to add the check once per command instead of doing this:
> 
>   @@ -1525,7 +1525,8 @@ int snd_use_case_geti(snd_use_case_mgr_t *uc_mgr,
>                                   goto __end;
>                            }
>                    } else {
>   -                       str = NULL;
>   +                       err = -EINVAL;
>   +                       goto __end;
>                    }
> 
> because the function body seems to be prepared to accept other forms of
> identifiers, possibly even without a "prefix/suffix" structure.

OK, applied now.


> 
> Ciao ciao,
>    Antonio
> 
> P.S. the source code in src/ucm has a mixed indentation style of TABs and
> spaces, would you accept a patch to uniform the style?

I don't mind either, leaving or fixing :)


thanks,

Takashi


> 
>  src/ucm/main.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/src/ucm/main.c b/src/ucm/main.c
> index 24d9510..d5e418e 100644
> --- a/src/ucm/main.c
> +++ b/src/ucm/main.c
> @@ -1528,12 +1528,20 @@ int snd_use_case_geti(snd_use_case_mgr_t *uc_mgr,
>                          str = NULL;
>                  }
>                  if (check_identifier(identifier, "_devstatus")) {
> +			if(!str) {
> +				err = -EINVAL;
> +				goto __end;
> +			}
>                          err = device_status(uc_mgr, str);
>  			if (err >= 0) {
>  				*value = err;
>  				err = 0;
>  			}
>  		} else if (check_identifier(identifier, "_modstatus")) {
> +			if(!str) {
> +				err = -EINVAL;
> +				goto __end;
> +			}
>                          err = modifier_status(uc_mgr, str);
>  			if (err >= 0) {
>  				*value = err;
> -- 
> 2.9.3
>