6e5cf31fbe
threshold_create_bank() creates a bank descriptor per MCA error
thresholding counter which can be controlled over sysfs. It publishes
the pointer to that bank in a per-CPU variable and then goes on to
create additional thresholding blocks if the bank has such.
However, that creation of additional blocks in
allocate_threshold_blocks() can fail, leading to a use-after-free
through the per-CPU pointer.
Therefore, publish that pointer only after all blocks have been setup
successfully.
Fixes: 019f34fccfd5 ("x86, MCE, AMD: Move shared bank to node descriptor")
Reported-by: Saar Amar <Saar.Amar@microsoft.com>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200128140846.phctkvx5btiexvbx@kili.mountain
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.