[PATCH] ipmi:msghandler: Fix potential memory corruption in ipmi_create_user()

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The "intf" list iterator is an invalid pointer if the correct
"intf->intf_num" is not found.  Calling atomic_dec(&intf->nr_users) on
and invalid pointer will lead to memory corruption.

We don't really need to call atomic_dec() if we haven't called
atomic_add_return() so update the if (intf->in_shutdown) path as well.

Fixes: 8e76741c3d8b ("ipmi: Add a limit on the number of users that may use IPMI")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 8b2c3fca9c4c..064944ae9fdc 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -1240,12 +1240,12 @@ int ipmi_create_user(unsigned int          if_num,
 	}
 	/* Not found, return an error */
 	rv = -EINVAL;
-	goto out_kfree;
+	goto out_unlock;
 
  found:
 	if (intf->in_shutdown) {
 		rv = -ENODEV;
-		goto out_kfree;
+		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
 	if (atomic_add_return(1, &intf->nr_users) > max_users) {
@@ -1293,6 +1293,7 @@ int ipmi_create_user(unsigned int          if_num,
 	} else {
 		*user = new_user;
 	}
+out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&ipmi_interfaces_mutex);
 	return rv;
 }
-- 
2.47.2





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