echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/dmi-ipmi-ssif.0/driver_override

causes the kernel to panic

 ------------[ cut here ]------------
 kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:3894!
 Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] SMP
 Modules linked in: nfsv3 nfs_acl nfs lockd grace fscache sunrpc vfat fat 
crc32_ce ghash_ce sha2_ce sha256_arm64 sha1_ce cavium_rng_vf sg thunderx_edac 
cavium_rng ipmi_ssif ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler uio_pdrv_genirq uio ip_tables 
xfs libcrc32c ast nicvf i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect 
sysimgblt fb_sys_fops ttm drm nicpf i2c_thunderx i2c_core thunder_bgx 
thunder_xcv mdio_thunder mdio_cavium dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod
 CPU: 93 PID: 2668 Comm: bash Not tainted 4.15.0-rc8+ #2
 Hardware name: GIGABYTE R270-T60-00/MT60-SC0-00, BIOS T48 10/02/2017
 pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO)
 pc : kfree+0x19c/0x1a0
 lr : driver_override_store+0x90/0xc8
 sp : ffff00007c5afc40
 x29: ffff00007c5afc40 x28: ffff8107aaa4ff00
 x27: ffff000008831000 x26: 0000000000000040
 x25: 0000000000000124 x24: ffff810012208b20
 x23: ffff000008aab1b0 x22: ffff810010bfe870
 x21: ffff000008545a2c x20: ffff000008aab1b0
 x19: 0000000000000002 x18: 0000000000000000
 x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffff8107aaa4ff00
 x15: 00004bc06bf5c674 x14: ffffffffffffffff
 x13: 0000000000000010 x12: 0101010101010101
 x11: ffffff7f7f7fff7f x10: fefe7fff111b92ff
 x9 : ffffff7f7f7f7f7f x8 : 0000008000800080
 x7 : ffff7fe000022a80 x6 : ffff8100121c9382
 x5 : 0000000000000ddd x4 : ffff8107fae10460
 x3 : 0000000000000a30 x2 : 0000000000000000
 x3 : 0000000000000a30 x2 : 0000000000000000
 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff7fe000022aa0
 Process bash (pid: 2668, stack limit = 0x00000000a5d669ed)
 Call trace:
  kfree+0x19c/0x1a0
  driver_override_store+0x90/0xc8
  dev_attr_store+0x40/0x54
  sysfs_kf_write+0x5c/0x6c
  kernfs_fop_write+0xc8/0x1d0
  __vfs_write+0x58/0x180
  vfs_write+0xa8/0x1a0
  SyS_write+0x60/0xc0
  __sys_trace_return+0x0/0x4
 Code: b9406ce1 aa0703e0 97fe3f7a 17ffffd4 (d4210000)
 ---[ end trace faaeb1eb2e390c5b ]---
 Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
 SMP: stopping secondary CPUs
 Kernel Offset: disabled
 CPU features: 0x101108
 Memory Limit: none
 ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception

driver_override must be initialized to a non-constant string as it is
free'd in driver_override_store().

Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <pra...@redhat.com>
Cc: Corey Minyard <miny...@acm.org>
Cc: Tony Camuso <tcam...@redhat.com>
---
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_dmi.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_dmi.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_dmi.c
index ab78b3be7e33..e6bc8d287dc4 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_dmi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_dmi.c
@@ -58,11 +58,15 @@ static void __init dmi_add_platform_ipmi(unsigned long 
base_addr,
        memset(p, 0, sizeof(p));
 
        name = "dmi-ipmi-si";
-       override = "ipmi_si";
+       override = kzalloc(16, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!override)
+               return;
+       strcpy(override, "ipmi_si");
+
        switch (type) {
        case IPMI_DMI_TYPE_SSIF:
                name = "dmi-ipmi-ssif";
-               override = "ipmi_ssif";
+               strcpy(override, "ipmi_ssif");
                offset = 1;
                size = 1;
                si_type = SI_TYPE_INVALID;
@@ -81,6 +85,7 @@ static void __init dmi_add_platform_ipmi(unsigned long 
base_addr,
                break;
        default:
                pr_err("ipmi:dmi: Invalid IPMI type: %d\n", type);
+               kfree(override);
                return;
        }
 
-- 
2.15.0.rc0.39.g2f0e14e64


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