3.16.80-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Johan Hovold johan@kernel.org
commit 7d7e21fafdbc7fcf0854b877bd0975b487ed2717 upstream.
Fix NULL-pointer dereferences on open() and write() which can be triggered by a malicious USB device.
The current URB allocation helper would fail to initialise the newly allocated URB if the device has unexpected endpoint descriptors, something which could lead NULL-pointer dereferences in a number of open() and write() paths when accessing the URB. For example:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 ... RIP: 0010:usb_clear_halt+0x11/0xc0 ... Call Trace: ? tty_port_open+0x4d/0xd0 keyspan_open+0x70/0x160 [keyspan] serial_port_activate+0x5b/0x80 [usbserial] tty_port_open+0x7b/0xd0 ? check_tty_count+0x43/0xa0 tty_open+0xf1/0x490
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 ... RIP: 0010:keyspan_write+0x14e/0x1f3 [keyspan] ... Call Trace: serial_write+0x43/0xa0 [usbserial] n_tty_write+0x1af/0x4f0 ? do_wait_intr_irq+0x80/0x80 ? process_echoes+0x60/0x60 tty_write+0x13f/0x2f0
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 ... RIP: 0010:keyspan_usa26_send_setup+0x298/0x305 [keyspan] ... Call Trace: keyspan_open+0x10f/0x160 [keyspan] serial_port_activate+0x5b/0x80 [usbserial] tty_port_open+0x7b/0xd0 ? check_tty_count+0x43/0xa0 tty_open+0xf1/0x490
Fixes: fdcba53e2d58 ("fix for bugzilla #7544 (keyspan USB-to-serial converter)") Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold johan@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings ben@decadent.org.uk --- drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.c @@ -1249,8 +1249,8 @@ static struct urb *keyspan_setup_urb(str
ep_desc = find_ep(serial, endpoint); if (!ep_desc) { - /* leak the urb, something's wrong and the callers don't care */ - return urb; + usb_free_urb(urb); + return NULL; } if (usb_endpoint_xfer_int(ep_desc)) { ep_type_name = "INT";