2.6.28-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Marcin Slusarz commit 327d74f6b65ddc8a042c43c11fdd4be0bb354668 upstream. Fix oops introduced by commit ae93a55bf948753de0bb8e43fa9c027f786abb05 (emi26: use request_firmware()): usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice emi26 - firmware loader 1-1:1.0: emi26_probe start usb 1-1: firmware: requesting emi26/loader.fw usb 1-1: firmware: requesting emi26/bitstream.fw usb 1-1: firmware: requesting emi26/firmware.fw usb 1-1: emi26_set_reset - 1 usb 1-1: emi26_set_reset - 0 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000 IP: [] emi26_probe+0x2f7/0x620 [emi26] *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb1/1-1/firmware/1-1/loading Modules linked in: emi26(+) ipv6 cpufreq_ondemand coretemp arc4 ecb iwl3945 irtty_sir sir_dev nsc_ircc ehci_hcd uhci_hcd mac80211 irda usbcore snd_hda_intel thinkpad_acpi rfkill hwmon led_class e1000e snd_pcm cfg80211 snd_timer crc_ccitt snd snd_page_alloc aes_generic Pid: 5082, comm: modprobe Not tainted (2.6.28 #2) 17023QG EIP: 0060:[] EFLAGS: 00010206 CPU: 0 EIP is at emi26_probe+0x2f7/0x620 [emi26] EAX: 0000015c EBX: 00000000 ECX: c1ffd9c0 EDX: 00000000 ESI: 0000015c EDI: f6bb215c EBP: f6bb0400 ESP: f00ebcfc DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0033 SS: 0068 Process modprobe (pid: 5082, ti=f00ea000 task=f5c7c700 task.ti=f00ea000) Stack: 0000015c 000000a5 f6a67cb8 f80dc7e0 c01c6262 fbef2986 f6bb2000 00008fe0 0000015c f715f748 f715f740 f715f738 f715f748 f6a67c00 f80dd040 f80dcfc0 f6bb0400 fbacb290 f6a67c94 fbae0160 c01c70bf 00000000 f6a67c1c 00000000 Call Trace: [] sysfs_add_one+0x12/0x50 [] usb_probe_interface+0xa0/0x140 [usbcore] [] sysfs_create_link+0xf/0x20 [] driver_probe_device+0x82/0x180 [] usb_match_id+0x3b/0x50 [usbcore] [] __driver_attach+0x7e/0x80 [] bus_for_each_dev+0x3a/0x60 [] driver_attach+0x16/0x20 [] __driver_attach+0x0/0x80 [] bus_add_driver+0x1a1/0x220 [] driver_register+0x4d/0x120 [] idr_get_empty_slot+0xf2/0x290 [] usb_register_driver+0x81/0x100 [usbcore] [] emi26_init+0x0/0x14 [emi26] [] do_one_initcall+0x36/0x1b0 [] sysfs_ilookup_test+0x0/0x10 [] ifind+0x31/0x90 [] __sysfs_add_one+0x59/0x80 [] sysfs_addrm_finish+0x14/0x1c0 [] __vunmap+0xa3/0xd0 [] load_module+0x1544/0x1640 [] sys_init_module+0x87/0x1b0 [] sys_read+0x41/0x70 [] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x21 [] wait_for_common+0x40/0x110 Code: 66 c1 e8 08 66 09 d0 75 a5 31 d2 89 e8 e8 72 fc ff ff 85 c0 0f 88 9a 02 00 00 b8 fa 00 00 00 e8 30 46 05 c8 8b 74 24 28 8b 5e 04 <8b> 03 89 44 24 1c 0f c8 89 44 24 1c 0f b7 4b 04 c7 44 24 20 00 EIP: [] emi26_probe+0x2f7/0x620 [emi26] SS:ESP 0068:f00ebcfc ---[ end trace 2eefa13825431230 ]--- After the last "package" of firmware data is sent to the device, we dereference NULL pointer (on access to rec->addr). Fix it. Reported--by: David Flatz Tested-by: David Flatz Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz Cc: David Woodhouse Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/usb/misc/emi26.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/usb/misc/emi26.c +++ b/drivers/usb/misc/emi26.c @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static int emi26_load_firmware (struct u err("%s - error loading firmware: error = %d", __func__, err); goto wraperr; } - } while (i > 0); + } while (rec); /* Assert reset (stop the CPU in the EMI) */ err = emi26_set_reset(dev,1); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/