linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] USB: don't read past config->interface[] if usb_control_msg() fails in usb_reset

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Date:	Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:40:02 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	roel kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
Cc:	Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: don't read past config->interface[] if
 usb_control_msg() fails in usb_reset_configuration()

On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 11:09:45PM +0100, roel kluin wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Sarah Sharp
> <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 05:01:53PM +0100, Roel Kluin wrote:
> >> After the loop `for (i = 0; i < config->desc.bNumInterfaces; i++)' if no
> >> break occurred, i equals config->desc.bNumInterfaces. so if
> >> usb_control_msg() failed then after goto reset_old_alts we read from
> >> config->interface[config->desc.bNumInterfaces].
> >> We can safely decrement i as well if the break occurred.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
> >> Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
> >
> > Bah, yes, you're right. :)  Good catch.
> 
> Could you please confirm whether this patch is the better or the
> other (in this same thread)?

Can someone tell me which one is the correct one to apply, but resending
it to me?

thanks,

greg k-h
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