linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 10/95] [media] dvb-usb-firmware: don't do DMA on stack

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Date:   Sun, 16 Jul 2017 14:56:38 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        "Stefan Brüns" <stefan.bruens@...h-aachen.de>,
        "Mauro Carvalho Chehab" <mchehab@...pensource.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 10/95] [media] dvb-usb-firmware: don't do DMA on stack

3.2.91-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@...h-aachen.de>

commit 67b0503db9c29b04eadfeede6bebbfe5ddad94ef upstream.

The buffer allocation for the firmware data was changed in
commit 43fab9793c1f ("[media] dvb-usb: don't use stack for firmware load")
but the same applies for the reset value.

Fixes: 43fab9793c1f ("[media] dvb-usb: don't use stack for firmware load")
Signed-off-by: Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@...h-aachen.de>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust filename]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c | 22 ++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c
@@ -36,16 +36,18 @@ static int usb_cypress_writemem(struct u
 int usb_cypress_load_firmware(struct usb_device *udev, const struct firmware *fw, int type)
 {
 	struct hexline *hx;
-	u8 reset;
-	int ret,pos=0;
+	u8 *buf;
+	int ret, pos = 0;
+	u16 cpu_cs_register = cypress[type].cpu_cs_register;
 
-	hx = kmalloc(sizeof(*hx), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!hx)
+	buf = kmalloc(sizeof(*hx), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	hx = (struct hexline *)buf;
 
 	/* stop the CPU */
-	reset = 1;
-	if ((ret = usb_cypress_writemem(udev,cypress[type].cpu_cs_register,&reset,1)) != 1)
+	buf[0] = 1;
+	if (usb_cypress_writemem(udev, cpu_cs_register, buf, 1) != 1)
 		err("could not stop the USB controller CPU.");
 
 	while ((ret = dvb_usb_get_hexline(fw, hx, &pos)) > 0) {
@@ -62,21 +64,21 @@ int usb_cypress_load_firmware(struct usb
 	}
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		err("firmware download failed at %d with %d",pos,ret);
-		kfree(hx);
+		kfree(buf);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		/* restart the CPU */
-		reset = 0;
-		if (ret || usb_cypress_writemem(udev,cypress[type].cpu_cs_register,&reset,1) != 1) {
+		buf[0] = 0;
+		if (usb_cypress_writemem(udev, cpu_cs_register, buf, 1) != 1) {
 			err("could not restart the USB controller CPU.");
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 		}
 	} else
 		ret = -EIO;
 
-	kfree(hx);
+	kfree(buf);
 
 	return ret;
 }