linux-kernel - [PATCH] USB: gadget: don't dereference g until after it has been null checked

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Date:   Tue, 14 Nov 2017 16:18:28 +0000
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Felipe Balbi <balbi@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] USB: gadget: don't dereference g until after it has been null checked

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Avoid dereferencing pointer g until after g has been sanity null checked;
move the assignment of cdev much later when it is required into a more
local scope.

Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1222135 ("Dereference before null check")

Fixes: b785ea7ce662 ("usb: gadget: composite: fix ep->maxburst initialization")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c
index eec14e6ed20b..77c7ecca816a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ int config_ep_by_speed(struct usb_gadget *g,
 			struct usb_function *f,
 			struct usb_ep *_ep)
 {
-	struct usb_composite_dev	*cdev = get_gadget_data(g);
 	struct usb_endpoint_descriptor *chosen_desc = NULL;
 	struct usb_descriptor_header **speed_desc = NULL;
 
@@ -226,8 +225,12 @@ int config_ep_by_speed(struct usb_gadget *g,
 			_ep->maxburst = comp_desc->bMaxBurst + 1;
 			break;
 		default:
-			if (comp_desc->bMaxBurst != 0)
+			if (comp_desc->bMaxBurst != 0) {
+				struct usb_composite_dev *cdev;
+
+				cdev = get_gadget_data(g);
 				ERROR(cdev, "ep0 bMaxBurst must be 0\n");
+			}
 			_ep->maxburst = 1;
 			break;
 		}
-- 
2.14.1