linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 2/2] usb: core: Remove redundant vmap checks

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Date:   Thu, 10 Oct 2019 15:28:29 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
        Allison Randal <allison@...utok.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Semmle Security Reports <security-reports@...mle.com>,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] usb: core: Remove redundant vmap checks

Now that the vmap area checks are being performed in the DMA
infrastructure directly, there is no need to repeat them in USB.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c | 8 +-------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
index f225eaa98ff8..281568d464f9 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
@@ -1410,10 +1410,7 @@ int usb_hcd_map_urb_for_dma(struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct urb *urb,
 		if (hcd->self.uses_pio_for_control)
 			return ret;
 		if (hcd_uses_dma(hcd)) {
-			if (is_vmalloc_addr(urb->setup_packet)) {
-				WARN_ONCE(1, "setup packet is not dma capable\n");
-				return -EAGAIN;
-			} else if (object_is_on_stack(urb->setup_packet)) {
+			if (object_is_on_stack(urb->setup_packet)) {
 				WARN_ONCE(1, "setup packet is on stack\n");
 				return -EAGAIN;
 			}
@@ -1479,9 +1476,6 @@ int usb_hcd_map_urb_for_dma(struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct urb *urb,
 					ret = -EAGAIN;
 				else
 					urb->transfer_flags |= URB_DMA_MAP_PAGE;
-			} else if (is_vmalloc_addr(urb->transfer_buffer)) {
-				WARN_ONCE(1, "transfer buffer not dma capable\n");
-				ret = -EAGAIN;
 			} else if (object_is_on_stack(urb->transfer_buffer)) {
 				WARN_ONCE(1, "transfer buffer is on stack\n");
 				ret = -EAGAIN;
-- 
2.17.1