linux-kernel - Re: [usb-storage] BUG: SCSI: usb storage SDHC card doesn't work in 2.6.27-rc1

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:28:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@...hat.com>
cc:	Douglas Gilbert <dougg@...que.net>,
	Matthew Dharm <mdharm-kernel@...-eyed-alien.net>,
	Matt Frost <artusemrys@...global.net>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	USB Storage list <usb-storage@...ts.one-eyed-alien.net>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Matthew Frost <artusemrys@...oo.com>
Subject: Re: [usb-storage] BUG: SCSI: usb storage SDHC card doesn't work in
 2.6.27-rc1

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Pete Zaitcev wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:00:10 -0400 (EDT), Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote:
> 
> > +++ 2.6.26/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c
> > @@ -1034,8 +1034,21 @@ int usb_stor_Bulk_transport(struct scsi_
> > +		/* Heuristically detect devices that generate bogus residues
> > +		 * by seeing what happens with INQUIRY and READ CAPACITY
> > +		 * commands.
> > +		 */
> > +		if (bcs->Status == US_BULK_STAT_OK &&
> > +				scsi_get_resid(srb) == 0 &&
> > +					((srb->cmnd[0] == INQUIRY &&
> > +						transfer_length == 36) ||
> > +					(srb->cmnd[0] == READ_CAPACITY &&
> > +						transfer_length == 8))) {
> > +			us->flags |= US_FL_IGNORE_RESIDUE;
> 
> Why do you do this for INQUIRY and READ_CAPACITY only?
> Why not do it for any command?

Because those are the only two commands for which I'm reasonably
certain the device should never return a nonzero residue with Okay
status.  For other commands there might be a valid positive residue --
although if there is then the device should also return Check Condition
status (the spec is unclear on this point).

Actually I'm a little concerned about the READ CAPACITY command; it's
conceivable that a removable-media device with no media present might
return a valid positive residue.  However the chance of something like
that happening and causing a problem is probably sufficiently small
that we can ignore it.

Alan Stern

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/