linux-kernel - Re: [patch 25/46] V4L/DVB (9624): CVE-2008-5033: fix OOPS on tvaudio when controlling bass/treble

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Date:	Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:31:21 -0200
From:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Domenico Andreoli <cavokz@...il.com>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Rodrigo Rubira Branco <rbranco@...checkpoint.com>,
	Jake Edge <jake@....net>, Eugene Teo <eteo@...hat.com>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: [patch 25/46] V4L/DVB (9624): CVE-2008-5033: fix OOPS on
 tvaudio when controlling bass/treble


On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:15:51 -0800
Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> wrote:

> 2.6.27-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> 
> ------------------
> 
> From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>
> 
> commit 01a1a3cc1e3fbe718bd06a2a5d4d1a2d0fb4d7d9 upstream.
> 
> This bug were supposed to be fixed by 5ba2f67afb02c5302b2898949ed6fc3b3d37dcf1,
> where a call to NULL happens.
> 
> Not all tvaudio chips allow controlling bass/treble. So, the driver
> has a table with a flag to indicate if the chip does support it.
> 
> Unfortunately, the handling of this logic were broken for a very long
> time (probably since the first module version). Due to that, an OOPS
> were generated for devices that don't support bass/treble.

Just complementing, this was a regression, caused by dc3d75da05c3ff2dd6510c32a11deacced49d1a1.

-- 

Cheers,
Mauro
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