linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] USB: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in usb

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:36:51 +0800
From:	wangyanqing <udknight@...il.com>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in usb_disconnect()

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:21:18AM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> If, in drivers/usb/core/hub.c::usb_disconnect(), 'udev' is NULL, then
> we'll never get to the printing of a debug message and returning from
> the function since we'll have already dereferenced the NULL pointer in
> the bus_to_hcd(udev->bus) call.
> This patch moves the dereference to after the test for NULL, thus
> avoiding that potential crash.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/core/hub.c |    4 +++-
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
>  disclaimer: compile tested only.
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> index a428aa0..0a98c76 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> @@ -1634,13 +1634,15 @@ void usb_disconnect(struct usb_device **pdev)
>  {
>  	struct usb_device	*udev = *pdev;
>  	int			i;
> -	struct usb_hcd		*hcd = bus_to_hcd(udev->bus);
> +	struct usb_hcd		*hcd;
>  
>  	if (!udev) {
>  		pr_debug ("%s nodev\n", __func__);
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> +	hcd = bus_to_hcd(udev->bus);
> +
>  	/* mark the device as inactive, so any further urb submissions for
>  	 * this device (and any of its children) will fail immediately.
>  	 * this quiesces everything except pending urbs.
> -- 
> 1.7.6
> 
> 
> -- 
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Hello,All.Just a question,should we add the NULL checker code at everywhere that 
dereference pointer in kernel? If so,it will scare me.
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