linux-kernel - [41/83] USB: mos7720: fix DMA to stack

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Date:	Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:01:38 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Johan Hovold" <jhovold@...il.com>
Subject: [41/83] USB: mos7720: fix DMA to stack

3.2.47-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>

commit 72ea18a558ed7a63a50bb121ba60d73b5b38ae30 upstream.

The read_mos_reg function is called with stack-allocated buffers, which
must not be used for control messages.

Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/usb/serial/mos7720.c |   17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/usb/serial/mos7720.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/mos7720.c
@@ -234,11 +234,22 @@ static int read_mos_reg(struct usb_seria
 	__u8 requesttype = (__u8)0xc0;
 	__u16 index = get_reg_index(reg);
 	__u16 value = get_reg_value(reg, serial_portnum);
-	int status = usb_control_msg(usbdev, pipe, request, requesttype, value,
-				     index, data, 1, MOS_WDR_TIMEOUT);
-	if (status < 0)
+	u8 *buf;
+	int status;
+
+	buf = kmalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	status = usb_control_msg(usbdev, pipe, request, requesttype, value,
+				     index, buf, 1, MOS_WDR_TIMEOUT);
+	if (status == 1)
+		*data = *buf;
+	else if (status < 0)
 		dev_err(&usbdev->dev,
 			"mos7720: usb_control_msg() failed: %d", status);
+	kfree(buf);
+
 	return status;
 }
 

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