linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/2] usb: fix hub_configure() error handling

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Date:	Tue, 20 Aug 2013 19:24:34 +0200
From:	Krzysztof Mazur <krzysiek@...lesie.net>
To:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Daniel J Blueman <daniel@...ascale-asia.com>,
	Krzysztof Mazur <krzysiek@...lesie.net>
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] usb: fix hub_configure() error handling

Hi,

this series fixes hub_configure() error handling that causes hub->ports[i]
NULL pointer dereferences that were previously reported at:

"[PATCH] Prevent USB hub remove oops"
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=136189072520909&w=4
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=926907

This bug still exists in 3.11-rc6 and I've got an Oops during startup
caused by hub->ports[i] dereference in hub_quiesce().

The first patch implements what Alan Stern suggested in the
"[PATCH] Prevent USB hub remove oops" thread:
  "All of these problems can be fixed in hub_configure by setting
  hub->maxchild to the total number of allocated ports (or 0 if hub_ports
  can't be allocated)."
http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=136189486922963&w=4

The second patch uses slightly different approach because some
users ignore hub->maxchild and use hub->descriptor->bNbrPorts.

Krzysiek

Krzysztof Mazur (2):
  usb: fix cleanup after failure in hub_configure()
  usb: fail on usb_hub_create_port_device() errors

 drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

-- 
1.8.4.rc1.409.gbd48715

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