linux-kernel - [ 072/110] HID: check for NULL field when setting values

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Message-Id: <20130925001331.226584362@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 24 Sep 2013 17:15:10 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Subject: [ 072/110] HID: check for NULL field when setting values

3.10-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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

From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

commit be67b68d52fa28b9b721c47bb42068f0c1214855 upstream.

Defensively check that the field to be worked on is not NULL.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/hid/hid-core.c |    7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -1156,7 +1156,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hid_output_report);
 
 int hid_set_field(struct hid_field *field, unsigned offset, __s32 value)
 {
-	unsigned size = field->report_size;
+	unsigned size;
+
+	if (!field)
+		return -1;
+
+	size = field->report_size;
 
 	hid_dump_input(field->report->device, field->usage + offset, value);
 


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