linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 066/199] USB: serial: cyberjack: fix NULL-deref at open

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Message-ID: <lsq.1489146370.608947258@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 10 Mar 2017 11:46:10 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Johan Hovold" <johan@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 066/199] USB: serial: cyberjack: fix NULL-deref at open

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

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From: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>

commit 3dca01114dcecb1cf324534cd8d75fd1306a516b upstream.

Fix NULL-pointer dereference when clearing halt at open should the device
lack a bulk-out endpoint.

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000030
...
PC is at cyberjack_open+0x40/0x9c [cyberjack]

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: add this check to the existing
 usb_serial_driver::attach implementation]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/cyberjack.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/cyberjack.c
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ static int cyberjack_startup(struct usb_
 
 	dbg("%s", __func__);
 
+	if (serial->num_bulk_out < serial->num_ports)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	/* allocate the private data structure */
 	priv = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cyberjack_private), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!priv)