linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 159/370] USB: serial: io_ti: fix another NULL-deref at open

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Date:   Fri, 10 Mar 2017 11:46:22 +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 3.16 159/370] USB: serial: io_ti: fix another NULL-deref
 at open

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

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

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

commit 4f9785cc99feeb3673993b471f646b4dbaec2cc1 upstream.

In case a device is left in "boot-mode" we must not register any port
devices in order to avoid a NULL-pointer dereference on open due to
missing endpoints. This could be used by a malicious device to trigger
an OOPS:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000030
...
[<bf0caa84>] (edge_open [io_ti]) from [<bf0b0118>] (serial_port_activate+0x68/0x98 [usbserial])
[<bf0b0118>] (serial_port_activate [usbserial]) from [<c0470ca4>] (tty_port_open+0x9c/0xe8)
[<c0470ca4>] (tty_port_open) from [<bf0b0da0>] (serial_open+0x48/0x6c [usbserial])
[<bf0b0da0>] (serial_open [usbserial]) from [<c0469178>] (tty_open+0xcc/0x5cc)

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16:
 - No heartbeat_work to initialise earlier
 - Adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ stayinbootmode:
 	dev_dbg(dev, "%s - STAYING IN BOOT MODE\n", __func__);
 	serial->product_info.TiMode = TI_MODE_BOOT;

-	return 0;
+	return 1;
 }

@@ -2400,11 +2400,14 @@ static int edge_startup(struct usb_seria
 	usb_set_serial_data(serial, edge_serial);

 	status = download_fw(edge_serial);
-	if (status) {
+	if (status < 0) {
 		kfree(edge_serial);
 		return status;
 	}

+	if (status > 0)
+		return 1;	/* bind but do not register any ports */
+
 	return 0;
 }