linux-kernel - [PATCH] watchdog: pcwd_usb: fix NULL-deref at probe

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Message-Id: <20170313124945.28923-1-johan@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:49:45 +0100
From:   Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To:     Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
Cc:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] watchdog: pcwd_usb: fix NULL-deref at probe

Make sure to check the number of endpoints to avoid dereferencing a
NULL-pointer should a malicious device lack endpoints.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
index 99ebf6ea3de6..5615f4013924 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
@@ -630,6 +630,9 @@ static int usb_pcwd_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
+	if (iface_desc->desc.bNumEndpoints < 1)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	/* check out the endpoint: it has to be Interrupt & IN */
 	endpoint = &iface_desc->endpoint[0].desc;
 
-- 
2.12.0