linux-kernel - Re: WARNING in hif_usb_alloc_rx_urbs/usb_submit

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Date:   Fri, 26 Aug 2022 10:45:16 -0400
From:   Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:     Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@...ras.ru>
Cc:     Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>,
        ath9k-devel@....qualcomm.com, ldv-project@...uxtesting.org,
        eli.billauer@...il.com,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        andreyknvl@...gle.com, gustavoars@...nel.org,
        ingrassia@...genesys.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        oneukum@...e.com, tiwai@...e.de, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: WARNING in hif_usb_alloc_rx_urbs/usb_submit_urb

On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 04:14:48PM +0300, Fedor Pchelkin wrote:
> Sat, 10 Oct 2020 at 04:08:19 UTC+3, Alan Stern wrote:
> > Index: usb-devel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- usb-devel.orig/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c
> > +++ usb-devel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c
> > @@ -1307,6 +1307,20 @@ static int ath9k_hif_usb_probe(struct us
> > struct usb_device *udev = interface_to_usbdev(interface);
> > struct hif_device_usb *hif_dev;
> > int ret = 0;
> > + struct usb_host_interface *alt;
> > + struct usb_endpoint_descriptor *epd;
> > +
> > + /* Verify the expected endpoints are present */
> > + alt = interface->cur_altsetting;
> > + if (!usb_find_int_in_endpoint(alt, &epd) ||
> > + usb_endpoint_num(epd) != USB_REG_IN_PIPE ||
> > + !usb_find_int_out_endpoint(alt, &epd) ||
> > + usb_endpoint_num(epd) != USB_REG_OUT_PIPE ||
> > + !usb_find_bulk_in_endpoint(alt, &epd) ||
> > + usb_endpoint_num(epd) != USB_WLAN_RX_PIPE ||
> > + !usb_find_bulk_out_endpoint(alt, &epd) ||
> > + usb_endpoint_num(epd) != USB_WLAN_TX_PIPE)
> > + return -ENODEV;
> >
> > if (id->driver_info == STORAGE_DEVICE)
> > return send_eject_command(interface);
> 
> We've tested the suggested patch and found a null-ptr-deref. The thing
> is that usb_find_{...}_endpoint() returns zero in normal case, and
> non-zero value (-ENXIO) when failed (in current patch version it is
> supposed to be just opposite and sometimes a NULL epd is dereferenced).

Whoops, you're right.  Silly mistake.

> To fix it the negation signs before usb_find_{...}_endpoint() should be
> removed.

Actually, I would change it to "< 0", which will emphasize to readers 
that it's testing for an error return value.

> And we also think usb_find_common_endpoints(...) should be used directly
> as all the scanned usb_endpoint_descriptors will be passed to it and
> returned in just one call.

Good idea.

> If you wish, I may prepare the patch myself.

Please do; I have more than enough other things going on and little time 
to work on them.

Alan Stern