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Date:	Thu, 20 Aug 2015 04:43:36 +0000 (GMT)
From:	Vivek Kumar Bhagat <vivek.bhagat@...sung.com>
To:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nitin Jhanwar <nitin.j@...sung.com>,
	HEMANSHU SRIVASTAVA <hemanshu.s@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] usbnet: dereference after null check in
 usbnet_start_xmit() and __usbnet_read_cmd()

Dear Bjorn,

>>This is wrong.  There are usbnet minidrivers depending on info->tx_fixup
>> being called with a NULL skb.
Also, if dev_hard_start_xmit() ensures that skb can not be NULL in usbnet_start_xmit()
then we should remove below check.
    if (skb)      <--- This check is confusing which says skb can be NULL.
                skb_tx_timestamp(skb); 


Best Regards,
Vivek

------- Original Message -------
Sender : Bjørn Mork<bjorn@...k.no>
Date : Aug 19, 2015 17:21 (GMT+05:30)
Title : Re: [PATCH] usbnet: dereference after null check in usbnet_start_xmit() and __usbnet_read_cmd()

Vivek Kumar Bhagat writes:

> usbnet_start_xmit() - If info->tx_fixup is not defined by class driver,
> NULL check does not happen for skb pointer and leads to NULL dereference.
> __usbnet_read_cmd() - if data pointer is passed as NULL, memcpy will
> dereference NULL pointer.

That's two completely different issues.  Mixing them in a single patch
is only confusing things.


> Signed-off-by: Vivek Kumar Bhagat 
> ---
>  drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c |    5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
> index 3c86b10..ec4d224 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
> @@ -1294,6 +1294,8 @@ netdev_tx_t usbnet_start_xmit (struct sk_buff *skb,
>  
>   if (skb)
>   skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
> + else
> + goto drop;
>  
>   // some devices want funky USB-level framing, for
>   // win32 driver (usually) and/or hardware quirks


This is wrong.  There are usbnet minidrivers depending on info->tx_fixup
being called with a NULL skb.


> @@ -1906,7 +1908,8 @@ static int __usbnet_read_cmd(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
>   buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
>   if (!buf)
>   goto out;
> - }
> + } else
> + goto out;
>  
>   err = usb_control_msg(dev->udev, usb_rcvctrlpipe(dev->udev, 0),
>         cmd, reqtype, value, index, buf, size,


This is also wrong.  It makes __usbnet_read_cmd() return -ENOMEM if
called with a NULL data pointer.  I don't know if it is used, but it's
perfectly valid to call __usbnet_read_cmd() with data == NULL if
size == 0. No memcpy will happen in this case because usb_control_msg
can only return 0 or an error

Please don't submit any more such patches without proper justification.
You cannot trust that someone will actually take the time to sanity
check your changes.  Patches claiming to fix a NULL dereference should
at least provide an oops.


Bjørn