Since 4.9 mandated USB buffers to be heap allocated. This causes
the driver to fail.
Create buffer for USB transfers.
Signed-off-by: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.9+
---
drivers/staging/vt6656/usbpipe.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/usbpipe.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/usbpipe.c
index ea5a7c65ad1b..dc11a05be8c4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/usbpipe.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/usbpipe.c
@@ -85,15 +85,28 @@ int vnt_control_in(struct vnt_private *priv, u8 request, u16 value,
u16 index, u16 length, u8 *buffer)
{
int status;
+ u8 *usb_buffer;
if (test_bit(DEVICE_FLAGS_DISCONNECTED, &priv->flags))
return STATUS_FAILURE;
mutex_lock(&priv->usb_lock);
+ usb_buffer = kmalloc(length, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!usb_buffer) {
+ mutex_unlock(&priv->usb_lock);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
status = usb_control_msg(priv->usb,
- usb_rcvctrlpipe(priv->usb, 0), request, 0xc0,
- value, index, buffer, length, USB_CTL_WAIT);
+ usb_rcvctrlpipe(priv->usb, 0),
+ request, 0xc0, value,
+ index, usb_buffer, length, USB_CTL_WAIT);
+
+ if (status == length)
+ memcpy(buffer, usb_buffer, length);
+
+ kfree(usb_buffer);
mutex_unlock(&priv->usb_lock);
--
2.11.0
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