Re: [PATCH] net: cdc_ncm: fix NULL pointer deref in cdc_ncm_bind_common

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From: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:32:10 +0100

> Commit 77b0a099674a ("cdc-ncm: use common parser") added a dangerous
> new trust in the CDC functional descriptors presented by the device,
> unconditionally assuming that any device handled by the driver has
> a CDC Union descriptor.
> 
> This descriptor is required by the NCM and MBIM specs, but crashing
> on non-compliant devices is still unacceptable. Not only will that
> allow malicious devices to crash the kernel, but in this case it is
> also well known that there are non-compliant real devices on the
> market - as shown by the comment accompanying the IAD workaround
> in the same function.
> 
> The Sierra Wireless EM7305 is an example of such device, having
> a CDC header and a CDC MBIM descriptor but no CDC Union:
 ...
> The conversion to a common parser also left the local cdc_union
> variable untouched.  This caused the IAD workaround code to be applied
> to all devices with an IAD descriptor, which was never intended.  Finish
> the conversion by testing for hdr.usb_cdc_union_desc instead.
> 
> Cc: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 77b0a099674a ("cdc-ncm: use common parser")
> Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@xxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.
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